I love posting quizzes but I do realize that many of them are extremely difficult as reflected by some of the readers who have complained. I decided today to post question’s from the 1990’s that should be somewhat easier to answer. There are eleven questions with the correct answers listed below.

• Who became the first president of Russia after the Soviet Union dissolved in 1990?

• In Harry Potter/Sorcerer’s Stone, who gives Harry his letter of acceptance into Hogwarts on his eleventh birthday?

• What was Bart Simpson’s catchphrase?

• What other name were three-quarter length capri pants known by?

• During which war was Wolfenstein 3D set?

• Ice skater Tonya Harding’s husband organized an attack on which skater at the 1994 US Figure Skating Championship?

• In The Big Lebowski what is the Dude’s drink of choice?

• Which toy featured red and blue boxing robots?

• In The Spice Girls-Spice Up Your Life do you shake it to the left or the right?

• 1991’s Hook was a retelling of what classic children’s book?

And finally a question concerning one of my favorite songs.

On what album was Radiohead’s hit Creep released?

Answers

Boris Yeltsin, Rubeus Hagrid, “Eat My Shorts”, Pedal Pushers, WW II, Nancy Kerrigan, A White Russian, Rock’em Sock’em Robots, To the Right, Peter Pan, Fav: Pablo Honey

(I scored 9 of 11)