{"id":1161,"date":"2009-05-22T18:37:50","date_gmt":"2009-05-22T18:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stevepugh.net\/VTT\/?p=1161"},"modified":"2016-01-26T14:55:07","modified_gmt":"2016-01-26T14:55:07","slug":"quiz-like-its-1997","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevepugh.net\/VTT\/2009\/05\/quiz-like-its-1997\/","title":{"rendered":"Quiz like it’s 1997"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I found this file, last modified 10 June 1997, on a set of back ups and it’s a pub quiz that I ran in Balliol bar. In fact considering the date I suspect that this is the night that Lettice first clapped eyes on me and thought “nice guy, shame about the jumper”.<\/p>\n

People on Facebook and Twitter said that they wanted to see the quiz, so here goes.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Remember that this was set in June 1997<\/strong> – Tony Blair has just won a landslide victory, Katrina and the Waves had just won the Eurovision song contest, Deep Blue had just beaten Gary Kasparov, Princess Diana and Mother Teresa were still alive, Google was being born and Wikipedia didn’t exist.<\/p>\n

Music<\/h3>\n
    \n
  1. What is Ludwig von K\u00f6chel\u2019s claim to fame?<\/li>\n
  2. Which instrument did jazz musician Bix Biederbecke play?<\/li>\n
  3. \u201cKilling Me Softly\u201d, covered by The Fugees, was written about whom?<\/li>\n
  4. Which actress has recently released a single entitled \u201cExtremis\u201d?<\/li>\n
  5. What is the combined age of The Spice Girls?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Literature<\/h3>\n
      \n
    1. What hobby did Sherlock Holmes take up when he retired?<\/li>\n
    2. What is the name of G.K. Chesterton\u2019s clerical sleuth?<\/li>\n
    3. Whose 1991 novel tells the story of a man who lives his life backwards?<\/li>\n
    4. Which poet\u2019s works include \u201cThe Wreck of the Hesperus\u201d and \u201cThe Courtship of Miles Standish\u201d?<\/li>\n
    5. Captain Absolute, Sir Lucius O\u2019Trigger and Bob Acres are the title characters in which play?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Television and Cinema<\/h3>\n
        \n
      1. In which cult TV series would you encounter the saying \u201cBe seeing you\u201d complete with accompanying salute?<\/li>\n
      2. What\u2019s the name of the man who in 1980 was voted worst director of all time and was played by Johnny Depp in a 1995 film?<\/li>\n
      3. Which 1985 film was directed by Steven Spielberg and featured Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey?<\/li>\n
      4. Name the two actors who played Scott Robinson in Neighbours?<\/li>\n
      5. What is the name of Postman Pat\u2019s cat?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Science<\/h3>\n
          \n
        1. Which of the following is not a measure of radiation: Gray, Weber, Sievert, Curie, Bequerel?<\/li>\n
        2. How is the drug in everyday use Acetaminophen better known?<\/li>\n
        3. Which internal organ do most snakes lack?<\/li>\n
        4. Which computing pioneer was tried and convicted because of his homosexuality?<\/li>\n
        5. Which chemical element is named after a Norse god?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          History<\/h3>\n
            \n
          1. Leonidas led which side at the battle of Thermopylae<\/li>\n
          2. Which English king was imprisoned in Durenstein castle by Leopold of Austria?<\/li>\n
          3. The \u201cDefenestration of Prague\u201d started which war?<\/li>\n
          4. How old was Queen Victoria at the time of her ascension to the throne?<\/li>\n
          5. Where in 1946 would you have found British, French and Japanese troops fighting on the same side?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Geography<\/h3>\n
              \n
            1. Which African country takes its name from some ancient ruins?<\/li>\n
            2. What is the biblically inspired name of the islands in the South Pacific discovered in 1568 by the Alvaro de Mendana de Neyra?<\/li>\n
            3. Which country is jointly ruled by the President of France and the Bishop of Urgel?<\/li>\n
            4. St Mary\u2019s, St Martin\u2019s and Tresco are members of which island group?<\/li>\n
            5. Which is the smallest of the United States?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              Current Affairs – Remember, it’s 1997<\/h3>\n
                \n
              1. How many women are there in the new cabinet?<\/li>\n
              2. How is Daniel Hooper better known?<\/li>\n
              3. A great-nephew of which socialist hero was revealed as a \u201cTory Boy\u201d during the election campaign?<\/li>\n
              4. What is the quorum for the House of Commons?<\/li>\n
              5. Why are Deborah Parry and Lucille McLauchlan in big trouble?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                Sport<\/h3>\n
                  \n
                1. Who, last year, won a fourth consecutive Olympic gold in a track and field event?<\/li>\n
                2. Who were the last nation to win football\u2019s world cup in their own country?<\/li>\n
                3. Harold Larwood and Douglas Jardine were involved in which cricketing controversy?<\/li>\n
                4. Which four tournaments make up tennis\u2019s Grand Slam?<\/li>\n
                5. What is the official name of rugby\u2019s British Lions?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  Trivia<\/h3>\n
                    \n
                  1. Thomas Watson who in 1943 said, “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers” was chairman of which company?<\/li>\n
                  2. In 1975, Elizabeth Seton, became the first American to do what?<\/li>\n
                  3. Who said of the press barons, \u201cPower without responsibility, the privilege of the harlot throughout the ages.\u201d?<\/li>\n
                  4. What were P.G. Wodehouse\u2019s first names?<\/li>\n
                  5. Which day of the week will the next century begin on?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    Oxford<\/h3>\n
                      \n
                    1. In which year was OUSU formed?<\/li>\n
                    2. Who first said that Balliol students had \u201cthe tranquil air of the effortlessly superior\u201d?<\/li>\n
                    3. Which is the tallest college?<\/li>\n
                    4. Baillie College occasionally featured in which BBC TV series?<\/li>\n
                    5. Inspector Morse attended which college as an undergraduate? (Two possible answers as books and TV differ.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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