Birth Year Quiz

The 1982 quiz

51 questions in the archive mention 1982. Here are 20 of them; New mix gives another lot.

  • 51 questions mention 1982
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1981 1983

1. Which islands were the subject of a war between Argentina and Britain in 1982?

2. For which title role did actor Ben Kingsley win an Oscar in 1982?

3. Which two countries have been runners-up in two consecutive Football World Cup tournaments?

4. Which South American city provides the setting for the 1982 film Missing, starring Jack Lemmon?

5. Who was the intruder found in the Queen?s bedroom in July 1982?

6. Plus or minus two years, the CD first became commercially available in October of which year?

7. Which director won an Oscar in 1982 for his lengthy film about the young Indian advocate who became a quiet revolutionary , hailed as a saint and martyr?

8. "It was nothing like that penis breath" is a line from which 1982 Hollywood blockbuster popular amongst children and adults alike?

9. Which Asian country played its first cricket test match in 1982?

10. Who was the head of the KGB from 1967 untill 1982?

11. Which two teams battled it out in the first football (soccer) World Cup match to be decided by a penalty shootout (1982)?

12. Who won a place in the Guinness Book of Records for writing 26 books in 1982?

13. During a World Cup match in 1982 the German keeper Harald 'Toni' Schumacher almost killed which French player with a kick box like tackle?

14. Which ship was raised from the bed of the Solent in 1982?

15. Who won the Oscar for best actress in 1982 for 'Sophie's Choice'?

16. Plus or minus 2, in which year did the Cabbage Patch Doll first appear under the Christmas tree?

17. Hungary's Laszloz of Hungary still holds the record for what feat achieved in seven minutes against El Salvador in 1982?

18. During which rally was Mark Thatcher lost in 1982?

19. From 1982-1996, who was the only woman tennis player to win Wimbledon other than Martina Navratilova and Steffi Graf?

20. What was unique about Graeme Fowler`s two centuries in a match against Warwickshire in 1982?

ANSWERS

1. Falklands

2. Ghandi

3. Holland (1974 and 1978) and West Germany (1982 and 1986)

4. Santiago de Chile

5. Michael Fagin

6. October 1982

7. Richard Attenborough (for Gandhi)

8. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

9. Sri Lanka

10. Yuri Andropov

11. West Germany and France (5-4 respectively, semi-finals).

12. Barbara Cartland.

13. Patrick Battiston

14. Mary rose

15. Meryl Streep

16. 1982

17. Fastest Hat-Trick

18. Paris-Dakar

19. Conchita Martinez (in 1994)

20. Both were performed with the aid of a runner

Where these questions come from
  1. Geography Quiz 12
  2. Kings Quiz 1
  3. Pauls Football World Cup Quiz 2
  4. South America Quiz 2
  5. 1980s Quiz 1
  6. Pauls Quiz 251
  7. Movie Directors Quiz 1
  8. Pauls Quiz 329
  9. Sport Quiz 15
  10. Pauls Quiz 502
  11. Famous Firsts and Foods Quiz 1
  12. People and Places Quiz 1
  13. Pauls Football World Cup Quiz 3
  14. Same initials Quiz 6
  15. War Films Quiz 3
  16. Pauls Christmas Quiz 2
  17. World Cup Quiz 1
  18. Margaret Thatcher Quiz 1
  19. Pub Quiz 136
  20. Cricket Quiz 3

Questions are chosen because they mention the year. Now and then one is only loosely about it: press New mix for another lot.