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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