The 1990s quiz
20 questions about the 1990s, from quizzes all over the archive. New mix gives another lot; the link always brings back this mix.
1. Which actress with the initials RDM starred as the nanny from hell in the 1992 film the hand that rocks the cradle?
2. Name the defender shot dead after scoring an own goal during the 1994 World Cup.
3. What 1992 movie featured catchphrases like "Party on!", ?Schwing?, "Ex-squeeze me?? and "Excellent!"
4. Although it caused controversy in some circles, what did the World Health Organisation remove from its list of diseases in 1990?
5. Which headline making divorce became absolute on the 28th August 1996?
6. Who in 1998 performed 130 takes to make an American TV commercial for ?Cranberry Sauce??
7. Which Michael Jackson song was a UK Christmas number one in 1995?
8. Since the start of the English Premier League in 1992, which fixture has seen the most red cards?
9. Who won the formula 1 drivers championship in 1994?
10. Who retired as Scottish Captain after the 1995 World Cup?
11. Lech Walesa becomes president of Poland. First showing of "Have I got news for you" on BBC TV. Nelson Mandela was released. All new cars in Europe have to be capable of running on unleaded petrol. But what was the year?
12. Which former US President was the target of an Iraqi plot to assassinate him in 1993?
13. Who bit a chunk out of Evander Holyfield?s ear in 1997?
14. Which Mary became Irish president in 1991?
15. 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.
16. Bill Clinton was impeached in December 1998 on two charges. What were they?
17. Which children's group, formed in 1991, wear coloured skivvies?
18. Until the end of which decade could the Royal Air Force's nuclear bombs be activated using a bicycle lock key?
19. In 1999, which American retail giant announced that it was buying the Asda food retail chain?
20. Which European ferry sank in 1994 with the loss of nearly 1000 lives?
ANSWERS
1. Rebecca de Mournay
2. Andres Escobar
3. Wayne?s World
4. Homosexuality
5. Prince Charles And Princess Diana
6. The Duchess of York - Fergie.
7. Earth Song
8. Liverpool - Everton
9. Michael Schumacher
10. Gavin Hastings
11. 1990.
12. George Bush
13. Mike Tyson
14. Robinson
15. Yellow Pages.
16. Perjury (lying under oath to a grand jury) and obstruction of justice
17. The Wiggles
18. 1990s, amazingly
19. Wal-Mart
20. Estonia
Where these questions come from
- TV and Films Quiz 5
- World Cup Quiz 1
- QuizMiz Quiz 37
- Pauls Quiz 477
- Headline News Quiz 1
- Television Quiz 4
- Christmas Music Quiz 1
- Pauls Quiz 497
- Sport Quiz 11
- Rugby Quiz 2
- Pot Luck Quiz 6
- Bad Guys Quiz 1
- Sport Quiz 5
- Irish Politics Quiz 1
- Brand Quiz 3
- Impeachment Quiz 1
- Australia Quiz 5
- Noels Bizzare Quiz 2
- Food and Drink Quiz 9
- Ferries Quiz 1
Questions are chosen because they mention a year from the decade. Now and then one is only loosely about it: press New mix for another lot.