Quiz hosted by Nicky
Sport
1. In which year did Olga Korbut win 3 Olympic gold medals?
2. Which Irish rugby union player captained the British Lions team that was unbeaten
On its 1974 tour of South Africa?
3. Name the horse that won the Grand National three times in the 1970s.
4. Who won 7 gold medals at the 1972 Olympic games?
5. In which year did Martina Navratilova win her first Wimbledon singles title?
Politics
6. Which Education Minister was nicknamed the Milk Snatcher?
7. Who succeeded Gerald Ford as US president ?
8. Which Prime Minister took the UK into the EEC in 1973?
9. Who became Chancellor of the Exchequer after the 1979 General Election?
10. Of which country was Georges Pompidou President from 1969 to 1974?
Disasters
11. What was the name of the manned space station that fell into the Indian Ocean in 1979?
12. What was the name of the PLO group that broke into the Olympic Village in 1972, killing
Two coaches and taking 9 hostages?
13. In which year did the Jonestown Massacre take place?
14. Where in the US did a series of mechanical and human errors cause a near meltdown of
A nuclear reactor in 1979?
15. In which year did the Apollo 13 experience a ruptured air tank?
Dropping off the Census List
16. Which legendary rock guitarist died of an overdose on 18th September 1970?
17. Which member of the Royal Family was assassinated by the IRA in 1979?
18. In which year did Sid Viscous die?
19. Name the Dr Who actor that died in April 1975?
20. On 27th July 1976, Ray Brennan became the 1st person to die of which disease?
Picture Quiz
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TV
31. In Knight Rider, what was the name of Michael Knight's talking car?
32. Which actor mouthed the words "Whatch you talkiing about Willis?
33. Who was the leader of the Transformers?34. On "The Wonder Years", what was Kevin’s girlfriend called?
35. What was the name of the van that Scooby doo and his friends rode in?
Dropping Off the Census
36. Which US murderer was executed on 24th January 1989?
37. Which star of Bullit and The Great Escape died in 1980?
38. Who was the former Tarzan star and Olympic swimmer that died in 1984?
39. Name the Thin Lizzy front man that died of an overdose in January 1986?
40. Which member of the Dad’s Army cast died in 1982?
Disasters
41. What was the name of the volcano that erupted in Washington State in the US in 1980?
42. What was the name of the North Sea Oil Rig that exploded in 1988?
43. In 1989, what was the name of the Oil Tanker that ran aground in Alaska?
44. What was the name of the Stadium in Brussels where 39 Juventus supporters died following
Rioting by Liverpool fans?
45. Name the year that the space shuttle Challenger explode?
Politics
46. Who was elected German chancellor in 1982?
47. Who was Reagen’s Secretary of State?
48. In which year did Neil Kinnock become leader of the opposition ?
49. Which politician succeeded Geoffrey Howe as Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1983?
50. Who was George Bush’s Vice-President?
Lyrics
51. There she stood in the Street, Smiling from her head to her feet
52. Looking out a dirty old window, Down below the cars in the street go rushing by
53. You've done it all, You've broken every code
54. Why do I find it hard to write the next line?
55. She looks like a sugar in a plum
56. If I had an aeroplane I still couldn't make it on time
57. Is this real life? Is this just fantasy?
58. We come in Peace, Shoot to Kill
59. You got a heart of glass or a heart of stone, Just you wait until I get you home
60. I laughed at all of your jokes, My love you didn't need to coax
Tie Break Q’s1. the year that Nike launched their first trainers
2. The year that Indira Ghandi was assasinated
3. Who shot JR?
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