1995 Survival Quiz - Websites and Social Media

Would you have survived the '95s?
(one point each and we won't tell anyone!)

NO CHEATING! REALLY PRIMITIVE INTERNET IN 1995

1) used Windows 95
2) used the Netscape Navigator browser
3) used one of the first personal digital assistants PDAs
4) could write simple web pages in HyperText Markup Language
5) used an early digital camera
6) watched a space shuttle launch, return, etc.
7) did early email on a POP3 email server
8) used an early GPS
9) got on the Internet using a 2400 baud modem, even at work
10) still exchanged data/code/programs with a floppy disk
11) used one the first monochrome laser printer
12) remembered using: CP/M MS-DOS and GEM/3
13) used Turbo Pascal, Quick Basic, C, Java to write your own code
14) heard "Gangsta's Paradise" on radio for the first time
15) saw highest grossing film, "Die Hard with a Vengeance" in theater
16) knew people affected by HIV/AIDS
17) saw the news about Oklahoma City bombing where 168 people died
18) bought tech at Radio Shack
19) saw PBS Kids
20) used a Bulletin Board system for social media
21) drove or rode in a Chrysler Neon car
22) endured the "sexy school girl" time
23) power dressing was the norm for women in the workplace
24) men were casual, grunge, flannel
25) going to college, preppy students wore khaki slacks, canvas, boat shoes
26) listening and dancing to hip-hop
27) knew or dressed "Goth"
28) felt that somehow our tech took a wrong turn and cos-played steam punk
29) were amazed by the first blue LEDS
30) visited a video arcade to play video games
31) CD-ROMs disks were common (700MB)
32) used a cheap DOT Matrix printer for routine output
33) barcodes and QR codes came on the scene
34) 2G mobile phones first appeared and the age of texting began
35) pagers, still used in restaurants to tell you when your table or meal was ready
36) used a fountain pen to do assignments for school, because it was cool to be retro

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0-12 Stick to the 21st century PLEASE 13-24 Just might have survived in the late 20th century w/ help 25-36 Likely survived the late 20th century.

We complain that others don't know how to do anything from our time period. This could be said of all of us if we went back to late 20th century California.

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