All 30 Questions relate to things that were reported in the UK media in 1999.

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

A: Kelly Brook

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

A: Six billion

3. Which 1999 hit film is set in and around the western Maryland hamlet of Burkittsville?

A: Blair Witch Project

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

A: NetAid

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

A: Loosing My Virginity

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

A: Diana Ross

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

A: 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 ?

A: Guenther Grass

9. And which organisation won the 1999 Peace Prize ?

A: Medicins Sans Frontiers

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

A: Its 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 ?

A: Charlie

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

A: Floyd

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

A: Austin Healy

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

A: '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 ?

A: Brooklyn Beckham

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

A: Korea

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

A: Mini

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

A: Manchester

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

A: Sarah 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 ?

A: Monet

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

A: Bill Kenwright

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

A: Sushi

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

A: 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 ?

A: 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 ?

A: 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 ?

A: 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 ?

A: 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 ?

A: Toyota

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

A: Gordon Brown

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

A: Boy George