The questions are based on events that happened in a January

 

The 'Yorkshire Ripper' was arrested in January 1981 following one of the largest police investigations ever. What was his real name?
Peter Sutcliffe

 

Why did the USA president Richard Nixon sign a bill in 1974 restricting the speed limit for cars to 55mph?
To conserve fuel during an OPEC embargo

 

In which year did Yazz and the Plastic Population top the UK single chart with The Only Way Is Up?

a) 1986 b) 1987 c) 1988

c) 1988

 

In 1993, The Bluebells reformed to reissue a previously released 1984 single following its appearance in a Volkswagen advert. What was it called?

Young at Heart

 

Keith Moon joined which British music group as drummer in April 1964?

The Who

 

 

The Nutshell pub in Bury St. Edmunds holds which distinction?

Smallest pub in Britain

 

Born in 1839, which ‘PC’ was a French Post-Impressionist artist who married Hortense Fiquet in 1886? His works include ‘The Bather’ and ‘The Lake at Annecy’.

Paul Cezanne

 

Who played boxer Muhammed Ali in the 2001 biopic ‘Ali’?

Will Smith

 

On the road, ANPR might automatically detect and read your what?

Number plate

 

Which former Newcastle United and Manchester United striker appeared fifteen times for England, scoring once against Albania?

 

The following anagrams are all bands or artists who had UK Albums Chart number ones in the 1990s:

 

Grips Slice

Spice Girls

 

Tutu Bathhouse Life

The Beautiful South

 

Siberia Bow Mill

Robbie Williams

 

Hairy Camera

Mariah Carey

 

Thatch Arsenal

The Charlatans

 

Pry Misled

Simply Red

 

Shoe Inspector

Stereophonics