Trivia Quiz on 1960s Culture
Updated: Tuesday, November 25, 2025
A ready-made history and music quiz that you can use in virtual and in-person events (Zoom, Teams, YouTube Live, Twitch, conferences, meetings, classrooms, etc.)
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A lively 12-question quiz diving into the music, film and pop moments that defined the 1960s. Ideal for retro-themed game nights, classrooms, or energizing online meetings and livestreams.
Travel back to the swinging 1960s with this 12-question culture quiz that covers iconic music, memorable films, famous quotes and defining moments of the decade. Designed to be easily duplicated and launched for Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, YouTube Live, Twitch, Kick or in-person events, the quiz works great as an icebreaker, a themed party round, a classroom activity or a livestream segment. Questions vary in difficulty from accessible to moderately challenging, and a few have leaderboard visibility enabled to spark friendly competition. Host tips: allow 20–30 seconds per question for group play, use breakout rooms for team rounds, and alternate quick music or image interludes to keep momentum high during longer sessions.
1. Who was shot only hours after Annie Leibovitz took a nude photo of him for Rolling Stone
A) John lennon
B) John F. Kennedy
C) Ronald Reagan
D) Malcolm X
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2. At the request of EMI who was painted out Sarge Peppers cover
A) Albert Einstein
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Marilyn Monroe
D) Elvis Presley
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3. Alan Ginsberg is credited with inventing what 60s phrase
A) Make Love Not War
B) Flower Power
C) Turn on, tune in, drop out
D) Peace and Love
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4. Who 'imagined' a better world
A) Albert Einstein
B) John lennon
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Martin Luther King Jr.
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5. What rock music term was coined by william burroughs in his book "the soft machine"
A) psychedelic rock
B) Heavy metal
C) hard rock
D) glam rock
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6. Who Wrote The Autobiography A Cellarful Of Noise
A) Paul McCartney
B) Brian Epstein
C) John Lennon
D) Ringo Starr
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7. Who admitted in a radio interview during The Noughties that she had smoked cannabis in the 1960s?
A) Diana Ross
B) Petula Clark
C) Cilla Black
D) Marianne Faithfull
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8. This Was A Highly Successful Film In 1961, A Flop Broadway Musical In 1966, And A Top Ten UK Hit In 1996, What Is It?
A) Cleopatra
B) Breakfast At Tiffany's
C) The Sound of Music
D) My Fair Lady
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9. Who sang Happy Birthday to John F. Kennedy for his 45th
A) Ella Fitzgerald
B) Barbra Streisand
C) Jacqueline Kennedy
D) Marilyn Monroe
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10. Who caused outrage with the following quote 'We are more popular than Jesus now'' I don't know which will go first Rock n Roll or Christianity''
A) Elvis Presley
B) Bob Dylan
C) John Lennon
D) Mick Jagger
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11. 10 Matthew Street, Liverpool is the address of which famous venue?
A) The Beatles Story
B) Royal Court Theatre
C) The Cavern
D) Liverpool Echo Arena
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12. Who 'imagined' a better world?
A) Bob Dylan
B) John Lennon
C) Martin Luther King Jr.
D) Nelson Mandela
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