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American Generations: Generation X - Statistics
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| Gen Xers were the first generation to grow up with this influential educational PBS children's show featuring puppets and muppets. | Sesame Street | 91%
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| Gen Xers were the first generation to enter the job market needing skills using what home and office electronic appliance? | computer | 87%
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| What sexually transmitted disease pandemic started while Generation Xers were still mostly school-aged children? | HIV/AIDS | 87%
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| Gen Xers were the first generation to grow up with video games in their homes. What was the first video game system? | Atari | 83%
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| Nirvana and Pearl Jam are examples of what musical genre? | Grunge | 83%
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| This symbol of the Cold War was torn down as many Gen Xers came of age. | Berlin Wall | 77%
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| Generation X was the first generation to watch this cable music video channel. | MTV | 72%
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| While you could try to use your finger, one of these was the best way to re-spool a cassette tape. | pen or pencil | 66%
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| What was the new term for children who would go home and lock themselves inside until their parent or guardian would come home from work? (Something that first became commonplace with Gen X children.) | latchkey kids | 62%
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| Who famously told Gen Xers to "just say no?" | Nancy Reagan | 57%
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| This new musical genre grew out of disco and funk in New York to become very popular with Gen X teens. | Hip-Hop | 55%
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| New Order, Depeche Mode, and Echo and the Bunnymen are all examples of what musical genre? | New Wave | 45%
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| Gen Xers were often labelled as one of these, because they were in dead end service industry jobs instead of aspiring to better employment. | slacker | 43%
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| Who directed films such as The Breakfast Club and Pretty and Pink? | John Hughes | 36%
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| Excessive speculation on the new frontier of cyberspace start-up companies led to this unstable tech boom. | the Dot-Com Bubble | 36%
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| Characters such as Bill and Verb were part of what Saturday morning educational cartoon? | Schoolhouse Rock | 34%
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| What is the term for just a tiny beard under the lower lip? | soul patch | 30%
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| Who directed the movie Clerks? | Kevin Smith | 23%
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| What was the first rap song to reach the top forty? | Rapper's Delight | 21%
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| Who wrote the novel, Generation X? | Douglas Coupland | 11%
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