Which Year Quiz
Do you know the year in which the following events happened?
Questions
- In which year did Angela Merkel becomes the first female elected Chancellor of Germany?
- When did Catalonia recently declare independence from Spain?
- The premiership of Tony Blair ended upon his resignation on 27 June of which year?
- When was the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II?
- When did the Falklands War end?
- Which year saw the Chernobyl disaster?
- Britain's first female Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died at the age of 87 in which year?
- In which year was "La La Land" mistakenly announced as best picture at the Academy Awards?
- Which year saw the death of Michael Jackson?
- In which year did Mike Tyson lose his titles to underdog Buster Douglas in Japan?
- When was the last episode of Friends first aired in the UK?
- In sport, when did rugby's Five Nations Championship become the Six Nations Championship?
- In which year was Barack Obama inaugurated for the first time as President of the United States?
- In which year did Donald Trump celebrate his 50th birthday?
- In which year did London host the Summer Olympics for the third time?
- In which year did Meghan Markle and Prince Harry marry?
- In which year did the Brexit referendum take place?
- In which year did Britain's largest tabloid newspaper, the News of the World, shut down after 168 years in print?
- Sir Alex Ferguson retired as Manchester United manager in which year?
- Susan Boyle just lost out on winning Britain's Got Talent to dance troupe Diversity in which year?
Answers:
- 2005 (Angela Merkel becomes Chancellor)
- 2017 (Catalonia declare independence)
- 2007 (Premiership of Tony Blair ended)
- 1977 (Silver Jubilee)
- 1982 (Falklands War end)
- 1986 (Chernobyl disaster)
- 2013 (Margaret Thatcher dies)
- 2017 ("La La Land" mistakenly announced)
- 2009 (Death of Michael Jackson)
- 1990 (Mike Tyson loss)
- 2004 (Last episode of Friends)
- 2000 (Rugby's Six Nations)
- 2009 (Barack Obama is inaugurated)
- 1996 (Donald Trump's 50th)
- 2012 (London hosted the Olympics)
- 2018 (Meghan Markle and Prince Harry marry)
- 2016 (Brexit referendum)
- 2011 (News of the World, shuts down)
- 2013 (Sir Alex Ferguson retires)
- 2009 (Susan Boyle on Britain's Got Talent)