Jubilee Competition Results
Lyme Regis artist Christine Allison has announced the winners of her competition to guess the 60 events depicted in her Jubilee picture, 'Sixty Years'.
The picture was displayed in the recent exhibition at the Town Mill Galleries which was organised by ArtsFest and the Town Mill Arts Guild. It created much interest and conjecture amongst the general public. There were 22 entrants, but Jack and Imogen Thomas of Uplyme were the outright winners with 59 correct answers. "It was such fun," said Jack. "We really enjoyed the challenge but did have to do quite a bit of research before handing in our entry form."
"I was after 60 correct answers," said Christine. "But 59 was the highest score, so I was happy to give Jack and Imogen £59 in prize money. Well done to them both!"
The competition was sponsored by Harry May Boat Trips, and the actual picture was bought by a visitor to the exhibition from Birmingham.
Here is the picture again and the answers for those of you who would like to know them:
1952 - King George V1 dies – Princess Elizabeth becomes Queen, aged 25
1953 - The coronation of Queen Elizabeth 2
1954 - Hydrogen bomb test on the Bikini Atoll in the Pacific by USA
1955 - The first screening of The Lady and The Tramp
1956 - Suez Crisis
1957 - The first Royal Christmas message by the Queen on television
1958 - The European Economic Community is founded
1959 - Che Guevara – Cuban Revolution
1960 - Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. Lawrence published by Penguin books is banned
1961 - Amnesty International is founded
1962 - The Mini is the car of the 60’s
1963 - The assassination of American President John F Kennedy
1964 - Vietnam War
1965 - The mini skirt
1966 - World Cup Willie, England wins the football World Cup
1967 - The Beatles
1968 - Apollo 8 enters orbit around the moon
1969 - First moon landing - first steps on the moon – Buzz Aldrin
1970 - Jimi Hendrix dies
1971 - Decimalisation starts in the UK
1972 - The miners strike in the UK
1973 - Sydney Opera House is built
1974 - Famine in Africa
1975 - Elm trees struck with Dutch Elm disease
1976 - Apple is formed
1977 - The silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth 2
1978 - The Amoco Cadiz oil disaster
1979 - Margaret Thatcher becomes first woman British Prime Minister
1980 - John Lennon is shot
1981 - Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer marry
1982 - The Falklands War
1983 - Sally Ride - the first woman in space
1984 - Torvill and Dean win gold medals in the winter Olympic Games
1985 - Live Aid
1986 - Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
1987 - Great storms in the UK
1988 - Pan Am Flight 103 - the Lockerbie disaster
1989 - The collapse of the Berlin Wall
1990 - The release of Nelson Mandela
1991 - Operation Desert Storm
1992 - Fire at Windsor Castle
1993 - Actress Audrey Hepburn dies aged 63
1994 - The opening of the Channel Tunnel between France and Britain for Eurostar, high speed trains
1995 - Us Space Shuttle docks with USSR Mir space station for first time
1996 - Mad Cow disease strikes in UK
1997 - Princess Diana dies in a car accident
1998 - Google is founded
1999 - Total eclipse of the sun in UK
2000 - The Millenium celebrations and fireworks in London
2001 - September 11 - the World Trade Center in NY is attacked by United Airlines Flight 175
2002 - The Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth 2
2003 - The toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein
2004 - Tsunami hits Thailand
2005 - Harold Pinter is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature
2006 - A whale is found in the River Thames
2007 - The last Harry Potter book is published - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
2008 - Barack Obama is elected the first black President of USA
2009 - Michael Jackson dies
2010 - Chilean miners rescue
2011 - The marriage of Prince William and Catherine Middleton
2012 - The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth 2
Karol Kulik,
Published on 26/06/2012.
