1. On January 10 1999, which 19yr old was signed as a replacement for Denise Van Outen on Channel 4's The Big Breakfast ?

Kelly Brook

2. According to the U.N. Population Fund, as at 12 October 1999, the world's human population reached which milestone ?

6 Billion

3. Which 1999 hit film is set In the western Maryland hamlet of Burkittsville?

"The Blair Witch Project"

4. The Eurythmics launched which music event in October 1999 in front of a crowd of 60,000 at Wembley Stadium ?

NetAid

5. Published in 1999, what is the title of Richard Branson's autobiography ?

"Losing My Virginity"

6. Who was arrested at Heathrow Airport on 23 September 1999 after allegedly assaulting a security officer ?

Diana Ross

7. The film "Showtime" concerns which world-famous basketball team ?

Harlem Globetrotters

8. Which German author won the 1999 Nobel Prize in literature, his first novel, "The Tin Drum," being cited by the adjudicating authority ?

Guenter Grass

9. And which organisation won the 1999 Peace Prize ?

Medicins sans Frontieres

10. The Eurovision version of this television show was called Jeu Sans Frontiers. Which programme made a come-back on Channel 5 ?

"It’s a Knockout"

11. On February 13th (unlucky for some) which member of the Kray family lost his appeal against a 12 year sentence for cocaine smuggling ?

Charlie (Kray)

12. What was the name given to the Hurricane that wrought $6 billion worth of damage in North Carolina in September 1999 ?

Floyd

13. Which Leicester Rugby Union player received an 8 week ban for stamping on the face of one of his London Irish opponents ?

Austin Healey

14. Which Bovzone single recorded for Comic Relief went straight in at No1 in the UK singles charts in March 1999 ?

When The Going Gets Tough

15. In April it was announced that a famous baby required an emergency hernia op. Who is the little darling ?

Brooklyn Beckham

16. Where did the South bombard the North with balloons filled with soap, cigarettes & photos of bikini-clad girls to encourage defections ?

Korea

17 Late in 1999, which car was voted European Car of the Century ?

Mini

18. In 1999 London's Imperial War Museum announced plans to build an extension - in which city in the North of England ?

Manchester

19. Who is replacing Zoe Ball as host of the BBC Radio 1 breakfast show ?

Sara Cox

20. London's Royal Academy of Art opened its doors in January to people paying £9 to see an exhibition of which great painter's work ?

Monet

21. Who recently launched a bid to buy Everton Football Club ?

Bill Kenwright

22. In 1999 & amid much media attention, former Nottingham miners began working on a production line in Worksop making which eastern delicacy ?

Sushi

23. In 1999, was it Cambridge or Oxford who enjoyed a 7th straight win in the 147th staging of the University Boat Race ?

Cambridge

24. Who in 1999 was attacked by the Scout Association after taking part in a dance act with teenage strippers dressed as cub scouts ?

Sir Elton John

25. In April, which athlete broke two world records at the Compaq Road Races held at Balmoral - one of them being her own record for 5 miles ?

Paula Radcliffe

26. She was tipped to win the 1999 Turner Prize, who was the artist behind the stained, unmade bed exhibited at London's Tate Gallery in 1999 ?

Tracey Emin

27. Which airline caused outrage in 1999 when they started charging the disabled £12.50 to borrow a wheelchair for boarding their aircraft ?

Ryanair

28. Which Far Eastern car maker announced it intends to enter Formula 1 racing as a full works team in 2001 rather than 2003 as first planned ?

Toyota

29. Which cabinet minister recently visited West Yorkshire to attend the unveiling of Castleford's Millennium Clock ?

Gordon Brown

30. A (falling) giant disco mirror ball nearly killed which celebrity late in 1999?

Boy George

 

 

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