QUIZ: Can You Remember What These Items Cost in 1997?

In honor of DealNews' 20th anniversary, see if you can remember what an Apple laptop, a cell phone, a Big Mac, and more common items cost back in the year of our birth.
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DealNews is celebrating its 20th birthday this year. Though it seems like yesterday that we began helping people save money, it's sometimes hard to remember what things actually cost in 1997.

See if you can do it, and let us know how you did in the comments.


Stephen Slaybaugh
Contributing Writer

Stephen has been writing for such national and regional publications as The Village Voice, Paste, The Agit Reader, and The Big Takeover for 20 years. He covered consumer electronics and technology for DealNews from 2013 to 2018.
DealNews may be compensated by companies mentioned in this article. Please note that, although prices sometimes fluctuate or expire unexpectedly, all products and deals mentioned in this feature were available at the lowest total price we could find at the time of publication (unless otherwise specified).

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9 comments
richwang2017
good
Dodol
30%, great year though
jcelt1967
Not sure about '95 but I know around '95 McDonalds would have specials where the Big Mac was $.99 or 2 for $2. The meal was also $2.99 for the longest time. When it jumped above $3 it seemed the price moved up quickly from there. That's good though. In high school I could put multiple Big Macs away in a sitting and never see the difference. That would certainly no longer be true.
Lindsay Sakraida (DealNews)
Oh I see, it shows up at the end. I did fairly mediocre!
Lindsay Sakraida (DealNews)
I think we need to know what the average score is!
msombrio
10%.....humiliating! The only one I got right was the price of postage.
ProfessorTK
Who cares?
Lindsay Sakraida (DealNews)
In 1997, I was spending mad babysitting money so I didn't pay super close attention to prices. And also I predominantly shopped at Delia's.
boilers
5/10 or 50%