The 1978 quiz
1. Which song was a UK number 2 hit in 1978 for Rose Royce?
2. Who plays the part of Josef Mengele in the 1978 film 'The Boys From Brazil'?
3. 1978 ? Boomtown rats
4. "On a warm summer's eve on a train bound for nowhere" are the first words to which hit single from 1978?
5. Which singer played the scarecrow in The Wiz (1978) film?
6. Why was Louise Brown famous in 1978?
7. Which oil tanker that ran aground off the coast of Britany in 1978?
8. Released in 1978 what were the names of the two gangs which John Travolta and Olivia Newton John belonged to in the movie ?Grease??
9. Which footballer was the top goal-scorer in the German Bundesliga a record six times during the 1960s and 1970s?
10. The fictional ship HMS Thunderchild is depicted on the cover of which 1978 concept album?
11. Which Coronation Street character was shot dead by armed raiders at Mike Baldwins jeans factory in 1978?
12. Who launched London Weekend Television's "The South Bank Show" in 1978?
13. Who was the very first BDO World Darts Champion in 1978?
14. What airline company owned the coach that was attacked by terrorists in London in 1978?
15. Although "Dancing Queen" gave ABBA their only number 1 in the USA on 9 April 1977, which song (which reached number 3 in 1978) measured in sales and other statistics, actually remains the group's biggest American hit?
16. What replaced TV?s ?This Week? news documentary programme between 1978 and 1984?
17. Which 70s/80s pop group released the 1978 album "Nightflight to Venus"?
18. Son of a famous father, who had his first winner at Kempton in 1978?
19. On whose romance was the 1978 film ?The Greek Tycoon? starring Anthony Quinn and Jacqueline Bisset supposedly based?
20. Which country reached the 1974 and 1978 world cup finals, but ended up runners-up in both?
ANSWERS
1. Love Don?t Live Here Any More
2. Gregory Peck
3. RAT trap
4. The Gambler (Kenny Rogers)
5. Michael Jackson
6. She was the first test-tube baby
7. The Amoco Cadiz.
8. The T-Birds and The Pink Ladies
9. Gert Mueller (1967 28 goals, 1969 30 goals, 1972 40 goals, 1973 36 goals, 1974 30 goals, 1978 24 goals)
10. Jeff Wayne's 'War of the Worlds'
11. Ernie Bishop.
12. Melvyn Bragg
13. Leighton Rees
14. El Al
15. Take a chance on me
16. TV Eye
17. Boney M
18. Walter Swinburn, Jnr
19. Aristotle Onnasis and Jackie Kennedy
20. Holland