Random things that were big in the '90s.

[StanleyTheCrane]

I'm trying to make up a quiz for a friend's birthday based on things that were popular in the '90s, plus I was just having fun reminiscing with another friend. So I wondered, what random and lesser known things do you remember being popular back then?

Riverdance is one I remember. That was so huge back then and I was obsessed with it and Michael Flatley. I remember watching Eurovision live when they had Michael Flatley and Jean Butler perform and being blown away by it.

Inflatable things I remember we're really popular. And oversized clothing.

Also does anyone remember these?

I know them as telephone bugs. I'm not sure what their actual name is but I felt like they were everywhere in the late '80s/early '90s.

Mad Dog 20/20

Inflatable things I remember we're really popular

That's a good one, thank you!

And speaking of inflatable things. Did anyone else do a lot of sponsored bounces as a kid or was that just my school?

Mr blobby

Jelly bracelets or as they were otherwise known, "Shag Bands"

The stupid large plastic dummy necklaces started by Robbie Williams.

British knight trainers

Jean's with words or pictures on one leg.

Mini Head sports bags.

Enormous white platform trainers and lurid tracksuits.

Oh yes. How could I forget Mr Blobby? He was terrifying yet still everywhere. I'm going to have that song stuck in my head all night now. I can still remember the lyrics.

@StanleyTheCrane

Inflatable things I remember we're really popular

That's a good one, thank you!

And speaking of inflatable things. Did anyone else do a lot of sponsored bounces as a kid or was that just my school?

Inflatable chairs, lava lamps, boy bands, smash hits pool winners party, Bon jovi, Aerosmith - mtv music videos. Clueless, Scream type teen movies. Blow dried hair ( no straighteners)

Tamagotchi Brit pop blur vs oasis bill clinton and Monica Lewinsky . Spice girls, euro 96 , trainspotting , fourweddings and a funeral ,Tony Blair

Hyper global colour change tops

Those thin band black necklaces.

Pogs

Yoyos
Alien eggs
Scratch and sniff tshirts

Pogs

Kylie and Jason (late eighties / early nineties) plus the Australian soaps
Ringing your mates after 6pm only
Underage drinking / clubbing
Vest tops and combats, all saints stylee
Spice girls
Archers / Malibu/ taboo and lemonade

Fido Dido

Global Hypercolour t-shirts

Shell suits

POGs. That game where you had the small round things and had to make them flip but hitting another one against a pile of them.

@Baconbutties

Tamagotchi Brit pop blur vs oasis bill clinton and Monica Lewinsky . Spice girls, euro 96 , trainspotting , fourweddings and a funeral ,Tony Blair

Yes Brit Pop era -Cool Britannia!

New Kids On The Block. Take That.

Flavoured water drinks in glass bottles, think one brand was Oasis (still going?) and I remember another called Utopia I think.

Nerds the sweets.

Slap bands.

Global hyper colour colour changing clothes!

Thanks all. These are great.

I loved Pogs. You used to get them in packets of crisps, didn't you?

Friends!! That started in 1994 I think
Oasis including the blur battle / knebworth etc