1. The symbolic "Doomsday Clock" represents a countdown to a possible global nuclear (or climatic) catastrophe. Plus or minus 3 , in which year was it put back to 11.43 (23.43), the furthest away from midnight since its introduction in 1947?
2. Which German Tennis Player Won the Wimbledon Men's Singles Title in 1991?
3. Which Spaniard won the 1991 Monte Carlo rally?
4. Who was the English player to win the Embassy snooker world championship in 1991?
5. What are the only two football clubs in the old 'Eastern Block' which have won the European Cup (now Champions League)?
6. Which team reached the Super Bowl in four consecutive years (1991-94 ) and lost them all?
7. What song was the Christmas number one in the UK in both 1975 and 1991?
8. Which leader's statue was pulled down in Red Square in 1991?
9. Under what title was the 1991 documentary film ?Madonna: Truth or Dare? relased outside the United States and Canada?
10. The eruption of which volcano led to the evacuation of the USAF's largest overseas base in 1991?
11. Who captained Australia in their World Cup win in 1991?
12. Who plays Mr orange in the 1991 film Reservoir Dogs? Is it Tim Roth, Harvey Keitel, Paul Lawrie, Quentin Tarantino or Gert Frobe?
13. In which 1991 film would you find the characters Outspan Foster and Joey the Lips Fagin?
14. Whose wedding on her 30th birthday to her long time boyfriend Paul was postponed in 1991?
15. Which dairy product was a number one hit single in the US charts in 1991? (number 15 in the UK charts)
16. In which country was the world?s tallest structure until it collapsed during renovation in 1991?
17. Sharing its name with a woman, which scheme was introduced in Britain in 1991 to encourage longer term savings by making tax-free on deposits of up to ?9000 over 5 years?
18. Why were Sue Middleton and Alex Tatham in the news in October 1991?
19. Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck and Martin Balsam all starred in the 1962 original & the 1991 remake of which film?
20. The book ?Fly Fishing? by J.R. Hartley, which gets a mention in this particular brand?s TV commercial aired in 1983, was actually not written until 1991. Name this brand, which gave birth to this anachronistic event of Hartley.
ANSWERS
1. 1991
2. Michael Stich
3. Carlos Sainz
4. John Parrot
5. Steaua Bucharest 1986 and Red Star Belgrade 1991
6. The Buffalo Bills
7. Bohemian Rhapsody (by Queen)
8. Lenin's
9. In Bed with Madonna
10. Pinatubo
11. Nick Farr-Jones
12. Tim Roth
13. The Commitments
14. Sindy
15. Cream (Prince)
16. Poland
17. TESSA
18. They met on Blind date and got married
19. Cape Fear
20. Yellow Pages.
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