Eclectic GK Challenge | 20 Questions, 5 Decades Wide
How well do you know the last 50 years?
Ready for a little time travel? This quiz takes us from the 1970s right up to the present day, picking up some big moments along the way. We’re talking iconic concerts, game-changing tech, unforgettable films, and a fair few headline-makers, all wrapped up in 20 quick questions. No pressure, no timer, just good old-fashioned general knowledge.
Tap to reveal the answer and see if you got it right!
Q1: Remember that huge 1985 global concert organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure? What was its name, the one that raised millions for famine relief in Ethiopia? Live Aid
Q2: Here’s a classic for gamers: which iconic video game character first jumped onto the scene in the arcade game Donkey Kong back in 1981? Mario
Q3: The Chernobyl nuclear disaster shocked the world. Can you recall the exact year it happened? 1986
Q4: Science breakthrough time, what was the name of the first cloned mammal, born in Scotland in 1996? Dolly the sheep
Q5: Which country was centre stage for the 2012 Summer Olympics? Great Britain (London)
Q6: Remember the 1982 film about the cutest little alien who just wanted to "phone home" ๐ but made friends on Earth instead? Who was this adorable extraterrestrial? E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Q7: Which 1994 film by Quentin Tarantino jumped around in time and gave John Travolta a major comeback? Pulp Fiction
Q8: Who was the unforgettable lead singer of Nirvana, the band that defined grunge in the early ’90s? Kurt Cobain
Q9: In 1989, what event symbolised the end of the Cold War and the reunification of Germany? The fall of the Berlin Wall
Q10: The web as we know it began to boom with the first widely used browser released in 1993. What was it called? Mosaic
Q11: Which British author penned the His Dark Materials trilogy, starting with Northern Lights (also called The Golden Compass), published in 1995? Philip Pullman
Q12: Which territory did the UK hand back to China at midnight on 1 July 1997? Hong Kong
Q13: Nearly 200 countries came together in 2015 to adopt which international agreement aimed at fighting climate change? The Paris Agreement
Q14: Since 2019, which South American country has been dealing with a serious political and economic crisis? Venezuela
Q15: Launched by OpenAI in November 2022, what AI model became a global sensation by 2023? ChatGPT
Q16: Which British singer blew up the charts in 2010 with the song ‘Rolling in the Deep’? Adele
Q17: The final of the UEFA European Football Championship 2021 was held in which city? London, England (Wembley Stadium)
Q18: Who became Finland’s first female Prime Minister in 2021? Sanna Marin
Q19: Formerly known as Burma, what is the current official name of this Southeast Asian country, adopted in 1989? Myanmar
Q20: Which 1970s album famously starts with the line, “Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?” A Night at the Opera by Queen and the song that contains this line is ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
Check your score
Now that you’ve uncovered all 20 answers, how did score?
17–20: Eclectic Genius ๐๐ง
Decades? Countries? Topics galore? You breezed through it all. Quiz crown officially yours.
10–16: Curious Contender ✈️๐
Nice work! You’ve got solid general knowledge across the years. A few more leaps and you'll be soaring.
0–9: Knowledge Explorer ๐บ️๐
You're on the journey, and what a fun one it is. Keep quizzing and soaking it all up like a trivia sponge.
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