Dave’s Special Blend of ‘90s Trivia
June 3, 2025
When the Celebrity Constellation sets sail next January for The 90s Cruise Year 2, you won’t just be hanging out with your favorite bands, enjoying the open bar, and dancing like nobody’s watching. You won’t just be making new friends, soaking up the Caribbean sun, and making another trip to the buffet. Each day will be packed with events and activities, and at least a couple of times over the five days, you’ll have an exciting new opportunity to get really angry at me. That’s because I’ll be hosting trivia quizzes on the boat, and I take trivia way more seriously than a person should. Especially when it comes to ‘90s trivia, I go HAM. On the high seas, I will be a veritable Mr. Feeny (the stern teacher on Boy Meets World, but you knew that). I will be fair, but I will be tough. You didn’t sign up for a cruise to relax, did you?
Below, play along for three sample rounds of my special blend of ‘90s Trivia. Answers are at the bottom, reasons I can’t get anyone to go to pub trivia with me are evident throughout.
ROLL CALL!
I name the members, you name the group.
- Sporty, Sexy, Baby, Scary, Posh
- Bizzy Bone, Wish Bone, Layzie Bone, Krayzie Bone, Flesh-n-Bone
- Dave Rowntree, Alex James, Graham Coxon, Damon Albarn
- Doodlebug, Ladybug, Butterfly
- James “Munky” Shaffer, Brian “Head” Welch, Reginald “Fieldy” Arvizu, David Silveria, Jonathan Davis
- Maxine Jones, Terri Ellis, Cindy Herron, Rhona Bennett
- Chris “Mac Daddy” Kelly, Chris “Daddy Mac” Smith
- Baba Oje, Dionne Farris, Eshe, Rasa Don, Aerle Taree, Headliner, Speech
TWINSIES!
Two, two, two ‘90s pop culture answers per question!
- What real life identical twins starred in the NBC sitcom Sister, Sister?
- What are the two albums Guns & Roses released on September 17, 1991?
- What are the two asteroid movies released within two months of each other in 1998, one starring Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck, the other starring Morgan Freeman and Tea Leoni?
- What are the two volcano movies released within two months of each other in 1997, one starring Tommy Lee Jones and Anne Heche, the other starring Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton?
- What are the two albums Bruce Springsteen released on March 31, 1992?
- Name the twin brothers who were both in the 1997 NFL Draft, one going to the New York Giants, the other to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers?
- What are the first names of the flaxen-haired twin sons of Ricky Nelson who led the band Nelson?
- Name the two bands who released the near-identical songs “Whoomp! There It Is” and “Whoot! There It Is” within a month of each other in 1993.
THAT’S NOT MY NAME!
Things you may have been calling the wrong thing this whole time.
- The name of the singer/rapper of “Rico Suave” is not Rico Suave. What is it?
- The sexy, Gregorian-chanty 1990 debut hit by Enigma has a one-word title that’s not a word. What is it?
- Harvey Danger lead singer Sean Nelson said in an interview “If I had listened to my label and called that song ‘I’m Not Sick But I’m Not Well,’ I’d be doing this interview on my yacht.” He didn’t. What did he call it instead?
- In her first hit song, RuPaul says “I have one thing to say: You Better Work.” But I have one thing to say: that song is not called “You Better Work.” What is it called?
- The Bloodhound Gang sing about doing it like they do on the Discovery Channel in a song called…what?
- The hook of Portishead’s 1994 debut single says “Nobody Loves Me,” but the song is actually called…what?
- What band on the 2026 90s Cruise was originally known as “Shrinky Dinx” before their label made them change it?
- FOR TEN POINTS: What is the real name of ‘90s R&B singer Keith Sweat?
ANSWERS
ROLL CALL: 1. The Spice Girls, 2. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, 3. Blur, 4., Digable Planets, 5. Korn, 6. En Vogue, 7. Kris Kross, 8. Arrested Development
TWINSIES: 1. Tia & Tamera Mowry, 2. Use Your Illusion 1 & 2, 3. Armageddon and Deep Impact, 4. Volcano & Dante’s Peak, 5. Human Touch & Lucky Town, 6. Ronde & Tiki Barber, 7. Matthew & Gunnar Nelson, 8. Tag Team & 95 South
THAT’S NOT MY NAME: 1. Gerardo, 2., “Sadeness (Part 1),” 3. “Flagpole Sitta,” 4. “Supermodel,” 5. “The Bad Touch,” 6. “Sour Times,” 7. Sugar Ray, 8. Keith Sweat’s real name is actually Keith Sweat, and nothing has been the same since I learned that.