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1. Anyone who watched the show in full will have hardly failed to notice Krisse. In fact, Krisse was in it from the start. I can't say I liked her, and I'm not sure than anyone else present was too much of a fan. In fact, Terry Wogan was even heard to remark "Oh, somebody beat her up...". But, who exactly was this highly aggravating person?
2. Slovenia's entry was a definite highlight for me this year. With a brunette who, admittedly, looked somewhat pale and distressed by the experience of being in Eurovision and clad in a leather basque, this former Balkan state managed a rather admirable 15th place in the contest.
Granted, this song wasn't exactly what one would expect from such a frivolous competition, but Alenka Gotar certainly impressed me vocally, experienced as she is as...?
3. Now France, well, they entered something totally different. Their song not only made me smile, but made me pick up the phone and vote for this contest for the first time!
The French entry was a hysterical song that actually went out of its way to poke fun at the contest and at their homeland; this song was easily the highlight of the show. Now, in honour of this song (and what a song!), I will have to present you with a question in this vein - which of the following lyrics did not appear in this amazing piece of satirical music?
4. Who can forget Hungary? In only their sixth appearance on the Eurovision circuit, they managed to finish ninth with what was possibly the only impressive blues track that I ever heard in my obsessive-compulsive Eurovision history.
Now then, the name of the song was "Unsubstantial Blues", and it was sung by Magdi, a girl who apparently could not afford to attend her University course, and turned to busking for income. But, what was the interesting and rather clever stage set up that the Hungarian entry, Magdi Rúzsa employed?
5. Marija, the winning act for Serbia, entered a song with an unusually religious undertone. Now, this is the first time that Serbia has won, and even though one could argue that there was a certain amount of influenced voting afoot, I honestly believe that this was one of the best songs in the entire contest. However, it was another famous first for Serbia this year - not only did they win for the first time, but...?
6. Finland, noticing the attention they received last year, decided that it would be a good idea to enter another heavy metal track for Eurovision. Although in my opinion, the song was far better than last year's entry (which won), Finland did nowhere near as well this year as they did last year. In fact, they only received 53 points, although Iceland and Sweden did give them the full twelve points each.
What was more interesting, however, was the song itself. As well as being a pleasant piece of commercial rock, the singer Hanna managed to belt out the words in a very clear and grammatically perfect English voice. Having listened to the rather sultry lyrics, what can we determine was going on between Hanna and the man mentioned in the song?
7. Sweden's entry, who was described as "androgynous" by Terry Wogan, came armed with a song that would make both T-Rex and Slade rather proud. Their track, which like many songs was sung in English, showed that the Swedes have a fantastic sense of humour when it comes to writing songs that are mildly satirical and wholly entertaining.
The Ark, with their song "The Worrying Kind", didn't exactly rock the votes this year, but then it seems that none of the songs I like ever do. But right now, let's ignore the scoring. That will invariably come up in the interesting information. Just humour me now - finish this lyric for me.
"I'm just a silly old boy with my head in the can - just a mortal with potential of a superman..."?
8. Now, this wasn't a musical highlight, but was definitely one of the more outwardly silly moments of the entire contest. With a singer who looked somewhat like Timmy Mallett dressed in tin foil, Ukraine did the monkey for a solid three minutes in the contest. Unlike Finland, Ukraine's entry wasn't interesting for the song, but rather the political furore that surrounded Verka.
Verka, a Ukrainian transvestite, managed to cause a certain amount of civil unrest in his home nation. It wasn't his song, "Dancing Lasha Tumbai", or the fact that most of the lyrics of the song were in German, but rather...?
9. I realise that I am one of the staunchest critics of the voting system that has recently been employed by the people of Europe, so this little saga fills me with joy for the future. Now, I was in a bit of a quandary for this question. Both Bulgaria and Lithuania had entries that I enjoyed, but since Lithuania was definitely more lyrical, I shall have to plump for that one.
While Bulgaria opted to belt drums for three minutes (albeit in a highly rhythmic and pleasing fashion), Lithuania entered a singer-songwriter. Sat on a high stool with nothing but the silhouette of a backing group, Lithuania's entry seemed to be deserted by their neighbours. Sure, Latvia graced the Lithuanian with ten points, but after being deserted by Russia and Estonia, it was down to one country to award twelve points. This is a bit of a double-whammy of a question - which country came last in the contest, and also gave Lithuania the revered twelve points?
10. Thank goodness for Malta. Each year, they seem to do something more and more surprising. Often coming second, Malta's entry Olivia Lewis did not make the Eurovision final this year, but the Maltese people still managed to make a real difference to this year's event.
Of course, in my eyes, Malta will always be a country of beauty and ridiculous weather patterns. But to the rest of these fair isles, Malta did something even more meaningful than sing a song. What exactly did Malta do to make me (and the rest of the United Kingdom) so very, very pleased?
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