Decades & Nostalgia Trivia

1) What early internet term refers to an unsolicited, bulk commercial email sent to millions of users?

2) What browser war in the mid-to-late 1990s was fought primarily between Netscape Navigator and which Microsoft product?

3) What is the practice of tricking someone into clicking a hyperlink that leads to the music video for Rick Astley’s ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’?

4) What portable 1989 Nintendo console, bundled with Tetris, changed handheld gaming forever?

5) What tragedy struck the global music community on April 5, 1994?

6) Who was the sharp-tongued, brutally honest British judge who helped drive the massive success of early 2000s talent shows?

7) What 2016 viral meme featured a claymation pigeon head swiveling erratically while wearing a heavy gold chain (‘Dat Boi’ / ‘Here come dat boi’)?

8) What was the name of the first commercial web search engine, launched in 1994, featuring a simple text box and directory?

9) What pop group manager, responsible for creating both Backstreet Boys and NSYNC, was later convicted of massive financial fraud?

10) What pioneering video game console released by Sega in late 1998/1999 was tragically discontinued in 2001 as Sega exited the hardware business?