Published: Wednesday 17th May 2017
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Which Richard Attenborough movie released in 1982 was nominated for eleven Academy Awards eventually winning eight?
Gandhi.
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What single by The Police was the best selling UK record of 1980?
"Don't Stand so Close to Me".
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First broadcast in August 1983 as "Woodentop", what name did this one-off drama take when it became a series later that year?
The Bill.
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Which album released in 1985 by a British band became the first million selling CD recording?
"Brothers in Arms" by Dire Straits.
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Which Midlands club won the 1987 FA Cup for the first time in their history?
Coventry City.
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Which toy, invented by an Hungarian ,made its debut at the 1980 Toy & Hobby Fair?
Rubik's Cube
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Who in August 1981 became the BBC's first black newsreader?
Moira Stuart.
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Which David Bowie single topped both the UK and US charts in 1983?
"Let's Dance".
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Which shopping centre, at the time the largest indoor centre in Europe , was opened in 1986?
Metro Centre, Gateshead.
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Which country hosted the 1982 FIFA World Cup?
Spain.
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For which country did Celine Dion win the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest?
Switzerland.
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Who became the last ever British Home Champions when this football tournament was played in 1984?
Northern Ireland.
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Who in 1988 became the first British winner of golf's US Masters?
Sandy Lyle.
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Which country won the first ever Rugby Union World Cup held in 1987?
New Zealand.
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Peter Sutcliffe was sentenced to life imprisonment for 13 murders in May 1981, by what name was he more commonly known?
The Yorkshire Ripper.
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Which border reopened in 1985 after being closed since 1969?
Spanish - Gibraltar border.
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What, allegedly, took baby Azaria Chamberlain from a campsite near Ayers Rock in 1980?
A dingo.
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Which airline made its maiden flight in June 1984?
Virgin Atlantic.
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Against whom was a fatwa issued in 1989 after the publication of "The Satanic Verses"?
Salman Rushdie.
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What was seen in February 1986 for the first time since 1910?
Halley's Comet.
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