With the BVRA being 35 years old this year, the questions are based on what other important events took place in 1987!
- Q. Who was famously kidnapped in Beirut on 20th January and held hostage for nearly five years?
A. Terry Waite - Q.. What was the name of the ferry that capsized on 6th March just outside the port of Zeebrugge, resulting in 193 lives lost
A. Herald of Free Enterprise - Q.. Which long-running cartoon series was first broadcast on television on 19th April?
A. The Simpsons. In 1987 it was broadcast in USA as a ‘short’ within another programme before gaining its own series in 1989 - Q. Who was the manager of the football team that won the FA Cup?
A. John Sillett - Q. In which city did Mattias Rust land a small Cessna airplane on 28th May to demonstrate the poor quality of air defences?
A. Red Square, Moscow - Q. Who won the Gentleman’s Singles at Wimbledon?
A. Pat Cash - Q. What was the name of the gunman who shot and killed 16 people in Hungerford on 19th August?
A. Michael Ryan - Q. Who was the television weather presenter who famously reassured the nation that there was not going to be a storm on the night of 15th October?
A. Michael Fish - Q. In which town in Northern Ireland was a bomb detonated on 8th November, Remembrance Sunday, killing 12 and injuring many more.
A. Eniskillen - Q. On 18th November, in which underground station was there a fire that resulted in the deaths of 31 people.
A. Kings Cross
It turns out that a great deal of newsworthy events took place in 1987, I hope you enjoy pondering them, and no Googling!