A long-awaited collaboration between two rap kings, an action-comedy franchise gets its second installment and some physics nerds change the world. Do you remember what was going on 10, 20 and 30 years ago this week? Find out in this week’s decades of trivia quiz!
On the Charts
Aug. 8, 2011
After working together on several previous singles, two members of hip-hop royalty, Jay-Z and Kanye West, released what much-anticipated collaboration studio album?
At the Movies
Week of Aug. 3-9, 2001
Debuting this week to a box office take of more than $100 million dollars, what sequel reteamed a motor-mouthed comedian and a legend of martial arts, this time setting the action in Hong Kong instead of LA?
In the News
Aug. 6, 1991
A post to an internet newsgroup for hypertext writers serves as the first widespread announcement of the new World Wide Web software. The post was written by what English computer scientist who is now known as the inventor of the web?
Answers up after the video for the No. 1 song on Aug. 13, 2011, “Party Rock Anthem,” which is admittedly overplayed but still slaps. I DARE you not to dance.
Answers
- On the Charts: “Watch the Throne”
- At the Movies: “Rush Hour 2”
- In the News: Tim Berners-Lee
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