1988: the year in questions |
This article is more than 19 years old1988: the year in questions
This article is more than 19 years oldThe Tories were entering a second term, the Olympics were held in Seoul, and Rain Man was the top movie. How 1988 are you? Test your your memory with our brain-teasing quizNews: home1 How long had Margaret Thatcher been in power on becoming the century's longest serving prime minister?
2 Who resigned from the position of junior health minister in December after a gaffe over eggs? Who was health secretary at the time? Who was health minister? And who took over the vacated job?
3 Police seized T-shirts in February depicting which two cartoon characters engaged in sexual activities?
4 The government passed which controversial amendment to which act banning what?
5 Name the three IRA members shot dead by the SAS on Gibraltar in March. And which ITV company subsequently made the Death On The Rock investigation that some say contributed to it losing its franchise?
6 The report into child abuse in Cleveland bore whose name?
7 After the balance of trade showed a £2.15bn deficit in September, chancellor Nigel Lawson ordered a 1% rise in the base rate. How many times had it increased since June? And what did it take mortgage rates to?
8 Which tabloid newspaper paid which pop star how much money in December in a libel case?
9 Name the flight number, the plane type and the number of people killed when a plane exploded over the Scottish town of Lockerbie?
10 How many people died when the Piper Alpha oil rig exploded? How many miles offshore was it?
News: abroad
1 Which warship 'accidentally' shot down an Iranian airbus in July and how many people were killed?
2 Which country had its bicentennial?
3 Who did George Bush Snr defeat in the race for the White House? And who was the defeated Democrat's running mate?
4 Who described whose behaviour as 'a blot on the face of civilisation' and why?
5 In which month did Iraq use chemical weapons against the Kurdish town on Halabjah and in which month did the ceasefire in the Iran-Iraq war come into effect?
6 Who said 'Oh mes couilles' ('Oh my balls') in front of whom at an EEC summit in February, prompting the Sun to tell him 'Say Sorry Rude Frog'?
7 The dictator of which central American country was indicted by a US grand jury for drug smuggling and racketeering?
8 Who did Gorbachev replace as Soviet president?
9 Which US televangelist wept on television as he confessed to adultery and using prostitutes?
10 The world moustache-growing champion's headless corpse was found in New Delhi in January. What length was his moustache when his head was last seen?
Sport
1 Who won the US Masters, becoming the first British golfer to take the title?
2 Seoul played host to the summer Olympics. It was only the second Asian city to do so. What was the first, and when? And where did the 1988 winter games take place?
3 The games also saw Ben Johnson win the 100m. What was Johnson's record breaking time? How many days later was he stripped of the title? And who got it instead? Who got the silver?
4 Which country topped the medals table? And with how many medals in total? Which country came second? And with how many medals? Where did Great Britain come in the table? And with how many medals?
5 Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards represented Britain in the ski jump. But which town was he from? And what was his job before becoming famous for being hopeless? And what was the name of the single he, inevitably, released on his return?
6 Which country hosted Euro 88? Who won the FA Cup, and who did they beat to do so? What was the score?
7 Who won the women's singles at Wimbledon? Who was the losing finalist? How long did the match last (in minutes)? And the men's singles champion? And the runner-up? And the match's duration?
8 An English cricket tour of India was 'cancelled' in September. Why?
9 Who won the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year?
10 Who won the Tour de France and from which country did they hail?
Film
1 Which film, adapted from the Anne Tyler novel, starred William Hurt and Kathleen Turner? Who directed it? And in which film had the director previously paired the actors?
2 Which film had a tagline 'Romance is a lot like baseball. It's not whether you win or lose. It's how you play the game'? Who played the leads?
3 Who played Buster Edwards in the film that bore his name? Who played his wife, June? What was the film's theme song and who wrote its music?
4 Which horror franchise kicked off this year with professional oddball Brad Dourif providing the voice for its central, diminutive monster? Name him.
5 Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey starred in the weepie Beaches. Can you name their characters and the song from the film that was about the man who almost invented the bra?
6 The film Rain Man was nominated for eight Oscars. How many did it win? Which ones?
7 Jodie Foster won Best Actress Oscar for her role in which film? Name the character she played. And how many other nominations did the film in which she starred receive?
8 Nominated in both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress categories, Sigourney Weaver was the first performer in Oscar history to receive simultaneous nominations and lose both awards. For which films? Who repeated her 'accomplishment' in 1993?
9 Alec Guinness received a Best Supporting Actor nomination for his role in Little Dorritt. How many nominations did he receive in his lifetime? For what?
10 Who played Cécile de Volanges in Dangerous Liaisons?
Television
1 Which married couple, now a national institution, first graced daytime television this year? Name the weatherman who performed aboard a floating map?
2 Who did Dave Lister have for company on the mining ship Red Dwarf?
3 Ray McAnally played whom in what Alan Plater adaptation of a Chris Mullin novel?
4 Roseanne began in 1988. Name her husband and three children. In which US state was the sitcom set?
5 In which kid's TV show that ended in 1988 did Sprocket the dog appear?
6 Thin Air was a thriller set in the dangerous world of radio. Who played protagonist Rachel Hamilton? And name the director, who this year directed The Hamburg Cell?
7 Which long-running drama series concerned with Blue Watch began this year? And which long-running drama ended with Jane Rossington's character driving off with her lover, John Maddingham?
8 Who played the titular hero in Hannay? And who created the character?
9 The River was a sitcom set in the rustic Chumley-on-Water. But which suave rock star starred in it, as well as writing the theme tune and singing the theme tune? And who was his Scottish female co-star?
10 Who had a friend called Kimberly who wore 'right dangly earrings with sausages on them'?
Music
1 Yazz featured on three hit singles in 1988, but she was billed as the sole artist on only one. Can you name all three singles and the full artists' billing on each?
2 On which mode of transport did Fairground Attraction travel in the video for Perfect?
3 Glen Medeiros's Nothing's Going To Change My Love For You was the UK's number one for 13 weeks. But from which US state did he hail?
4 Duran Duran had one hit in this year. What was it?
5 Love was all that mattered to which band in October?
6 In August, Europe had a number 5 hit with Superstitious. Can you name the band's lead singer?
7 How many hits did Kylie Minogue have in 1988? Name them. How many reached number one?
8 Which song begins 'All babies together ...'? Who sang it in 1988? Who sang it in 1976? And which version charted higher?
9 A pair of Beatles covers were released as a double A-side single in aid of Childline in May. Wet Wet Wet's With A Little Help From My Friends was one song. What was the other, and who sang it?
10 T'Pau had five hits in 1988. Can you name any of them?
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