Birth Year Quiz

The 1999 quiz

25 questions in the archive mention 1999. Here are 20 of them; New mix gives another lot.

  • 25 questions mention 1999
  • A new mix every time

1998 2000

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
  1. Pub Quiz 4
  2. Pauls Quiz 269
  3. Cakes and Chocolates Quiz 1
  4. Entertainment Quiz 13
  5. Cricket Quiz 2
  6. Reality TV Quiz 1
  7. Australia Quiz 6
  8. Magical Movie Moments Quiz 1
  9. Pot Luck Quiz 6
  10. Easy General Knowledge Quiz 4
  11. Irish Politics Quiz 1
  12. Pauls Quiz 394
  13. Literature Quiz 11
  14. Entertainment Quiz 11
  15. Pauls Quiz 53
  16. Pauls Quiz 422
  17. Pub Quiz 55
  18. Pauls Quiz 460
  19. Pauls Quiz 479
  20. Entertainment Quiz 10

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