Trivia Quiz on 1960s History

1. In 1967 an Australian had one 11lb in weight - what

A) Potato

B) Pumpkin

C) Carrot

D) Watermelon

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2. Which Female Minister Of Transport Introduced The Breathalyzer?

A) Theresa May

B) Angela Merkel

C) Shirley Williams

D) Barbara Castle

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3. From whom did J.F. Kennedy accept his dog Pushinska

A) Nikita kruschev

B) Joseph Stalin

C) Leonid Brezhnev

D) Mikhail Gorbachev

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4. Florence was severely flooded in what year

A) 1964

B) 1966

C) 1965

D) 1967

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5. In 1961 U.S. breaks relations with

A) China

B) Israel

C) Iran

D) Cuba

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6. What was the worlds first televised murder

A) Ruby killing Oswald

B) The assassination of John F. Kennedy

C) The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

D) The murder of Martin Luther King Jr.

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7. What did John F Kennedy claim was his biggest mistake as president

A) Escalating American involvement in Vietnam

B) Not pursuing civil rights reforms quickly enough

C) Bay of pigs invasion

D) Failing to prioritize the space program

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8. Who assassinated John Lennon?

A) Lee Harvey Oswald

B) John Hinckley Jr.

C) Mark David Chapman

D) Charles Manson

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9. In Which Year Was The Berlin Wall Constructed

A) 1949

B) 1963

C) 1961

D) 1989

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10. In Which Year Did A Soviet Cosmonaut Make The First Spacewalk

A) 1961

B) 1965

C) 1969

D) 1971

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11. Which Crime Did Sirhan Sirhan Say He Had No Knowledge Of But Was Later Executed For In 1969

A) The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

B) The Watergate burglary

C) The attempted assassination of George Wallace

D) Bobby Kennedy Assasination

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12. In What Year Did Neil Armstrong First Step Foot On The Moon

A) 1969

B) 1967

C) 1968

D) 1970

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13. Where was the 1962 world's fair held

A) Chicago

B) Paris

C) New York

D) Seattle

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14. She was the first First Lady to be received privately by the Pope.

A) Eleanor Roosevelt

B) Nancy Reagan

C) Hillary Rodham Clinton

D) Jackie kennedy

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15. Who Was Shot In Dallas On 24 th November 1963

A) John F. Kennedy

B) Jack Ruby

C) Lee Harvey Oswald

D) James Earl Ray

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16. In Which Year Did The Oil Tanker Torrey Canyon Come Aground Near Lands End Causing A Major Environmental Disaster

A) 1967

B) 1964

C) 1969

D) 1970

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17. In December 1967 53 Year Old Louis Washkansky Became The First Person To Undergo What

A) A Kidney Transplant

B) A Brain Transplant

C) A Heart Transplant

D) A Liver Transplant

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18. Who was the man convicted of masterminding the 1969 LaBianca-Tate murders, later to become known as the Helter Skelter killings?

A) Tex Watson

B) Charles Manson

C) Susan Atkins

D) Patricia Krenwinkel

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19. In 1962, for what did Britain and France sign an agreement to build together?

A) Concorde

B) The space shuttle program

C) A joint nuclear submarine project

D) A shared commercial jet named Mercury

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20. Who Was The First man To Set Foot On The Moon ?

A) Buzz Aldrin

B) Neil Armstrong

C) Yuri Gagarin

D) Michael Collins

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