Q 01/05

Gen X is generally defined as people born between which years?

A) 1980 and 1995

B) 1965 and 1980

C) 1970 and 1985

D) 1975 and 1990

Answer · why

B) 1965 and 1980

Pew's 1965-1980 range is the most widely used; the cohort numbered tens of millions of Americans in 2019.

Q 02/05

Gen X sits between which two generations?

A) Silent Generation and boomers

B) Millennials and Gen Z

C) The Greatest Generation and boomers

D) Baby boomers and millennials

Answer · why

D) Baby boomers and millennials

Most Xers are children of the Silent Generation and older boomers, and parents of millennials and Gen Z.

Q 03/05

Why were Gen X children nicknamed 'latchkey' kids?

A) They were often locked out

B) They collected house keys

C) They came home to empty houses

D) They lived in apartment blocks

Answer · why

C) They came home to empty houses

Rising divorce rates and more working mothers, before widespread childcare, meant many let themselves in after school.

Q 04/05

As teens and young adults, Xers were dubbed the what, after a cable music channel?

A) Cable Generation

B) HBO Generation

C) Video Generation

D) MTV Generation

Answer · why

D) MTV Generation

They were also stereotyped as slackers: cynical and disaffected.

Q 05/05

Which 1991 Douglas Coupland novel popularised the cohort's name?

A) Microserfs: A Tale of Silicon Valley

B) Bright Lights, Big City: A Novel

C) Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture

D) Less Than Zero: Tales of Los Angeles

Answer · why

C) Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture

Ironically, its characters were born in the late 1950s, which makes them younger boomers.