Blog: Girlfriend Quiz: How much do you know about 1993?

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1993: Bill Clinton was inaugurated, Nirvana was in their prime, and mom jeans and baby doll dresses were all the rage. Signature's Girlfriend takes place in Nebraska that summer, when two boys meet and fall in love to the sounds of Matthew Sweet's alt-rock album Girlfriend. Take this quiz to see how well you remember the pop culture of this pivotal year.

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1. What was the #1 song of 1993, according to the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart?

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Whitney's epic single from the soundtrack to The Bodyguard was all over the radio in 1993, and it spent 14 weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart that year.

2. Who hosted the 1993 Tony® Awards?

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Liza Minnelli hosted the 1993 Tonys®, which commemorated the 100th anniversary of theater in Times Square.

3. What show was the springboard for both Jim Carrey and Jennifer Lopez?

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Jim Carrey was a regular cast member on the sketch show In Living Color, and Jennifer Lopez got her start dancing as one of the Fly Girls on the show.

4. What 1993 sports movie features a giant dog that terrifies the main characters?

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The boys in The Sandlot were terrified of The Beast, the massive mastiff that lived next to their baseball field.

5. What was the highest grossing movie of 1993?

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Jurassic Park roared past the competition at the box office in 1993 and became the highest-grossing film ever made (at the time). It was later surpassed by Titanic in 1997.

6. Saved by the Bell ran its final season in 1993. What is this character's name?

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Kelly Kapowski was the sweet, popular girl-next-door at Bayside High, and she was best friends with Lisa Turtle and Jessie Spano.

7. What musical won the most Tony Awards® at the 1993 ceremony, including Best Musical?

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Kander & Ebb's Kiss of the Spider Woman was nominated for 11 Tonys® and won 7 in 1993, including a Best Actress in a Musical for Chita Rivera and Best Original Score for John Kander and Fred Ebb.

8. Who played the halftime show of Super Bowl XXVII in 1993, starting the trend of big-name talent performances during halftime?

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Michael Jackson's 1993 Super Bowl halftime show was the first time a huge pop star performed, and it was instantly iconic. He revived his career and set the modern template for the massive halftime spectacles that we know today, while proving that he was still the King of Pop.

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