HISTORY QUIZ NO.72
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:56 pmQUESTIONS 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
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
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