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The Anniversary Quiz
To celebrate 25 years of the BVRA, a bumper quiz with one question for each anniversary year from 1988 to 2012!
- Q. 1988. Where were the summer Olympics held?
- Q. 1989. Who succeeded whom as US President?
- Q. 1990. Who beat Argentina 1-0 to win the FIFA World Cup?
- Q. 1991. The Silence of the Lambs was a worldwide box office hit but who wrote the book on which it was based?
- Q. 1992. Which Latin term did the Queen use to memorably describe her year in a speech in the Guildhall in November?
- Q. 1993. Frank Zappa died. What was his band called?
- Q. 1994. Who released their debut album, “Definitely Maybe”?
- Q. 1995. Who conducted the (in)famous Panorama interview with Princess Diana?
- Q. 1996. Who replaced Terry Venables as England football manager?
- Q. 1997. Who won the Eurovision Song Contest with “Love Shine a Light”?
- Q. 1998. Which two Irishmen won the Nobel Peace Prize?
- Q. 1999. Who exhibited “My Bed” at the Tate Gallery?
- Q. 2000. Who became the most expensive British footballer in an £18m transfer from West Ham to Leeds?
- Q. 2001. Who resigned from the cabinet for a second time?
- Q. 2002. Spike Milligan died this year but in which country was he born?
- Q. 2003. The final film in the Lord of the Rings trilogy won 11 Oscars but what was its title?
- Q. 2004. Which British athlete won Olympic gold medals in the 800m and 1500m?
- Q. 2005. Following the 7/7 terrorist attacks, what was the name of the innocent Brazilian shot by police in London 2 weeks later?
- Q. 2006. Daniel Craig made his debut as James Bond – in which film?
- Q. 2007. What memorable phrase did George W Bush use to greet the British Prime Minister at a G8 meeting in St. Petersburg?
- Q. 2008. Adele’s debut album went straight into the charts at number 1. What was it called?
- Q. 2009. Where did US Airways Flight 1549 carry out an emergency landing?
- Q. 2010. What was the name of the BP drilling rig which where an explosion and fire started a major oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico?
- Q. 2011. Lucien Freud died this year. What relation was he to Sigmund Freud?
- Q. 2012. Reading FC have been promoted back to the Premier League. How many seasons did they stay up last time they were promoted?
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An “otherwise known as” theme this time
- Q. Which Irish city is nicknamed “Stroke City”?
- Q. Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta is better known as what?
- Q. Which county is known as “the Garden of England”?
- Q. The Beatles’ 9th official album has no title on the cover other than their name, but how is it popularly known?
- Q. Which very famous English author wrote her first novel under the pseudonym “A Lady”?
- Q. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy hit the headlines in the 1990’s. By what name is it commonly known?
- Q. Samuel Clemens is better known under his pen name, which is...?
- Q. Francisco Scaramanga was known as what in the eponymous James Bond book and film?
- Q. 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is better known as what
- Q. Sir Percy Blakeney’s alter ego was which elusive character?
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A fauna theme this time; either the question or the answer (or both) are animal related.
- Q. Which of the following animals is not associated with a Chinese year: Rat, Tiger, Lion, Snake, Pig?
- Q. The Houyhnhnms feature in a book published in 1726. What type of animal are they?
- Q. Itchy and Scratchy are long running characters in The Simpsons, but which is the cat and which is the mouse?
- Q. Who composed The Carnival of the Animals in 1886?
- Q. Which band featured (among others) Eric Burdon, Alan Price and Chas Chandler?
- Q. What links a Poodle (2002), Whippet (2004) and Hungarian Vizsla (2010)?
- Q. In Harry Potter, what type of magical creature is Hagrid’s “pet”, Buckbeak?
- Q. Who released “The Year of the Cat” in 1976?
- Q. In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, what type of animal is Snowball?
- Q. Which football club is known as “the Rams”?
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As it was the 50th anniversary of the release of Love Me Do and the Magical Mystery Tour was filmed in Barkham (OK, not true –Ed), the theme for this quiz is The Beatles.
- Q. What is the link between 20 Forthlin Road and "Mendips"?
- Q. Who was the original bassist when they were a 5 piece group (pre "Fab Four")?
- Q. Who was the Beatles manager until he died in 1967?
- Q. On whose TV show did they appear in February 1964 which brought them to the attention of the American public for the first time?
- Q. In April 1964 they had the top 5 in the US Billboard Chart. Can you name 3 of the 5 songs?
- Q. "Our World" was the first international live satellite broadcast in June 1967. Which song did the Beatles perform?
- Q. Which song features the line "...and the fireman rushes in from the pouring rain – very strange..."?
- Q. What was screened on BBC1 between a Petula Clark special and a Norman Wisdom film on Boxing Day 1967?
- Q. Who played the guitar solo on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" from the White Album?
- Q. On Abbey Road, what is the next line after "You should have seen Polythene Pam..."
