Eclectic GK Challenge | 20 Questions, 5 Decades Wide
How well do you know the last 50 years?
Maidin mhaith, quizzers! ๐ 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 correct – Eclectic Genius ๐๐ง
Decades? Countries? Topics galore? You breezed through it all. Quiz crown officially yours.
10–16 correct – 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 correct – 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.
Go dtรญ an chรฉad uair eile, Sorcha at I Eat Quizzes – out! ๐
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