2000s Quiz: Trivia, Pop Culture And History Questions
Broadband, reality TV, the iPod and the smoking ban.
Below are 13 2000s questions with the answers underneath each one, sorted into pop culture, history and news, and art and design.
Every fact is real and dateable. Print it, read it out, or play the same questions against the clock in our decade trivia game.
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Years covered in the 2000s
- 2000 - The Millennium Dome, the fuel protests and Big Brother arriving from nowhere. Full year: /blogs/news/look-back-to-2000
- 2001 - Foot-and-mouth, 11 September and the first iPod. Full year: /blogs/news/look-back-to-2001
- 2002 - The Golden Jubilee, the death of the Queen Mother and Pop Idol fever. Full year: /blogs/news/look-back-to-2002
- 2003 - Iraq, a record-breaking heatwave and England winning the Rugby World Cup. Full year: /blogs/news/look-back-to-2003
- 2004 - Strictly and The X Factor both started, and the year ended with the tsunami. Full year: /blogs/news/look-back-to-2004
- 2005 - The Olympic bid, the 7 July bombings and the Ashes coming home. Full year: /blogs/news/look-back-to-2005
- 2006 - Arctic Monkeys, the Wii and another World Cup penalty shoot-out. Full year: /blogs/news/look-back-to-2006
- 2007 - The iPhone, the smoking ban, the floods and the run on Northern Rock. Full year: /blogs/news/look-back-to-2007
- 2008 - The banking crash, a brilliant Olympics and Lewis Hamilton on the last corner. Full year: /blogs/news/look-back-to-2008
- 2009 - Recession, MPs' expenses and a Christmas number one campaign that worked. Full year: /blogs/news/look-back-to-2009
- That is every 2000s year we have written up so far: 2000 to 2009.
2000s pop culture round
- The first series of Big Brother aired in the UK in which year? Answer: 2000. Craig Phillips won the first series.
- London was awarded the 2012 Olympic Games in which year? Answer: 2005. Announced in Singapore in July 2005.
2000s history and news round
- Which music player did Apple launch in 2001? Answer: iPod. A thousand songs in your pocket, as the advert put it.
- The smoking ban in enclosed public places came into force in England in which year? Answer: 2007. Scotland went first, in 2006.
- Which social network overtook MySpace in Britain during the late 2000s? Answer: Facebook. It opened to everyone in 2006.
- England won the Rugby World Cup in which year? Answer: 2003. Jonny Wilkinson's drop goal in the last minute of extra time.
- YouTube was founded in which year? Answer: 2005. Bought by Google the following year.
- The first iPhone was released in which year? Answer: 2007. It reached the UK in November 2007.
- Euro notes and coins entered circulation in eurozone countries in which year? Answer: 2002. Britain kept the pound.
- The collapse of which bank marked the 2008 financial crisis? Answer: Lehman Brothers. Northern Rock's run had already happened in 2007.
2000s art and design round
- Tate Modern opened in a converted power station in which year? Answer: 2000. Bankside Power Station, converted by Herzog and de Meuron.
- Olafur Eliasson's The Weather Project filled the Turbine Hall in 2003 with what? Answer: An artificial sun and mist. People lay on the floor for hours looking at the mirrored ceiling.
- Which potter won the Turner Prize in 2003, collecting it as Claire? Answer: Grayson Perry. His pots look traditional until you read what is on them.
How to run it
- Read the question and hold back the answer - the note after it makes a good follow-up fact.
- Ten questions is one round; split the pop culture and history sections for two shorter rounds.
- For a birthday party, use the decade the guest of honour was born in and finish on their birth year page.
- In a care home session, stop wherever the conversation starts rather than finishing the list.
Found your words? Now find the card
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How to write it so it lands
- Mix two decades in one round if the room spans a wide age range.
- The notes under each answer are the bits people actually enjoy - read them out.
- Pair the quiz with that decade's party playlist for a themed night.
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Frequently asked questions
What are some good 2000s quiz questions?
Which music player did Apple launch in 2001? The answer is iPod. There are 13 more above, with answers, across pop culture, history and art.
How many questions are in the 2000s quiz?
13, split into a pop culture round, a history and news round and an art and design round.
Can I use these for a quiz night or care home session?
Yes, freely. Print them, read them out, copy them - no permission needed.
Is there a version I can play online?
Yes. The decade quiz gives instant feedback and a score, and the decade trivia game is timed with points for speed and streaks. Both use these same questions.