Chances Winner Takes All 19 Dec

Chances Winner Takes All 19 Dec

1.TV. What was the name of the talking car in the 1980s series Knight Rider?

KITT

2.Where did the German student Matthias Rust land his light aircraft in 1987?

Moscow’s Red Square

3.In which country is Tabasco state that was recently in the news following devastating floods?

Mexico

4.Name the former sportstar who was recently in the news after being placed under house arrest in his Pakistan home.

Imran Khan

5.In which city was the Arndale Shopping Centre devastated by an IRA bomb in 1996?

Manchester

6.What was the nickname of the British boxer Herrol Graham?

Bomber

7.What big change on Sweden’s roads took place at 5am on 3rd September 1967?

Changed from driving on left to driving on the right Jerry Lee Lewis

8.Who did Dennis Quaid star as in the 1989 film Great Balls Of Fire? 9.Which billionaire was Jackie Kennedy’s 2nd husband? 10.What did John Hinckley Jnr attempt to do in 1981?

11.Which range of hills separate Herefordshire and Worcestershire?

Aristotle Onassis Assassinate Ronald Reagan The Malverns

12.Who played the title role in the 1997 film version of The Saint?

Val Kilmer

13.Pop. Which group had a 1967 hit with Last Train To Clarksville?

The Monkees

14.Which cabaret singer became famous after appearing in the BBC1 docusoap The Cruise?

Jane McDonald

15.The USA. Which style of music, also the name of a type of pastureland, gives Kentucky its nickname?

Bluegrass