Echoes of the 80’s

EVENTS

1 Who became Duchess of York in 1986?

2 Freed in 1989, how were Hill, Armstrong, Conlon and Richardson collectively known?

3 Who was elected Prime Minister of Zimbabwe in 1980?

4 At which football stadium were 96 lives lost in 1989?

5 What is the name of the Yorkshire Ripper arrested in 1981?

6 In 1988 who became the first female Prime Minister of Pakistan?

7 Who was found hanging in his Spandau prison cell in 1987?

8 In 1980, which 14 year old British chess player became the youngest ever International Master?

9 Which space shuttle disintegrated 73 seconds after launch in 1986?

10 What was the surname of the couple who designed Princess Diana’s wedding dress?

11 Which peak erupted in Washington in 1980 resulting in 57 fatalities?

12 What went down in 1545 and was raised in 1982?

13 What was the first land battle of the Falkland’s War?

14 In which country did Beatrix succeed Juliana to the throne?

15 Who shot Ronald Reagan in 1981?

Answers to Events
1 Sarah Ferguson
2 The Guildford Four
3 Robert Mugabe
4 Hillsborough
5 Peter Sutcliffe
6 Benazir Bhutto
7 Rudolf Hess
8 Nigel Short
9 Challenger
10 Emmanuel
11 Mount St Helens
12 Mary Rose, the flagship of Henry VIII
13 Battle of Goose Green
14 Netherlands
15 John Hinckley

TV and Film

1 Who did Robert DeNiro portray in Raging Bull?

2 Who recorded the theme for Ghostbusters?

3 Jay Silverheels, who died in 1980, was famed for playing which American Indian on TV?

4 Who won her fourth Best Actress Oscar for her role in On Golden Pond?

5 Which US soap featured two rival clans called the Giobertis and the Channings?

6 Which 80s detective show featured two Dobermans called Zeus and Apollo?

7 Who played Yosser Hughes in Boys from the Black Stuff?

8 Which film and subsequent TV series was set at the New York School of Performing Arts?

9 Which actor traded places with Eddie Murphy in the film Trading Places?

10 Which group performed the Bond theme for A View to a Kill?

11 Which 1985 film saw Harrison Ford hiding out in an Amish community?

12 Who played the Karate Kid in three films?

13 John Laurie, who died in 1980, played which character in Dad’s Army?

14 Who was the only British actor to win a Best Actor Oscar in the 1980s?

15 What was the name of Sonny Crockett’s pet alligator in Miami Vice?

Answers to TV and Films
1 Jake La Motta
2 Ray Parker Jnr
3 Tonto
4 Katharine Hepburn
5 Falcon Crest
6 Magnum PI
7 Bernard Hill
8 Fame
9 Dan Aykroyd
10 Duran Duran
11 Witness
12 Ralph Macchio
13 Frazier
14 Ben Kingsley
15 Elvis

Pop

1 Under what name did Marc Almond and Dave Ball record in the 1980s?

2 Who killed John Lennon?

3 Which song from South Pacific topped the charts for Captain Sensible?

4 Which group took their name from the Arabic for black?

5 Which singer collaborated with George Michael on the song, I Knew You Were Waiting?

6 Which 80s chart topper was born Michael Barratt?

7 What was Abba’s last number one hit?

8 Who provides lead vocals for the Pretenders?

9 Which singer won Eurovision twice in the 80s?

10 In 1984 who was badly burnt whilst filming a Pepsi commercial?

11 Which song opens with the line, “You took a mystery and made me want it”?

12 Which singer was elected Mayor of Palm Springs in 1988?

13 What was the best selling single in the UK in the 1980s?

14 Which song was number one for Stevie Wonder and also won him a Best Song Oscar?

15 Which school choir claimed there was no one quite like Grandma?

Answers to Pop
1 Soft Cell
2 Mark Chapman
3 Happy Talk
4 Aswad
5 Aretha Franklin
6 Shakin Stevens
7 Super Trouper
8 Chrissie Hynde
9 Johnny Logan
10 Michael Jackson
11 Chain Reaction by Diana Ross
12 Sonny Bono
13 Do They Know its Christmas?
14 I Just Called to Say I Love You
15 St Winifred’s School Choir

Sport

1 Which city hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics?

2 Which Brazilian born in 1980, was voted World Footballer of the Year in 2005?

3 In 1982, who got lost in the Sahara Desert during the Paris to Dakar Rally?

4 Who retired in 1983 after five consecutive Wimbledon successes?

5 In 1986 which football team became the only Romanian winners of the European Champions Cup?

6 Who was jailed for three years in October 1987 for tax evasion?

7 Who won the snooker world title in 1985 on the final black ball?

8 Which goal keeper was beaten by Maradona’s “hand of God” goal?

9 In 1980, who beat Muhammed Ali in Ali’s final world title bout?

10 Which British player won golf’s US Masters in 1989?

11 In 1984 in which sport did the Detroit Tigers beat the San Diego Padres to win the premier event?

12 Which nation won the soccer World Cup in 1982?

13 In 1985 who became the first unseeded player to win the Men’s Singles at Wimbledon?

14 Who was the first footballer to be sent off in an FA Cup final?

15 Which winner of the Grand National in the 1980s was named after a lighthouse?

Answers to Sport
1 Moscow
2 Ronaldhino
3 Mark Thatcher
4 Bjorn Borg
5 Steaua Bucharest
6 Lester Piggott
7 Dennis Taylor
8 Peter Shilton
9 Larry Holmes
10 Nick Faldo
11 Baseball, in winning the World Series
12 Italy
13 Boris Becker
14 Kevin Moran of Manchester Utd
15 Corbiere

General

1 Which author of the book Born Free was murdered in 1980?

2 In 1982, which car factory in Belfast went into receivership?

3 In which country did the St Gothard Tunnel open in 1980?

4 Which WPC was shot dead outside the Libyan embassy in 1984?

5 How did Mehmet Ali Agca make news headlines in 1981?

6 Which Greenpeace vessel was bombed and sunk in 1985?

7 Which IRA hunger striker died in May 1981?

8 Which North Sea oil platform was destroyed in 1988?

9 Name the Swedish Prime Minister who was shot dead in 1986.

10 Who died in a car crash on September 15, 1982?

11 Who wrote The Satanic Verses?

12 In which city was Terry Waite kidnapped in 1987?

13 On January 31, 1983 what became compulsory in Great Britain?

14 What did France abolish on September 18, 1981?

15 In July 1982 which intruder sat on the Queen’s bed and asked for a cigarette?

Answers to General
1 Joy Adamson
2 De Lorean
3 Switzerland
4 Yvonne Fletcher
5 He shot Pope John Paul II
6 Rainbow Warrior
7 Bobby Sands
8 Piper Alpha
9 Olof Palme
10 Princess Grace of Monaco
11 Salman Rushdie
12 Beirut
13 The wearing of car seat belts
14 Capital punishment
15 Michael Fagin