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Quiz on the Year 1996

Can you guess these facts about things that happened in the year 1996?
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City which hosted the Summer Olympics
Atlanta
Couple whose divorce after 15 years of marriage was a tabloid sensation (name either person)
Princess Diana and Prince Charles
Militant group which captured Kabul
Taliban
Disease which was treated effectively for the first time thanks to a "cocktail" of drugs
HIV/AIDS
Alien invasion movie which topped the box office
Independence Day
Cattle disease which caused the EU to ban British beef
Mad cow disease
Video game console released by Nintendo
Nintendo 64
Musical group whose first single, "Wannabe", reached #1 on the pop charts
The Spice Girls
Name of the first cloned mammal, a sheep
Dolly
Rapper killed in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas
Tupac Shakur
Nickname of terrorist Theodore Kaczynski, who was arrested in a remote cabin in Montana
Unabomber
Fad toy which was in short supply during the Christmas shopping season
Tickle Me Elmo
TV host who started a "book club" featuring a different book every month
Oprah Winfrey
Song by Los Del Rio which people danced to in stadiums
Macarena
Singer who starred in the movie "Evita", setting a Guinness world record for the most costume changes in a film
Madonna
New video format which would replace VHS
DVD
New cable format which would infuriate billions with the need to plug it with the correct side facing up
USB
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20 Comments
Hinckford
+3
Level 87
Aug 19, 2025
A fine year. 👶🏻
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Aug 19, 2025
Quite possibly the finest. A time of hope, optimism, and prosperity (in Western countries at least).
sihollett
+1
Level 91
Aug 19, 2025
So good that even annoying songs that relate to three of these questions being everywhere didn't tarnish it.
cornflakesfu
+1
Level 89
Aug 20, 2025
Three? "Wannabe," "Macarena," and . . .?
JMM
+1
Level 60
Jan 2, 2026
Evita is my guess.
IsleAuHaulte
+6
Level 92
Aug 19, 2025
USB is 100% guaranteed to always be facing the wrong way when you go to plug it in.
JackBeNimble
+3
Level 82
Aug 19, 2025
Really? That clue threw me. On computers, every cable already had to be plugged in a certain way - PS/2, serial, parallel, etc. The cables that everyone I knew had trouble getting the right way round were SCART, because they replaced coaxial cables, which were symmetrical.
Quizmaster
+21
Level ∞
Aug 19, 2025
The first attempt always fails. So you turn it around and try the opposite orientation. That fails too.

Then you turn it around to the original position. Now it works. Only when you complete the ritual will the plug connect.

The reason why this happens is quantum superposition.

IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 92
Aug 20, 2025
I've been saying it takes at least 3 tries for years and some people refuse to believe.
loganite
+1
Level 94
Aug 19, 2025
I got the "cable format" answer, but the clue threw me for a minute. I was thinking cable as in "cable TV" not cable as in "cord". I think a better definition would be "New format for data transmission and storage or power delivery".
Pontiac
+1
Level 62
Aug 19, 2025
hey the year my dad was born!
thegoatisgoaty
+4
Level 75
Aug 20, 2025
How's that even possible lol
JMM
+2
Level 60
Jan 2, 2026
It was 30 years ago, if their dad gave birth to Pontiac at 18, that makes them 12, which is quite possible.
Dimby
+4
Level 83
Aug 19, 2025
Interestingly, Tickle me Elmo was not expected to be such a big deal. The guys who invented the “tickle me” doll brought it to Tyco, expecting just a lineup of generic tickle-me dolls. Tyco figured they might as well throw it in Elmo since he was already popular and they already had the rights to Elmo dolls. It went absolutely nuclear. I think people died trying to get that doll.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Aug 19, 2025
Yeah, it was a B-list celebrity who died. Some sort of late night talk show host. IIRC, he was strangled by a muscle freakshow giant with a weird accent. I think they made a documentary about it.
top1000grind
+1
Level 42
Sep 7, 2025
why has my screen changed layout I cannot play like this please help
Jax2TheMax333
+1
Level 23
Sep 8, 2025
Quizmasters least played quiz. pretty cool
SantiHM23
+2
Level 63
Jan 2, 2026
Can "lady di" be accepted for princess diana? The moment i didnt get it with that answer i thought there might be a different couple they were talking about
JonOfKent
+1
Level 61
Jan 5, 2026
I have never even heard of Unabomber or Tickle Me Elmo. Is this the same 1996 we're talking about, or have I just had my head in a bucket all this time?
timshorts
+1
Level 62
Jan 6, 2026
Quite.

I have heard of the Elmo thing, but the top answer, tupac something, just sounds like a made up name out of star wars. Never heard of him/her.

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