1. In which 1979 film, based on a rock opera by The Who does a scooter fly off a cliff in the final scene?

2. Name the German film that won the 1979 Oscar for best foreign film and was later banned in many western countries because it is considered to be P0R N0GRA PH1C.

3. Which British politician went on trial, on May 8 1979 at London?s Old Bailey on charges of hiring an assassin to kill his alleged ex-lover Norman Scott?

4. What county's forces assisted in the overthrow of idi Amin in 1979?

5. Which Australian cricketer famously used an aluminium bat in a test match against England in 1979?

6. In 1979 who was revealed to be the fourth Russian spy in the Burgess, MacLean and Philby affair?

7. Which actor, an archdeacon in the TV series all gas & gaiters died in January 1979?

8. What is the combined length of Lee Redmond's fingernails, grown since 1979? (+/- 50cm)

9. Based on the best selling 1979 album, Pink is the central character in which animated surrealistic musical drama from the year 1982?

10. According to the promotional trailers for the 1979 film Alien ? in space no one can hear you..? what?

11. Which woman, dedicated to the relief of the poor, won the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize?

12. Which country was suspended from the Arab league for 10 years from 1979?

13. In which European country did the ayatollah khomein in spend 14 years in exile before his return to Iran in 1979?

14. In 1979 US President Jimmy Carter signed the SALT2 treaty in Vienna along with which Soviet Leader?

15. What was first performed by four members of the Dangerous Sports Club from the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol? (1 April 1979)

16. The Gossamer Albatross achieved which first in 1979?

17. Plus or minus 10, in which year did the WHO certify smallpox as eradicated?

18. Who replaced Keith Moon as the drummer for the Who after his untimely death in 1979?

19. How many members were in the band Village People when they had their 1979 hit YMCA?

20. Who was assassinated whilst sailing from Mullaghmore in Ireland in 1979?

ANSWERS

1. Quadrophenia

2. The Tin Drum

3. Jeremy Thorpe, Liberal party leader.

4. Tanzania's

5. Dennis Lillee

6. Anthony Blunt

7. Robertson Hare

8. 7.51m

9. Pink Floyd-The Wall

10. Scream

11. Mother Theresa

12. Egypt

13. France

14. Leonid Brezhnev

15. A bungee jump.

16. 1st Human Powered Aircraft To Cross The English Channel

17. 1979

18. Kenny Jones

19. Six (cowboy, biker, GI/sailor, cop, construction worker, native American)

20. Earl Mountbatten