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The best years in laundry

Just for fun: here are three boxes of detergent. Do you think you can guess which year they were launched? The answer is elsewhere on this site, but to help you out P&G has given you five clues to do with other things that happened the same year. Good luck!

On this year...

  • The English FA Premier League was officially formed.
  • EuroDisney opened.
  • Barcelona hosted the Summer Olympics.
  • Bill Clinton was elected US president.
  • Benny Hill died.

Was it

  • 1988
  • 1992
  • 1998

On this year...

  • Ford bought Volvo Cars.
  • Nagano (Japan) hosted the Winter Olympics.
  • Titanic won 11 Oscars.
  • Apple launched the iMac.
  • France beat Brazil in the World Cup.

Was it

  • 1988
  • 1992
  • 1998

On this year...

  • South Korea hosted the Summer Olympics.
  • George H W Bush was elected US President.
  • Ayrton Senna won his first Formula One World Championship.
  • The first Fairtrade label was launched.
  • Benazir Bhutto became the first woman to head an Islamic state.

Was it

  • 1988
  • 1992
  • 1998

View the answers here.

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