1. Who captained South Africa during their 1999 World Cup cricket campaign?
2. Which English Premier League club was the first to field a team without any English players? (Boxing Day, 1999)
3. Who had a big hit with ?Sweet Like Chocolate? in 1999?
4. Which film release in 1999 has Brad Pitt playing the Grim Reaper?
5. So far (Oct 2008) there has only been one century by an Indian against Australia in a World Cup match. Who scored it and in which year?
6. "Big Brother" first appeared in 1999 in which country?
7. In which year did Australians vote in a referendum against becoming a republic?
8. (1999) I?ve lost my mojo.
9. Between the years 1999 and 2006, which singer has sold the most amount of albums worldwide?
10. The voices of Minnie Driver, George Clooney and Eric Idle feature in the 1999 film version of which TV cartoon?
11. Which supreme Court judge resigned during 1999 as a result of the "Sheedy Affair"?
12. Which two players were involved in the last all American Wimbledon Men's Singles final?
13. Which bookseller died in June 1999 at the age of 88?
14. Which was the world?s biggest grossing film of 1999?
15. Who scored the two goals for the winners in the Champions League final between Manchester United and Bayern Munich in 1999? For a bonus point, who shot the goal for the losers?
16. Which European capital was bombed by the Luftwaffe in April 1941, the RAF and USAF in April 1944, and NATO in May 1999?
17. Who had a no 1 in September 1999 with ?Blue (Da Ba Dee)?
18. Which colour was a number one hit single in the UK charts in 1999 (number 6 in the US charts)?
19. The movie poster tag line to which 1999 film was "Bigger. Smarter. Faster. Meaner."?
20. Who won an acting Oscar in 1999 for their performance in a film, which they appeared on screen for only 8 minutes?
ANSWERS
1. Hansie Cronje
2. Chelsea
3. Shanks & Bigfoot
4. Meet Joe Black.
5. Ajay Jadeja in 1999
6. The Netherlands
7. 1999
8. Anstin Powers 2 ? The Spy Who Shagged Me
9. Britney Spears.
10. South Park
11. Hugh O' Flaherty
12. Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi (1999)
13. Christina Foyle
14. Star Wars The Phantom Menace
15. Sheringham and Solskjær for Manchester United (and the Bayern Munich goal was scored by Basler)
16. Belgrade
17. Eiffel 65
18. Blue (Da Ba Dee) (Eiffel 65)
19. Deep Blue Sea
20. Judi Dench
Where these questions come from
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