The Bug
$200The 'Y2K bug' was a fear that computers would misread this changing to 2000.
$400The concern was that computers stored years using only this many digits.
$600People feared the bug would crash systems like banks and the network that delivers electricity to homes.
$800The 'Y' in Y2K stands for this word.
$1000When the clock struck midnight on this date, the feared global collapse largely did not happen.
Y2K Fashion
$200This gleaming, futuristic fabric trend made Y2K outfits look ready for outer space.
$400These small, colored-lens shades — barely wider than the eyes — were a Y2K face staple.
$600This velour tracksuit brand became a celebrity staple, often spelling a word across the back.
$800This furry boot brand became a huge 2000s fashion craze.
$1000These small, colorful winged-insect hair clamps snapped onto sections of hair in the Y2K era.
Gadgets
$200This clamshell mobile design snapped shut to end a call.
$400These translucent, candy-colored all-in-one Apple computers made tech look fun in 1998.
$600This handheld organizer with a stylus was an early PDA before smartphones.
$800These portable devices played music from small discs and often skipped.
$1000This early MP3 format let people illegally share music via services like Napster; it is this file type.
Pop Culture
$200This 1999 sci-fi film had Neo choosing between a red and blue pill.
$400This reality show franchise, starting in 2000, stranded contestants who competed to 'outwit, outplay, outlast.'
$600This boy band and Britney Spears dominated the charts as 'TRL' ruled MTV; TRL stood for 'Total Request' this.
$800This 2001 fantasy film franchise about a boy wizard and this trilogy about a ring both launched huge sagas.
$1000This animated show about a Texas family, and this teen-focused network 'The WB,' were early 2000s staples.
Millennium Moments
$200Cities around the world set off these to celebrate the new millennium at midnight.
$400New York's Times Square marks the new year by dropping this.
$600This song by Prince, about partying at the end of the century, became a millennium anthem.
$800The technically correct start of the new millennium was debated to be January 1 of this year.
$1000This world's fair-style attraction, the Millennium Dome, opened in this European capital for 2000.
The Internet Boom
$200The late-90s surge and 2000 crash of internet companies is called the 'dot-com' this.
$400This file-sharing service, launched in 1999, let people swap music for free and sparked lawsuits.
$600This search engine, founded in 1998, would come to dominate the web.
$800This online marketplace and auction site boomed in the late 90s.
$1000This online bookstore, founded in 1994, expanded rapidly during the boom into an 'everything store.'