WHAT YEAR FREE PUB QUIZ QUESTIONS

1. Crystal Palace destroyed by fire, Queen Mary maiden voyage, Spanish Civil War, an Arab revolt in Palestine. Sunderland won the league and Arsenal won the Cup.
   1936
   
   
2. Clinton acquitted after impeachment, Mandela retires as SA president, Yeltsin resigns in Russia, war in Kosovo. Also Gerri Halliwell released Look at Me in the same week as Boyzone released You Needed Me.
   1999
   
   
3. Queen Mother dies, SARS virus first recorded, Commonwealth games in Manchester, Euro officially launched in most EU states. It doesn't help a lot to know that Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France but it was for the fourth successive time. The New England Patriots won the Super Bowl beating St Louis Rams 20-17.
   2002
   
   
4. The first Gulf war, Yeltsin becomes Russian president, civil war in Yugoslavia begins. At Wimbledon Becker is runner-up in the singles for the second successive year.
   1991
   
   
5. Charles Dickens dies, Franco-Prussian War begins, Papal infallibility declared. In Stepney Dr Barnardo opens his first Dr Barnardo's Home.
   1870
   
   
6. Alcock and Brown make first Atlantic air crossing, the Soviet republic is founded, Amritsar massacre takes place in India and Lady Astor, first woman MP, sits in Commons. Suzanne Lenglen and Elizabeth Ryan take the Wimbledon ladies' doubles.
   1919
   
   
7. German Anschluß of Austria, Munich agreement, nylon is created and the first xerographic print is made by Chester Carlson. Also in this year the radio broadcast of HG Wells's War of the Worlds, in a version by Orson Welles, is reported to have given rise to widespread fear of an actual Martian invasion.
   1938
   
   
8. Polly the sheep is cloned, Diana Princess of Wales dies as does mother Teresa, Hong Kong is returned to China, Blair becomes PM. Pete Sampras wins the men's singles at Wimbledon for the first of four successive years.
   1997
   
   
9. Solidarity set up in Poland, Tito dies, Humber Bridge is completed, John Lennon assassinated and Mt St Helens erupts. Chart toppers this year include The Police with Don't Stand So Close to Me and St Winifred's School Choir with There's no one quite like Grandma.
   1980
   
   
10. What half-century? Chaucer dies, Henry IV defeats the Percys at Shrewsbury, Agincourt is fought, Joan of Arc is burned at Rouen, Jack Cade's rebellion takes place in Kent and London.
    Death of Chaucer 1400, Henry IV defeats the Percys at Shrewsbury 1403, Agincourt 1415, Joan of Arc burned at Rouen 1431, Jack Cade's rebellion in Kent and London 1450 Answer is 1400-1450