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The 1960s Scene/Seen Internationally

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Introduction:
"The 1960s was a ground-breaking decade in which conventions were broken or revised in politics, architecture, music, literature, lifestyles, women's roles, cooking methods, and thoughts about the future."


1. Who was the American theorist (of German origin) responsible for the concept of the "one-dimensional man," a concept that led to his being called "the father of the Left"? (Interestingly, he rejected the nickname).
    Leonard Bernstein
    Eldridge Cleaver
    Herbert Marcuse
    Mario Savio


2. Which of these comedians said, "In the Halls of Justice the only justice is in the halls?"
    Lenny Bruce
    Phil SIlvers
    Jonathan Winters
    Andy Griffith


3. In 1967, who was the leader of Yugoslavia who was opened its borders to foreigners and did away with visa requirements?
    Gamal Abdel Nasser
    Joseph Stalin
    King Peter II
    Tito (Josip Broz)


4. Who sang the famous 1966 song, "These Boots Were Made For Walkin'"?
    Nancy Sinatra
    The Marvelettes
    Della Reese
    The Velvet Underground


5. Which world leader in 1963 vetoed a British application to become part of the European Economic Community?
    Charles de Gaulle
    Francois Mitterand
    Georges Pompidou
    Albert Camus


6. What is a kind of non-representational painting called which began early in the twentieth century and which became predominant in the 1960s? Note the subject of this kind of painting is nothing but itself--with one color. Some people here call this a variant of Abstract Expressionism.
    Dirty Realism
    Dadaism
    Monochrome painting
    Social Realism


7. In 1965, which Latin American leader became the First Secretary of the Communist Party in Cuba?
    Cesar Chavez
    Fulgencio Batista,
    Fidel Castro
    Jorge Eli?cer Gait?n


8. In the bitter Great Flag Debate, in 1965, what flag did Canada give itself?
    the oak leaf
    the maple leaf
    the fig leaf
    the willow leaf


9. In May 1966, what did Mao Zedong initiate? He spoke of eliminating the hidden 'liberal bourgeoisie' which he saw as dividing China.
    The Agrarian Revolution.
    The Great Awakening
    Cultural Revolution
    The New Deal


10. What was the name of the confrontation on March 21, 1960 in South Africa in which police forces shot upon a group of black protesters?
    Rivonia Trial
    Church Street Bombing
    Sharpeville Massacre
    Soweto Uprising


11. What was the name of the highly segregationist governor of Alabama who in 1963 tried to stop the enrollment of two black students in the University of Albama?
    Albert Brewer
    F. W. De Klerk
    George Wallace
    Asa Carter


12. What singer born as Jamesetta Hawkins recorded the classic, "At Last"?
    Etta James
    Nina Simone
    Dinah Washington
    Della Reese


13. Who was the philosopher whose book "Motiviation and Personality" with concept of the "self-actualizing person" would be influential in the 1960's human potential movement?
    Carl Jung
    Abraham Maslow
    Karen Horney
    Alfred Adler


14. Who is the famous French psychoanalyst who introduced the concepts of the mirror stage and said that "the unconscious is shaped like a language"?
    Jacques-Marie-?mile Lacan
    Pablo Picasso
    Jacques Derrida
    Sigmund Freud


15. Who was the surgeon in the first successful human heart transplant in 1966?
    Adolf Lorenz
    John Charnley
    William Bigelow
    Dr. Christiaan Barnard


16. Who won the World Cup in 1966?
    Italy
    Mexico
    England
    Germany


17. What did Bausch and Lomb introduce in 1965? It was the world's first example of this product.
    Polaroid sunglasses
    Compact disc
    Soft contact lens
    Water bed


18. What was invented in 1960 as an alternative to the light bulb?
    Electronic tea kettle
    Energy saving light bulbs
    The number bed
    Halogen light lamp


19. What was the name of the man who didn't get to land on the moon in 1969 but who remained in charge of the command module Columbia
    Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin
    Deke Slayton
    Neil Armstrong
    Michael Collins


20. The famous Janis Joplin, the "pearl" of the 60s, had a famous song, "Me and Bobby McGee." Fill in the word that's missing. "Freedom's just another word for nothing ____ to lose."
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