Birth Year Quiz

The 1988 quiz

54 questions in the archive mention 1988. Here are 20 of them; New mix gives another lot.

  • 54 questions mention 1988
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1987 1989

1. Which British athlete won a bronze medal in the 100m at the 1988 Olympics, later upgraded to a silver?

2. What did Canadian and Soviet skiers attempt in 1988?

3. Which Caribbean country entered a bobsleigh team in the 1988 Winter Olympics?

4. What year saw the first "Red Nose Day" for comic relief?

5. Which famous American actor and Academy Award winner for both Best Director and Best Producer was mayor of Carmel by the Sea California between 1986 and 1988?

6. Whitney Houston had a top 10 in 1988 with 'The Greatest Love Of All'. Who had the original hit with that song in 1977?

7. Re: the land of the big snowball. Which country did Celine Dion represent in the 1988 Eurovision song contest?

8. Which rock band was fronted by a singer called Fish, until he left them in 1988?

9. Which runner broke the world record for the 100 metres at the 1988 Olympic Games but was disqualified for using drugs?

10. With 6 gold medals, the West German Kristin Otto was the most successful athlete at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. In which discipline did she excell?

11. Which club was the first English football (soccer) league club to install an artificial pitch, which later proved largely unpopular with visiting sides and in 1988 it was replaced again with turf?

12. In 1988 who became the first boxer to have won world championships in five different weight categories?

13. What PP won the 1988 Pakistan general election?

14. Name the 1988 live action+animation movie by Robert Zemekis, starring Bob Hoskins:

15. What sport did British TV channel ITV stop covering in 1988?

16. Which 2 actors played Twins in the 1988 film of the same name?

17. Which number one hit song from Whitney Houston was recorded for the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul?

18. In which popular 1988 film comedy is the leading characters name Cary Grant's real name?

19. Who was the host of the first ITV Telethon event in 1988?

20. Where were the 1988 Summer Olympics held?

ANSWERS

1. Linford Christie

2. Cross from USSR to Canada via North Pole

3. Jamaica

4. 1988

5. Clint Eastwood

6. George Benson

7. Switzerland

8. Marillion

9. Ben Johnson

10. Swimming

11. Queens Park Rangers

12. Sugar Ray Leonard

13. Peoples Party

14. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

15. Wrestling

16. Arnold Schwarzenegger & Danny Devito

17. One Moment In Time

18. A Fish Called Wanda. (John Cleese is Archie Leach)

19. Michael Aspel

20. Seoul, South Korea

Where these questions come from
  1. Brass and Bronze Quiz 1
  2. Canada Quiz 1
  3. Winter Quiz 1
  4. Red Light District Quiz 1
  5. Pauls Quiz 397
  6. Lovers Quiz 1
  7. Pauls Quiz 79
  8. Fish and Chips Quiz 1
  9. Sport Quiz 22
  10. Pauls Quiz 460
  11. Sport Quiz 1
  12. Sport Quiz 27
  13. Cryptic Quiz 2
  14. Easter Bunny Quiz 1
  15. History Quiz 6
  16. Famous Twins Quiz 1
  17. Pauls Quiz 446
  18. Pauls Cary Grant Quiz 1
  19. Television Quiz 3
  20. Sport Quiz 4

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