1. Which runner held world records simultaneously at 1500m, 2000m, 3000m and 5000m in 1990?
2. Who was the biggest selling female artist in America in the 1990s?
3. Which song, a major hit in both the 1970s and 1990s, was about listening to a Don McLean song in concert?
4. Harry S Truman was the name of the local sheriff in which cult 1990s TV series?
5. In 1990 who became the Irish Republic?s first female president?
6. Which group had the first "new" UK No. 1 of the 1990's? (on 13th Jan 1990, knocking the 1989 Xmas No. 1 off top spot)
7. (1990) They?re six-year olds. How much trouble can they be On second thoughts, take the gun
8. Which 1990s TV black comedy series set in a hospital included in the cast an Australian surgeon called Scissors?
9. Which Renaissance painters were the Christmas hit amongst children in 1990?
10. Who was the biggest selling Country artist, worldwide, of the 1990's?
11. Which Melody was the best selling song in the UK in both 1990 and 1995?
12. Until the end of which decade could the Royal Air Force's nuclear bombs be activated using a bicycle lock key?
13. Salford Reds ended which clubs challenge cup run in the 1990s?
14. Who won Rugby’s Lance Todd award in 1988 and 1990?
15. Which Moroccan was sent off in his first international for France in 1990?
16. Which 1990 novelty song, co-written by Michael Jackson and sung by Nancy Cartwright, reached number one in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Norway?
17. where was the 1990 World Cup held
18. Name the former Pakistani Prime Minister sacked in 1990 amid accusations of constitutional manipulation?
19. Which F1 driver won the world championship in 1988, 1990 & 1991?
20. Which Briton was a member of the winning team in the 1990 Le mans 24-hour race?
ANSWERS
1. Said Aouita
2. Mariah Carey
3. Killing Me Softly With His Song (Roberta Flack and The Fugees)
4. Twin Peaks
5. Mary Robinson
6. New Kids on the Block
7. Kindergarten Cop
8. Cardiac Arrest
9. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo)
10. Garth Brooks
11. Unchained Melody (1990 re release from The Righteous Brothers, 1995 version from Robson and Jerome)
12. 1990s, amazingly
13. Wigan
14. Andy Gregory
15. Abdel Benazzi
16. Do The Bartman
17. Italy
18. Benazir Bhutto
19. Ayrton Senna
20. Martin Brundle
Where these questions come from
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- Rugby Quiz 4
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- Automobile Quiz 2
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