Trivia Quiz on 1960s Part 4

1. Who was the first American in space

A) Alan Shepard

B) John Glenn

C) Neil Armstrong

D) Buzz Aldrin

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2. Who leaked the pentagon papers to the new york times

A) Chelsea Manning

B) Edward Snowden

C) Julian Assange

D) Daniel ellsberg

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3. What colours was the ferrari formula 1 car in the 1964 u.s.a grand prix

A) Red

B) White

C) Blue

D) Black

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4. What Beatle reportedly slept with a light on

A) Paul McCartney

B) John lennon

C) George Harrison

D) Ringo Starr

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5. Who was the first man to return to space

A) John Glenn

B) Yuri Gagarin

C) Virgil grissom

D) Alan Shepard

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6. Which British Sports Car Company Was Founded In 1962 By Jem March & Frank Costin Whose Names Inspired The More Continental Sounding Company Name

A) Lotus

B) AC Cars

C) Lister

D) Marcos

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7. Which Card Appeared In The UK For The Very First Time In 1963

A) Diners Club

B) American Express

C) Visa

D) Barclaycard

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8. Who did the singer Lulu marry in 1969?

A) Maurice Gibb

B) Barry Gibb

C) George Harrison

D) Paul McCartney

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9. Who killed who in 1963 in what is generally regarded as the first live televised murder?

A) Lee Harvey Oswald killed John F. Kennedy

B) James Earl Ray killed Martin Luther King Jr.

C) Jack Ruby killed Lee Harvey Oswald

D) Lee Harvey Oswald killed himself on live TV

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10. Which British coin ceased to be legal tender in 1960?

A) Farthing

B) Halfpenny

C) Threepence

D) Sixpence

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11. How many days after john f. kennedy's assassination was lee harvey oswald shot

A) Two

B) One

C) Three

D) Four

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12. In Which City Was John F Kennedy Assassinated?

A) Dallas

B) New Orleans

C) Washington, D.C.

D) Chicago

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13. In which city was President Kennedy killed

A) New York

B) Chicago

C) Washington, D.C.

D) Dallas

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14. The Beatles Were One Of The Biggest Phenomenon's Of The 1960's But Who Was Their Manager

A) Brian Epstein

B) Allan Williams

C) George Martin

D) Allen Klein

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15. He was assassinated on Nov. 22, 1963.

A) Abraham Lincoln

B) Lyndon B. Johnson

C) John fitzgerald kennedy

D) Robert F. Kennedy

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16. Who tried to create the 'Great Society'?

A) John F. Kennedy

B) Harry S Truman

C) Theodore Roosevelt

D) Lyndon B Johnson

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17. In Which City Did Chamberlain Make His(Wind Of Change) Speech In 1960?

A) London

B) Berlin

C) Johannesburg

D) Cape Town

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18. What Space Rocket Was Destroyed During Ground Tests At Cape Canaveral In 1967

A) Saturn V

B) Mercury-Redstone

C) Titan II GLV

D) Apollo 1

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19. In what year did man first set foot on the moon

A) 1968

B) 1969

C) 1970

D) 1967

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20. What Was Launched In 1960 & Was Closely Linked With The Sexual Attitudes Of The Swinging 60's

A) The IUD (Intrauterine Device)

B) The Mini-skirt

C) The Bikini

D) The Pill

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21. How old was Stanley Matthews when he retired in 1965?

A) 45

B) 50

C) 52

D) 60

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22. He shot Lee Harvey Oswald.

A) Jack Ruby

B) James Earl Ray

C) John Wilkes Booth

D) Gavrilo Princip

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23. Which horse won the 1964 Derby

A) Santa Claus

B) Sea-Bird

C) Nijinsky

D) Mill Reef

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24. Who took over from Kennedy after he was assassinated?

A) Dwight D. Eisenhower

B) Robert F. Kennedy

C) Lyndon B Johnson

D) Richard Nixon

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25. How Old Was John F Kennedy When He Was Assassinated

A) 46

B) 40

C) 57

D) 60

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26. Who received the nobel peace prize in 1964 for civil rights leadership?

A) Martin Luther King Jr

B) Dag Hammarskjöld

C) Ralph Bunche

D) Lester B. Pearson

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27. Where were the 1960 Olympics held ?

A) Athens, Greece

B) Paris, France

C) Rome, Italy

D) Tokyo, Japan

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28. Where Were The 1964 Olympics Held

A) Athens

B) Rome

C) Tokyo

D) Mexico City

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29. Who Sang The 1967 Hit 'Drink Up Thy Zider'

A) The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band

B) The Wurzels

C) The Kinks

D) The Spencer Davis Group

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30. The flop 1960's diet drink Minivitine was a spinoff of this drink mix.

A) Ovaltine

B) Nesquik

C) Carnation Instant Breakfast

D) Milo

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31. _____ in the name of love?

A) Go away

B) Halt in the name of love

C) Stop

D) Love Me Tender

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32. Who sang with 'The Dakotas'?

A) Elvis Presley

B) Billy J. Kramer

C) Gerry Marsden

D) Tom Jones

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33. As what is Merle Haggard also known as?

A) Okie from Muskogee

B) The Hag

C) The Rebel with a Guitar

D) The Poet of the Plains

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34. Who sang 'Rescue Me'?

A) Aretha Franklin

B) Whitney Houston

C) Fontella Bass

D) Tina Turner

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35. Who was the oldest member of The Beatles?

A) John Lennon

B) Paul McCartney

C) George Harrison

D) Ringo Starr

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36. On what LP Cover can we read the words 'Welcome Rolling Stones'?

A) Abbey Road

B) Let It Be

C) Exile on Main St.

D) Sergeant Pepper´s Lonely Hearts Club Band

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37. Through 1963 this duo's total record sales exceeded 18 million with successes including "Cathy's Clown" and "Wake Up Little Suzie".

A) Simon & Garfunkel

B) Sonny & Cher

C) The Everly Brothers

D) The Carpenters

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38. What did Jeannie C. Riley describe as "a little Peyton Place"?

A) Peyton Place

B) Harper Valley

C) Harper Valley PTA

D) Gossip Town

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