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Who is Lucille Ball?
Ricky Ricardo may have loved Lucy, but actor Desi Arnaz called it quits with this actress in 1960
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What is Jaws?
This film scared people away from the beaches and became the first ever blockbuster hit in the summer of 1974
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What is Just Do It?
Shia LaBeouf may haunt your nightmares by screaming this slogan launched by Nike in 1988
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What is All That?
This Nickelodeon show launched the careers of Nick Cannon, Amanda Bynes, and Kenan Thompson, who went on to be the the longest-tenured cast member of SNL, its adult counterpart
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What is Facebook?
In 2004, you needed a .edu email address in order to join this popular social media site
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What is Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have a Dream" Speech?
This famous speech was delivered on August 28th, 1963 to a crowd of 250,000 at the Lincoln Memorial
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What is Happy Days?
Aaay! The Fonz first graced the screen when this show premiered on January 15, 1974
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What is the VHS?
Be kind and please rewind! This standard beat out the Betamax to become the premier medium for home entertainment
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What is 1998?
Don’t cheat and Google the answer. The mega-search engine made its World Wide Web debut in this year
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What is Avatar?
This 2009 film became the highest-grossing film of all time, breaking the twelve-year record held by Titanic. It wouldn’t be broken again until 2019 by a small comic book film called Avengers: Endgame
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What is Woodstock?
The first, and most famous, iteration of this music festival was held in Bethel, NY in August of 1969
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What is the Watergate Scandal?
Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford starred in the movie All the President’s Men, inspired by this real life political scandal
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Who is Eddie Murphy?
Rick James and Stevie Wonder produced this comedian’s album “How Could It Be” featuring the single 'Party All the Time'
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What is 'Ice Ice Baby'?
Queen and David Bowie’s catchy baseline is partially responsible for this song becoming the first rap song to chart at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100
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What is 2007?
Wizards and Muggles alike cried when the Harry Potter series came to an end with the publication of the last book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, in this year
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What is Pirates of the Caribbean?
This ride first opened at Disneyland in 1967 and would go on to spawn a billion-dollar movie franchise decades later
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What is Apple?
Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne were the less famous founders of this behemoth tech company, launched in 1976
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What is crimping?
We can thank the Babs for kicking off the creation of this hair craze when her stylist invented its first iron after spending hours braiding and unbraiding her air for a photoshoot
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What is 21?
Tiger Woods became the youngest golfer to win a Masters when he was this age
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Who is Eminem?
Even with a small hiatus, this rapper remained the top-selling music artist of the 2000s
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Who is Roger Maris?
Mickey Mantle tried to beat Babe Ruth’s single-season homerun record in 1961, but it was this fellow Yankee teammate that actually did it with home run #61 during the last game of the season
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What is Rumors by Fleetwood Mac?
Psst…did you hear? This famous rock album sold 10 million copies within the first month of its release and was a massive commercial success even amidst the band's infighting
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Who is Slash?
Every Rose has its thorn, but Poison passed on this guitarist for not being “glam” enough
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What is Beauty and the Beast?
Disney once again proved to be a juggernaut when this film became the first animated feature to be nominated for the Best Picture Oscar
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What is the PS2?
Video games and their systems have improved exponentially since the days of Pong, but this console still holds the record for the best-selling console of all-time
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