On Tuesday last week, Sunniside History Society celebrated its 25th anniversary. Founded in March 1992, it has been going strongly ever since. A celebration was held to mark the occasion with a birthday cake (cut by Eleanor Baty, one of the founders) and a quiz about events of 1992. My job was to write and present the quiz. It was a great evening and hopefully the Society will continue to be active in the next 25 years.
In case you are interested, here are the questions. There were 2 sections. The first was about events of the year. My plan initially was to have one event from each month of 1992. I found that a few months had no outstanding events that would be remembered 25 years later so other months are over-represented. So how many of the following events can you remember? (Answers in brackets.):
1)February Which
major sporting event took place this month and which country hosted it? Winter Olympics,
France Albertville
2)February Who
was caught with their pants down? Paddy Ashdown
3)February Which film won Oscars for Jodie Foster
and Anthony Hopkins? Silence of the Lambs
4)March Which North East MP
was arrested on Hampstead Heath 2 days before the General Election was called
and which constituency did this person represent? Alan Amos, Hexham
5)March Which royal couple
announced they were separating? Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson
6)April John Major led the
Conservatives to victory at the General Election. Which appropriately named horse won the Grand National a few
days before? Party Politics
7)June The skeletons of which
two people were found in Yekaterinburg in Russia? Tsar Nickolas and Tsarina
Alexandra
8)June Which former Prime
Minister entered the House of Lords? Baroness Thatcher
9)July The BBC launches which
new soap opera? Eldorado
10)August Which
city hosted the Olympics and how many gold medals did the UK win? Barcelona 5
11)September
Britain suspended her membership of which international organisation? European
Exchange Rate Mechanism
12)November Who
won the US Presidential election, who was 2nd and who was 3rd?
Bill Clinton, George HW Bush, Ross Pero
13)November Which
major decision was taken by the Church of England? Ordination of women priests
14)November Which
famous building went up in flames? Windsor Castle
15)November Which
tv station, a joint venture of BBC and Thames Television, was launched? UK Gold
The send round was about prices in 1992. Members had to guess what certain goods cost that year. I've shown both 1992 and 2017 typical prices. By the way, from 1992 to the end of 2016, prices rose by 90% while wages increased by 117%.
Box of
20 cigarettes £2.08/£8.88
Average
house price £52,187/£205,937
Litre
of petrol 40.3p/120.9p
Nokia
101 £149.99 plus £25 plus VAT month line rental
Mortgage
rate in May 1992 10%/3-4%
First
class stamp 24p/64p
Frozen
chicken per kg £1.55/£2.43
White
sliced loaf bread 800g 73p/£1
Tea
bags 250g £1.40/£3.98
Sugar
1kg 65p/69p
Milk
34p/pint/25p
Eggs
£1.24/dozen/£1.75
Draft
bitter £1.31/pint/£2.99
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