HISTORY QUIZ NO.72

[magpie in the 80's]

QUESTIONS FROM THE 1980'S

1. What was the name of the dredger that collided with the Marchioness pleasure cruiser in 1989?
BOWBELLE
2. What year did Eastenders first appear on British TV Screens?
1985
3. Who was Kidnapped on the 8th February 1983?
SHERGAR
4. In which Indian city did the 1984 Union Carbide disaster occur?
BHOPAL
5. What year was Margaret Thatcher returned for her second term as Prime Minister?
1983
6. Who threw a glass of wine over Jonathan Aitkin because of a TVAM row in 1983?
ANNA FORD
7. Whose secretary was Fawn Hall?
OLIVER NORTH
8. Who gained international recognition for the New Romantics and Pirate clothes fashions?
VIVIAN WESTWOOD
9. What position did Douglas Hurd hold in 1989?
BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY
10. Which Japanese emperor died in 1989 after a 62 year reign?
HIROTIO
11. What was the name of the Zimbabwe capital until 1982?
SALISBURY
12. Which country was at war with Iran between 1980-1988?
IRAQ
13. What is the name of the Yorkshire Ripper who was arrested for his crimes in 1981?
PETER SUTCLIFFE
14. What year was Shergar, the 1981 Derby winner, kidnapped?
1983
15. What was the name of the ferry that capsized off Zeebrugge in 1987?
THE HERALD OF FREE ENTERPRISE
16. Which year was an assassination attempt made on President Reagan in Washington?
1981
17. Which form of traffic control was first used in London on 16th May 1983?
WHEELCLAMPS
18. Who was the intruder found in the Queen?s bedroom in July 1982?
MICHAEL FAGIN
19. Which Egyptian president was assassinated in 1981?
ANWAR SADAT
20. Which IRA hunger striker won the Fermanagh and South Tyrone by election in 1981?
BOBBY SANDS

[Media Park]

11. Harare?

[magpie in the 80's]

11. Harare?

[Dogwatcher]

Adam Ant
10) Emperor Hirohito
11) Salisbury
12) Iraq
13) Peter Sutcliffe
16) 82

[NokturnL OdysseY]

3 - Shergar
14 - 1983

I see what you did there

[FattyLumpkin]

8. Bhopal
19 Yassar Arafat
20. Bobby Sands?

[magpie in the 80's]

8) Adam Ant
10) Emperor Hirohito
11) Salisbury
12) Iraq
13) Peter Sutcliffe
16) 82

OTHERS CORRECT DW

[magpie in the 80's]

3 - Shergar
14 - 1983

I see what you did there

[magpie in the 80's]

8. Bhopal you sure this is the right answer for Q8
19 Yassar Arafat
20. Bobby Sands?

[FattyLumpkin]

absolutely!!! Funnily enough Bhopal could also be the answer for 4.

[magpie in the 80's]

absolutely!!! Funnily enough Bhopal could also be the answer for 4.

IT IS THE ANSWER FOR Q4 BUT NOT 8

[Dogwatcher]

How about Vivienne Westwood?

Ant and Westwood very linked.

[dedja]

16 - 1981
19 - Anwar Sadat

[fish]

9 - British Foreign Secretary

[magpie in the 80's]

8) How about Vivienne Westwood?

Ant and Westwood very linked.

[magpie in the 80's]

16 - 1981
19 - Anwar Sadat

[magpie in the 80's]

9 - British Foreign Secretary

[fish]

5 - 1989

[Mickyj]

5 1983-1987

[magpie in the 80's]

5 - 1989