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Eurovision: 1997 Trivia Quiz

Take a step back in time and see what you remember about the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest. If you like the quiz, please rate it - if not, please tell me why.

A multiple-choice quiz by CariM0952. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
CariM0952

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
313,680

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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161

Question 1 of 10

1. In which Irish city was the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest held?
Hint

Cork

Shannon

Dublin

Limerick

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which country won the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest?
Hint

Ireland

United Kingdom

Turkey

Italy

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Question 3 of 10

3. The UK's 1997 entry was a song called "Love Shine a Light". Who sang it?
Hint

Spice Girls

Melanie C

Katrina & The Waves

Monaco

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Question 4 of 10

4. The winning entry in the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest set a record. What record was this? Hint

greatest number of top scores

fewest points over second place winner

most points over second place winner

largest number of performers

5. The current rules stated that each country had to sing in their own official language - but there are a number of countries with more than one official language. How many entries in the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest were sung entirely in French?
Hint

one

three

two

four

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Question 6 of 10

6. One country chose not to participate in the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest. Which country was this?
Hint

Cyprus

Turkey

Israel

Greece

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Question 7 of 10

7. The rules of the Eurovision Song Contest had one notable change in 1997. What was it? Hint

backing tapes now allowed

increased number of jurors for each country

larger number of performers allowed

all juries cast their votes simultaneously by computer

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Question 8 of 10

8. There were two presenters at the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest. Ronan Keating was one; who was the other?
Hint

Carrie Crowley

Colette Fitzpatrick

Caroline Morahan

Fiona Looney

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Question 9 of 10

9. There's always a halftime - what was the entertainment for the halftime of the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest?
Hint

Riverdance

A Tour of Blarney Castle

Clannad

Boyzone

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Question 10 of 10

10. Twenty-five countries vied for the 1997 Eurovision Song crown. That means there should have been a 1st position, 2nd position, 3rd etc, all the way to 25th, right? Wrong - or is it? How many countries, if any, tied for position?
Hint

six

eight

five

four

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In which Irish city was the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest held?

Answer: Dublin

Once again the competition took place in the Point Theatre in Dublin. The theatre was greatly redeveloped in 2007 and is now known as The O2.

2. Which country won the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest?

Answer: United Kingdom

The United Kingdom won with their entry "Love Shine a Light", sung by Katrina and The Waves. It was written by Kimberley Rew.

3. The UK's 1997 entry was a song called "Love Shine a Light". Who sang it?

Answer: Katrina & The Waves

Katrina & The Waves were a 1980s pop-rock band featuring Katrina Leskanich. They had one big hit prior to their Eurovision performance, the song "Walking on Sunshine" which went to number eight in the Billboard UK charts and nine in the US charts. Their only other big hit was the Eurovision entry, and the band broke up in 1998.

4. The winning entry in the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest set a record. What record was this?

Answer: greatest number of top scores

The UK's entry "Love Shine a Light" scored more top scores than any other entry to date. It received ten full twelve-point awards, five ten-point scores, three eight-pointers, three seven-pointers, one six-pointer, one five-pointer and one one-pointer. Every other country awarded it at least one point, giving the entry a total score of 227.

Answer: one

Only one entry was sung in French this year. It was France's entry, "Sentiments Songes" (which apparently translates as "Feelings, Lies"), sung by Fanny.

6. One country chose not to participate in the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest. Which country was this?

Answer: Israel

Israel voluntarily withdrew as the competition was being held on Holocaust Remembrance Day. This day of remembrance normally falls on the 27th day of the month Nisan, which falls in the end of April/beginning of May in the Julian calendar.

7. The rules of the Eurovision Song Contest had one notable change in 1997. What was it?

Answer: backing tapes now allowed

The rule requiring all instruments heard in an entry to be present at the final performance was dropped. Now it became permissible to record their backing tapes prior to the event and play them instead of having live musicians playing.

8. There were two presenters at the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest. Ronan Keating was one; who was the other?

Answer: Carrie Crowley

Ronan Keating, the lead singer of Boyzone, also provided the halftime entertainment with his band. Carrie Crowley is an Irish actress.

9. There's always a halftime - what was the entertainment for the halftime of the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest?

Answer: Boyzone

Ronan Keating and Boyzone provided the interval entertainment. Keating started Boyzone in 1993, and the band had a number of very successful hit songs and albums in the 1990s.

Answer: eight

Eight countries tied for four positions. Greece and Hungary tied for twelfth position with thirty-nine points each. Germany and Bosnia and Herzegovina each got twenty-two points for an eighteenth-position tie. Switzerland and The Netherlands tied for twenty-second position with five points each, and poor Norway and Portugal didn't get a single point, vying for the dubious honour of coming in last.

Source: Author CariM0952

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