Guess The Year Quiz - 21/10/2020

1. In this year the DeLorean Motor Company folded. Which iconic film did its only model subsequently feature in?

Back To The Future

Batman

Knight Rider

Mad Max

2. Can you match the number 1 UK singles (and wedding classics) from this year to their recording artist?

A Town Called Malice

Come On Eileen

Do You Really Want To Hurt Me

Eye Of The Tiger

That's a solid disco playlist right there...

Explanation

That's a solid disco playlist right there...

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3. In this year, Nokia released their first mobile phone. But which of these objects are most commonly owned globally?

Car

Mobile phone

Toilet

As at 2017, more people owned a mobile phone than a toilet, both around 70%, with car ownership at 18%.

Nokia's first phone - the Nokia Mobira Senator weighed in at 10kg.

Explanation

As at 2017, more people owned a mobile phone than a toilet, both around 70%, with car ownership at 18%.

Nokia's first phone - the Nokia Mobira Senator weighed in at 10kg.

4. In this year the first Next store opened. Which other retailer did it overtake to become the UK's biggest clothes retailer in 2012?

BHS

Marks & Spencer

Primark

River Island

Next has since fallen back to third behind M&S and Primark.

Explanation

Next has since fallen back to third behind M&S and Primark.

5. In this year, the Barbican Centre opened in London, remaining the largest performing arts centre in Europe. Which post-war building style of sharp angles and bare concrete is it designed in?

Brutalism

Modernism

Nostalgia

Renaissance

The Barbican was voted London's ugliest building in a 2003 poll.

Explanation

The Barbican was voted London's ugliest building in a 2003 poll.