Eurovision: 1982 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Harrogate

The contest took place at the Harrogate International Centre in Harrogate, Yorkshire. As this is not a major city of the world, the BBC opened with a map of Europe and the phrase "Where is Harrogate" in all the participating countries' languages popping up on the screen, followed by zooming into Yorkshire and Harrogate on the map. This was then followed by a video about the town.

Answer: Germany

Germany won with their entry, ""Ein Bißchen Frieden" ("A Little Peace"), sung by Nicole. At the end of the show, when the song was sung again, Nicole sang parts of it in English, French and Dutch, as well as German.

Answer: Bardo

"One Step Further" was written by Simon Jefferies and was thought to be a sure winner. DJ John Peel called it his favourite Eurovision song ever, and radio and television personality Terry Wogan felt it would win outright (24 April 1982 Daily Express article). It came in seventh place.

Bardo was a duo, Sally Ann Triplett and Stephen Fischer. Triplett had been part of the group presenting the British entry in 1980.

Answer: 61

Germany's entry, ""Ein bißchen Frieden" ("A Little Peace") by Nicole won by a whopping 61 points. It scored 161 to Israel's 100 points.

Answer: three

This year, three entries were sung in French. They were

Luxembourg - "Cours après le temps" ("Run After Time")
Switzerland - "Amour on t'aime" ("Love We Love You") and
Belgium - "Si tu aimes ma musique" ("If You Like My Music")

Answer: France and Greece

France withdrew as the head of the French television station, TF1, felt that Eurovision entries had degenerated. "[Eurovision is] a monument to inanity [sometimes translated as "drivel"]". (Pierre Bouteiller in eurofans.free.fr)

Greece withdrew, despite having an entry, as their Minister of Culture, Melina Mercouri, felt the entry "did not meet her quality standards" (www.eurovision.tv)

Answer: zero

The song was "Nuku pommiin" ("Oversleep"). Essentially it translated into something like "If someone soon throws a nuclear poo here on our Europe" one should sleep through it as that would "calm you down" (wikipedia). One can only guess the level of the unsuccessful songs in the competition to choose Finland's entry!

Answer: Jan Leeming

Jan Leeming is a British television presenter and newsreader.

Ronnie Hazlehurst was a composer and conductor, best known for having written the theme songs for many television programmes of the period (including "Some Mothers Do 'ave 'Em", "To The Manor Born" and "Last of the Summer Wine"), and he conducted the orchestra for the 1982 Eurovision competition.

Simon Davies is a Welsh television presenter and narrator.

Janet Street-Porter is a television presenter, media personality and newspaper editor, famous for her South London accent. In 1999 she became the editor of the "Independent on Sunday".

Answer: pictures of Yorkshire and Castle Howard

They showed pictures.

The Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band is a brass band which has been in existence for over 100 years. Williams was a Yorkshire comedian and former pro footballer, the first well-known black stand-up comedian in Britain. Kiki Dee is a singer best known for her duet with Elton John, "Don't Go Breaking My Heart".

Answer: zero

Unusually, there were no ties in 1982. Finland came in at 18th place with their entry "Nuku pommiin" ("Oversleep").