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Do You Remember 1965? Trivia Quiz

1965 - The year of Lyndon Johnson's 'Great Society', the year the Vietnamese war escalated, the year Sir Winston Churchill died, and the year Ralph Nader wrote 'Unsafe at Any Speed'.

A multiple-choice quiz by minch. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
minch

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
17,065

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
9550

Awards
Top 10% Quiz

Last 3 plays: moonraker2 (10/10), Guest 107 (6/10), Hayes1953 (8/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which of these was a hit in 1965? Hint

I Got You Babe

all of these

Yesterday

Satisfaction

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Question 2 of 10

2. Joe Namath joined the AFL. True or False?

True

False

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Question 3 of 10

3. The Gateway Arch in St. Louis was completed. Who was the architect? Hint

Le Corbusier

Richard Rogers

Renzo Piano

Eero Saarinen

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which British woman is famous for popularizing/designing the miniskirt? Hint

Julie Andrews

Twiggy

Mary Quant

Princess Anne

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who coined the catchphrase 'Tune in, turn on, drop out'? Hint

Tom Wolfe

Timothy Jones

Richard Alpert

Timothy Leary

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of these TV shows did NOT start in 1965? Hint

'I Spy'

'Hogan's Heroes'

'I Dream of Jeannie'

'Ironside'

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Question 7 of 10

7. In November the power went out in the northeast U.S. and in parts of Canada. It affected around 30 million people. What was it referred to afterwards? Hint

The Thirteen Hours

The Great Disaster

The Great Blackout

Great Power Failure

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who was the first American to walk in space? Hint

Alan Shepard

Edward White

John Glenn

Gus Grissom

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Question 9 of 10

9. What was the movie, released in 1965, that won the best picture Oscar (at the 1966 ceremony)?

Answer: (Four Words)

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Question 10 of 10

10. What was new in 1965? Hint

all of these

felt-tip pens

ring pull cans

soft contact lenses

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of these was a hit in 1965?

Answer: all of these

'I' Got You Babe' Sonny and Cher 'Yesterday' The Beatles 'Satisfaction' Rolling Stones

2. Joe Namath joined the AFL. True or False?

Answer: True

New York Jets

3. The Gateway Arch in St. Louis was completed. Who was the architect?

Answer: Eero Saarinen

Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier designed the Palace for the League of Nations in Geneva. Piano and Rogers designed the controversial Pompidou Center in Paris.

4. Which British woman is famous for popularizing/designing the miniskirt?

Answer: Mary Quant

Mary Quant was only in her early twenties when she started her business of designing and selling fashions.

5. Who coined the catchphrase 'Tune in, turn on, drop out'?

Answer: Timothy Leary

6. Which of these TV shows did NOT start in 1965?

Answer: 'Ironside'

'Ironside' started in 1967. 'I Spy' {1965-1968;} 'I Dream of Jeannie' {1965-1970;} 'Hogan's Heroes' 1965-1971

7. In November the power went out in the northeast U.S. and in parts of Canada. It affected around 30 million people. What was it referred to afterwards?

Answer: The Great Blackout

The whole of the northeast from Michigan to New England was affected as well as parts of Canada. For thirteen hours many were stuck in elevators and subway trains.

8. Who was the first American to walk in space?

Answer: Edward White

The Russian Aleksei Leonov was the first man to take a space walk.

9. What was the movie, released in 1965, that won the best picture Oscar (at the 1966 ceremony)?

Answer: The Sound of Music

It starred Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer.

10. What was new in 1965?

Answer: soft contact lenses

ring-pull cans 1960 felt-tip pens 1960

Source: Author minch

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