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1 trivia quiz  'The Summer of Love' - 1967 coolicon
You'd think with a nickname like that, it was a good time ... What do you remember of 1967?
Average 15Q
1332 plays
Aug 31 07
Oddball
2 trivia quiz  Who's Who in the 1960s Counter Culture in the USA coolicon
In the 1960s, all kinds of new stars were born. People became famous for all sorts of new reasons. It was the rise of what we now call counter culture. This change was a creater and receiver of mass media, increasing digitalization, and globalization.
Average 10Q
684 plays
Jun 19 08
Windswept gold
3 trivia quiz  It Happened In 1968 icon
1968 was a year of war and assassinations but it was also the years when we as humans began to see ourselves differently.
Tough 15Q
2292 plays
Jun 06 05
philipstevens
4 trivia quiz  The 20th Century - 1961-1970
Yet another in the series, this quiz covers the decade of the 1960's. One question per year. Good Luck!
Tough 10Q
7887 plays
Oct 20 00
sportcon
5 trivia quiz  Are You a '60s Radical? icon
How much do you know about the radical '60s?
Difficult 10Q
2463 plays
Nov 25 03
sku
6 trivia quiz  The Transitional Early 1960s
So much happened in the early 1960s. This quiz tries to pull some of that together. The questions are mostly general knowledge about the people, politics, music, and events that influenced the latter half of the 60s and changed America forever. Have fun!
Average 10Q
5283 plays
Mar 31 00
Jendy
7 trivia quiz  The Late 1960s
Here are some questions about the late 1960s (1965-69) - a turbulent, but 'loving' time in the world. Good luck!
Average 10Q
7512 plays
Mar 31 00
Jendy
8 trivia quiz  It Happened in 1963 icon
1963 was packed full of major events that few of us alive then will forget. Most you should know even if just from school.
Very Difficult 10Q
1077 plays
Nov 27 05
NormanW5
9 trivia quiz  1965: A Year To Remember icon
1965 is the year I was born, but that was not the only memorable thing to happen then!
Average 10Q
1308 plays
May 16 05
allmine

Some sample questions from this category:

* Which president was responsible for sending American troops to Vietnam, called 'advisors,' to assist Ngo Dihn Diem's soldiers in strategic areas, thereby starting U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War?
* Lyndon Johnson declared a war on what in a famous speech in the mid-sixties?
* Lyndon Johnson's domestic spending program that established numerous programs for the poor was nicknamed what?
* Whose arrival in the United States in February of 1964 sparked what was called "The British Invasion"?
* Who appointed the Warren Commission?
* What popular female folk singer marched with Martin Luther King Jr.?
* Which film, also starring Natalie Wood, was Warren Beatty's first film role?
* Who was the United States Attorney General from 1961 to 1964?
* During the Summer of Love, what song did the Beatles perform on the first satellite television broadcast seen around the world?
* Dr. Timothy Leary, a professor at Harvard, said which of the following?
* Which of the following men did NOT run for president in 1968?
* Which California Univesity was notable in the 1960s for its activism in areas such as civil rights, free speech, and Vietnam?
* What famous musician from a popular musical group was linked to Charles Manson for a time?
* Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was a guru of what?
* Who assassinated Robert Kennedy in Los Angeles in 1968?
* In 1961, a passenger on a National Airlines flight threatened the crew and passengers with a knife and gun in the first successful skyjacking. To what country was the plane forced to fly?
* What city became the first known city to have a population over 10 million in 1962?
* In 1963, what European country saw its leader resign at the age of 87 after 14 years in office?
* Who founded the League of Spiritual Discovery (LSD) in 1966?
* Who performed the first heart transplant in 1967?

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