Eurovision: 1990 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Yugoslavia

The contest was held in the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. The hall, named after the composer of the first Croatian opera, took twelve years from groundbreaking to completion due to financial difficulties and flooding.

Answer: Italy

Italy won with their entry "Insieme: 1992" ("Together: 1992"). Sung by Toto Cutugno, who also wrote the song, it was about the creation of the European Union (which superceded the European Economic Community).

Answer: Emma

Emma Louise Booth barely met the qualifications to take part, as she was still fifteen on the day of the competition (but turned sixteen within that year). The song was about taking care of the environment.

Answer: Belgium

The song was "Macedomienne" ("My Macedonian Woman"), performed for Belgium by Philippe Lafontaine. It placed twelfth in the competition. He refused to release it as he claimed it was a love song written just for his wife, although he later did allow its release to help raise funds for a humanitarian effort in Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Answer: three

Three of the entries were sung in French. They were

France - "White and Black Blues" (sung in French with some English words)
Luxembourg - "Quand je te reve" ("When I Dream of You") and
Belgium - "Macedomienne" ("My Macedonian Woman")

Answer: their ages

By this point in the history of the competition, the viewing audience was used to young, attractive females hosting the event. This year's presenters Helga Brnobic and Oliver Mlakar were 45 and 54 respectively. After criticism from the media, they quit but shortly returned to the contest.

Answer: Spain

The singers were the duo "Azucar Moreno" from Spain. There was a problem causing a delay in starting the backing track to their song, "Bandito" ("Bandit"), which then did not start at the very beginning. This caused them to miss their cue, and they walked off in annoyance, only to return and come in fifth in the competition.

Answer: Oliver Mlakar

Oliver Mlakar is best known for hosting the zany "Jeux Sans Frontieres" ("Games Without Frontiers") where European countries vied against each other in competitions involving costumes and odd stunts (and usually quite a bit of water).

Jovana Jankovic and Zeljko Joksimovic are Serbian television presenters, while Fani Stipkovic is Croatian.

Answer: a tourism film about the host country

The half-time entertainment was the film "Yugoslavia Changes", a film about the country.

Roger De Courcey is a British ventriloquist, Martin Schneider is a German comedian and Andrija Mohorovicic was a Croatian geologist.

Answer: four

Four countries tied for two positions. France and Ireland tied for second position with 132 points each, while at the other end of the spectrum, Norway and Finland fought over the dubious honour of coming in last, with eight points each.