Quiz of 1997

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1. Which Spice Girls song claimed the Christmas Number 1 gong?* This field is required.

2 Become 1

Goodbye

Too Much

Viva Forever

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2. Which film was released in December and subsequently nominated for 14 Oscars?* This field is required.

American Beauty

Gladiator

Shakespeare In Love

Titanic

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3. Tony Blair defeated John Major at the General Election to become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. But what was Labour’s majority?* This field is required.

74 seats

109 seats

144 seats

179 seats

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4. In boxing, who was disqualified in Round 3 of their heavyweight bout after biting off part of his opponent’s ear?* This field is required.

Frank Bruno

George Foreman

Lennox Lewis

Mike Tyson

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5. Which country changed its name to the Democratic Republic of the Congo?* This field is required.

French Sudan

Republic of Dahomey

Rhodesia

Zaire

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6. Who, or what, was Hale-Bopp?* This field is required.

A comet, which became visible to the naked eye for a record 18 months in 1997

A reggae artist, who reached the top of the singles charts in 1997 with a famous one hit wonder

The only member of the Monster Raving Loony Party to ever win a seat at a General Election

The runner-up in the Wimbledon ladies singles, losing to Martina Hingis in three sets

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7. Which international football tournament did England win?* This field is required.

European Championship

Le Tournoi

Confederations Cup

World Cup

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8. Which British band released the classic album "OK Computer"?* This field is required.

Blur

Muse

Oasis

Radiohead

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9. Which car manufacturer launched the first mass-market hybrid vehicle?* This field is required.

Honda

Hyundai

Nissan

Toyota

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10. Which animal was cloned from a single adult cell and named Dolly?* This field is required.

Cow

Goat

Pig

Sheep

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11. Which band had chart success with the single "Block Rockin' Beats"?* This field is required.

Beastie Boys

Chemical Brothers

Faithless

Fatboy Slim

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12. Which of the following website domain names was registered?* This field is required.

Amazon.com

Bloomberg.com

Google.com

Myspace.com

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13. Who became the youngest golfer ever to win the Masters?* This field is required.

Lee Westwood

Phil Mickelson

Sergio Garcia

Tiger Woods

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14. Who became the first female U.S. Secretary of State?* This field is required.

Condoleezza Rice

Hillary Clinton

Madeleine Albright

Nancy Pelosi

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15. Which animated television show debuted and became an almost overnight sensation?* This field is required.

Beavis & Butt-Head

Family Guy

South Park

The Simpsons

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16. Which of the following events did not occur in 1997?* This field is required.

Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed in a car accident

Kyoto Protocol on climate change was adopted

People's Republic of China assumed sovereignty of Hong Kong

World population surpassed six billion for the first time

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17. On which planet did NASA's Pathfinder space probe land?* This field is required.

Mercury

Venus

Mars

Jupiter

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18. Who starred alongside Will Smith as Agent K in the sci-fi classic Men In Black?* This field is required.

Gene Hackman

Jeff Goldblum

Mel Gibson

Tommy Lee Jones

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19. Which band became the first entry from the United Kingdom to win the Eurovision Song Contest since 1981?* This field is required.

Bananarama

Bucks Fizz

Katrina and the Waves

Sonia

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20. Companies producing or distributing which product were banned from advertising at sports events?* This field is required.

Lager

Spirits

Tobacco

Wine

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21. Which Elton John song was released, becoming the second best-selling single worldwide of all time?* This field is required.

Can You Feel The Love Tonight

Candle In The Wind

I Want Love

Your Song

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22. RAF fighter pilot Andy Green set a new land speed record, which still stands today. What speed did he reach?* This field is required.

541mph

652mph

763mph

874mph

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23. “All this talk of getting old. It’s getting me down, my love” was the opening lyric of which number one song?* This field is required.

Blur – Beetlebum

Oasis - D'You Know What I Mean?

The Verve – The Drugs Don’t Work

U2 – Discotheque

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24. Which of the following popstars was born?* This field is required.

Ariana Grande

Camila Cabello

Liam Payne

Shawn Mendes

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25. Which hit musical made its debut on Broadway?* This field is required.

Book of Mormon

Cats

Starlight Express

The Lion King

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