|
1. |
|
Best
selling UK albums by year 1990-99 |
|
Year |
Album title |
Artist(s) |
|
1990 |
...But Seriously |
Phil Collins |
|
1991 |
Stars |
Simply Red |
|
1992 |
Stars |
Simply Red |
|
1993 |
Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell |
Meat Loaf |
|
1994 |
Cross Road |
Bon Jovi |
|
1995 |
Robson and Jerome |
Robson &
Jerome |
|
1996 |
Jagged Little Pill |
Alanis
Morissette |
|
1997 |
Be Here
Now |
Oasis |
|
1998 |
Talk on Corners |
The Corrs |
|
1999 |
Come on Over |
Shania
Twain |
|
2. |
|
Wimbledon Singles Quarter finalists 1995
(NB:
this question is used as the example on the Listomania
format index page) |
|
Men |
Ladies |
|
Andre Agassi |
Steffi Graf |
|
Jacco Eltingh |
Mary Joe Fernandez |
|
Boris Becker |
Jana Novotna |
|
Cedric
Pioline |
Kimiko Date |
|
Yevgeny Kafelnikov |
Gabriela Sabatini |
|
Goran Ivanisevic |
Conchita Martinez |
|
Shuzo Matsuoka |
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy |
|
Pete Sampras |
Arantxa
Sanchez Vicario |
|
|
3. |
|
BAFTA
Award for Best Actress 1980-89 |
|
Year |
Actress |
Programme |
|
1980 |
Cheryl Campbell |
Testament
of Youth |
|
1981 |
Peggy Ashcroft |
Caught on a Train |
|
1982 |
Judi Dench |
A
Fine Romance |
|
1983 |
Beryl Reid |
Smiley’s People |
|
1984 |
Coral Browne |
An Englishman Abroad |
|
1985 |
Peggy Ashcroft |
The Jewel in the Crown |
|
1986 |
Claire Bloom |
Shadowlands |
|
1987 |
Anna Massey |
Hotel du Lac |
|
1988 |
Emma Thompson |
Tutti
Frutti |
|
1989 |
Thora Hird |
A Cream
Cracker Under the Settee |
|
4. |
|
Olivier Awards - Best New
Musical
Winners & Nominees - 2014 &
2015 |
|
Year |
Title |
Music by... |
|
2014W |
The
Book of Mormon |
Trey Parker, Robert Lopez & Matt Stone |
|
2014N |
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory |
Marc Shaiman & Scott Whitman |
|
2014N |
Once |
Glen Hansard & Markéta
Irglová |
|
2014N |
The Scottsboro
Boys |
John Kander |
|
2015W |
Sunny Afternoon |
Ray Davies |
|
2015N |
Beautiful |
Carole King, Gerry Goffin,
Barry Mann & Cynthia Weill |
|
2015N |
Here Lies Love |
David Byrne & Fatboy Slim |
|
2015N |
Memphis |
David Bryan |
|
|
5. |
|
I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of
Here
contestants
2013 & 2014 |
|
Year |
Contestant |
Contestant |
|
2013 |
Kian Egan |
Alfonso Ribeiro |
|
2013 |
David Emanuel |
Steve Davis |
|
2013 |
Lucy Pargeter |
Matthew Wright |
|
2013 |
Joey Essex |
Vincent Simone |
|
2013 |
Amy Willerton |
Laila Morse |
|
2013 |
Rebecca
Adlington |
Annabel Giles |
|
2014 |
Carl "Foggy" Fogarty
|
Vicki Michelle |
|
2014 |
Jake Quickenden |
Michael Buerk |
|
2014 |
Melanie Sykes |
Nadia Forde |
|
2014 |
Edwina Currie |
Jimmy Bullard |
|
2014 |
Tinchy Stryder |
Craig Charles |
|
2014 |
Kendra Wilkinson |
Gemma
Collins |
|
6. |
|
Best selling
authors in the UK 2000-2009 |
|
Pos |
Author |
Pos |
Author |
|
1 |
J K Rowling |
11 |
Bill Bryson |
|
2 |
Roger
Hargreaves |
12 |
Patricia Cornwell |
|
3 |
Dan Brown |
13 |
Jamie Oliver |
|
4 |
Jacqueline Wilson |
14 |
Daisy Meadows |
|
5 |
Terry Pratchett |
15 |
Ian Rankin |
|
6 |
John Grisham |
16 |
Julia Donaldson |
|
7 |
Richard Parsons |
17 |
Alexander
McCall Smith |
|
8 |
Danielle
Steel |
18 |
Francesca Simon |
|
9 |
James Patterson |
19 |
Bernard Cornwell |
|
10 |
Enid Blyton |
20 |
Roald Dahl |
|
|
7. |
|
List of
Scottish islands by 2011 population size |
|
Pos |
Island |
Pos |
Island |
|
1 |
Lewis & Harris |
11 |
Benbecula |
|
2 |
Mainland, Shetland |
12 |
North Uist |
|
3 |
Mainland, Orkney |
13 |
Barra |
|
4 |
Skye |
14 |
Whalsay |
|
5 |
Bute |
15 |
Yell |
|
6 |
Arran |
16 |
South Ronaldsay |
|
7 |
Islay |
17 |
West Burra |
|
8 |
Mull |
18 |
Tiree |
|
9 |
South Uist |
19 |
Unst |
|
10 |
Great Cumbrae |
20 |
Westray |
|
8. |
|
European
Footballer of the Year 1990-99
(surnames
only) |
|
Year |
Winner |
Runner
up |
|
1990 |
Lothar Matthäus |
Salvatore Schillaci |
|
1991 |
Jean Pierre Papin |
n/a |
|
1992 |
Marco van Basten |
Hristo
Stoichkov |
|
1993 |
Roberto Baggio |
Dennis Bergkamp |
|
1994 |
Hristo Stoichkov |
Roberto Baggio |
|
1995 |
George Weah |
Jürgen Klinsmann |
|
1996 |
Matthias
Sammer |
Ronaldo |
|
1997 |
Ronaldo |
Predrag Mijatović |
|
1998 |
Zinedine Zidane |
Davor
Šuker |
|
1999 |
Rivaldo |
David Beckham |
|
|
9. |
|
Booker
Prize winners 1995-2004 |
|
Year |
Author |
Book |
|
1995 |
Pat Barker |
The Ghost Road |
|
1996 |
Graham Swift |
Last Orders |
|
1997 |
Arundhati Roy |
The God of Small Things |
|
1998 |
Ian McEwan |
Amsterdam |
|
1999 |
J M Coetzee |
Disgrace |
|
2000 |
Margaret Atwood |
The Blind
Assassin |
|
2001 |
Peter Carey |
True History of the Kelly
Gang |
|
2002 |
Yann Martel |
Life of Pi |
|
2003 |
DBC Pierre |
Vernon God Little |
|
2004 |
Alan Hollingshurst |
The Line of Beauty |
|
10. |
|
Nominated for
Best Picture Oscar - 2014 |
|
Film |
Director |
|
Birdman |
Alejandro González Ińá |
|
American
Sniper |
Clint Eastwood |
|
Boyhood |
Richard Linklater |
|
The Grand Budapest Hotel |
Wes Anderson |
|
The Imitation Game |
Morten Tyldum |
|
Selma |
Ava DuVernay |
|
The Theory of
Everything |
James Marsh |
|
Whiplash |
Damien Chazelle |
|
