Decades Quiz Round One – 1970s: 1) What famous scandal occurred in 1972 during the Nixon administration? 2) In what year did Apollo 15 land on the moon? 3) Which famous band officially announced their break-up in 1970? 4) Which crucial natural resource was in crisis from 1973-1979? 5) In which country was the VCR first introduced? 6) In which year was Microsoft founded? 7) What was the highest growing movie of the 1970’s? 8) Who became the first female UK prime minister in 1979?
Round Two – 1980s: 1) Which Las Vegas hotel caught fire in 1980 killing 85 people? 2) Which Kylie Minogue song dominated the charts for 5 weeks in 1988? 3) In what year did Prince Charles and Lady Diana get married? 4) Which historical event in Germany occurred in 1989? 5) Which famous soap opera was launched in 1985? 6) Where did the 1984 national miner’s strike begin? 7) In what year did Michael Jackson release his album titled ‘Off the Wall’? 8) In what year did the number one hit 'Never Gonna Give You Up’ by Rick Astley hit the charts?
Round Three – 1990s: 1) Which mammal was the first to be successfully cloned from an adult cell in 1996? 2) In what year did Princess Diana pass away? 3) Which major company that we all use today was founded in 1998? 4) Which Harry Potter book was released in 1999? 5) Which of the highest grossing movies of the 90’s was released in 1997 and featured Kate Winslet? 6) In what year were the Spice Girls formed? 7) In what year did the World Wide Web become publicly available? 8) Which famous American sitcom starring Will Smith first aired in the 1990’s? Round Four – 2000’s: 1) Which actress made history in 2002 by becoming the first black woman to win an Oscar for Best Actress? 2) What year did Facebook launch? 3) Which popular TV show starring James Corden and Ruth Jones aired in 2007? 4) In what year did Barack Obama make history as the first African-American president in US history? 5) What is the name of the artist who released her album ‘Back to Black’ in 2006? 6) What is the name of the Jamaican athlete who broke the world record for the fastest 100m in 2008? 7) Which novel by Dan Brown was the highest selling novel of the 2000’s? 8) Which game show hosted by Noel Edmonds aired in 2005?
Round Five – 2010’s: 1) Which album by Adele, released in 2011, is the bests-selling album of the 21st century to date? 2) Where did Princess Eugeine marry Jack Brooksbank in 2018? 3) Which book was named the UK’s best-seller of the decade? 4) In what year was Instagram launched? 5) Why did Jacinda Ardem, the Prime Minister of New Zealand make headline news in 2018? 6) Who was the main actor in the 2017 film ‘The Greatest Showman’? 7) In what year did Andy Murray win Wimbledon? 8) Which 2010s rapper is Michael Ebenazer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr better known as?
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Round One: Watergate 2) 1971 3) The Beatles 4) Oil 5) Japan 6) 1975 7) Star Wars 8) Margaret Thatcher Round Two: MGM Grand 2) I Should be so Lucky 3) 1981 4) Fall of the Berlin Wall 5) Eastenders 6) Yorkshire 7) 1980 8) 1988 Round Three: Sheep 2) 1997 3) Google 4) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 5) Titanic 6) 1994 7) 1991 8) The Fresh Prince of Bel Air Round Four: Halle Berry 2) 2004 3) Gavin & Stacey 4) 2008 5) Amy Winehouse 6) Usain Bolt 7) The Da Vinci Code 8) Deal or No Deal Round Five: 21 2) Windsor Castle 3) Fifty Shades of Grey 4) 2010 5) She took maternity leave 6) Hugh Jackman 7) 2013 8) Stormzy