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Quiz about Eurovision 1975
Quiz about Eurovision 1975

Eurovision: 1975 Trivia Quiz


Take a step back in time and see what you remember about the 1975 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: 3 mins.
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Author
CariM0952
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
306,127
Updated
Jul 23 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
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Question 1 of 10
1. Where was the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest held?
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Question 2 of 10
2. Which country won the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest?
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Question 3 of 10
3. The UK's 1975 entry was a song called "Let Me Be the One". Who sang it?
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Question 4 of 10
4. Which country's entry was a celebration of an event purportedly started by their prior year's entry? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. How many entries in the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest were sung entirely in English?
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Question 6 of 10
6. One country withdrew from the contest. Which one?
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Question 7 of 10
7. For one country, the 1975 contest was their first. Which country had its debut at the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest?
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Question 8 of 10
8. Who was the presenter for the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest?
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Question 9 of 10
9. There's always a halftime - who or what was the halftime entertainer for the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest?
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Question 10 of 10
10. Nineteen countries vied for the 1975 Eurovision Song crown. In a number of years, there have been ties for various places. How many countries tied with another for position this year? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Where was the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest held?

Answer: Sweden

The contest is normally held in the country which won the prior year's contest - in this case, ABBA won for Sweden in 1974. The actual venue was the Stockholm Exhibition and Convention Centre in Stockholm, Sweden.
2. Which country won the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest?

Answer: The Netherlands

Top of the list was "Ding-A-Dong", sung by Teach-In of the Netherlands. It was sung in English.
3. The UK's 1975 entry was a song called "Let Me Be the One". Who sang it?

Answer: The Shadows

The Shadows formed as a backing group for Cliff Richard, and were highly successful in the 1950s and 1960s. They were originally named The Drifters but due to a conflict with the American group of that name, they changed their name - and their personnel, none of the original Drifters were still in the band when it became The Shadows.
4. Which country's entry was a celebration of an event purportedly started by their prior year's entry?

Answer: Portugal

In 1974, the Portuguese entry supposedly was the signal to start what became known as the "Carnation Revolution" - the overthrow of the right-wing authoritarian government by the military, bringing democracy to the country.
The 1975 entry, "Madrugada", celebrated the revolution - and the performer, Duarte Mendes, had to be stopped from wearing his uniform and carrying his weapon onto the stage!
5. How many entries in the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest were sung entirely in English?

Answer: 7

They were the Netherlands, Ireland, Norway, Britain, Malta, Finland and Sweden. Both Germany and Belgium sang their songs in their own language PLUS English.
6. One country withdrew from the contest. Which one?

Answer: Greece

Greece did not take part as a protest against the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus and the inclusion of Turkey in the Eurovision contest. The island had been a British Crown Colony following the demise of the Ottoman Empire, but in 1960 it became independent. Greek Cypriots wanted to annexe the island to Greece, Turkish Cypriots to Turkey, a few coups were attempted and eventually the Turks took control of a portion of the island, displacing the Greek Cypriots living in the north of the island.
7. For one country, the 1975 contest was their first. Which country had its debut at the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest?

Answer: Turkey

Turkey's entry into the contest spurred the aforementioned withdraw of the contest by Greece. Their entry, "Seninle Bir Dakika", was sung by Semiha Yanký and placed dead last.
8. Who was the presenter for the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest?

Answer: Karin Falck

Karin Falck was the presenter- the others were commentators in their own countries. Falck has produced and directed many radio and television programmes in Sweden, with a career going back into the mid-1950s.
9. There's always a halftime - who or what was the halftime entertainer for the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest?

Answer: The World of John Bauer

The World of John Bauer was the halftime entertainment. Bauer, born in 1882, was a Swedish artist known in particular for his illustrations of fairy tales - not the pretty ones with princes and princesses and white horses. His were rather nightmarish ones of trolls and gnomes and, it must be said, the odd prince and princess. A series of the drawings were shown during the intermission.

ABBA won the previous year's contest and went on to have a career as music superstars. Lindarw is Sweden's most famous drag queen. Ulla Andersson is a former top model, actress, singer, songwriter and ex-wife of Quincy Jones.
10. Nineteen countries vied for the 1975 Eurovision Song crown. In a number of years, there have been ties for various places. How many countries tied with another for position this year?

Answer: 2

Monaco, with their entry "Une chanson c'est une lettre" ("A Song is a Letter") and Yugoslavia with their entry "Dan ljubezni" ("A Day of Love") both placed at number 13 with 22 points. The winner received 152 points. The scoring system had changed; no longer did each of the country's 10 judges each assign one point. Now each country's jury as a whole gave 12 points to their first choice, 10 to the second, then 8,7,6,5,4,3,2 and 1 points in order of preference. To add confusion, the points were announced in the order in which the songs were sung.
Source: Author CariM0952

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