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What Happened in ...? (1960s edition) Quiz


We're back to our decade-by-decade history test, this time in the psychedelic Sixties. Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by john_sunseri. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
john_sunseri
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
321,211
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
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Question 1 of 10
1. What happened in 1960? Harper Lee won a Pulitzer for "To Kill a Mockingbird", Kennedy and Nixon debated live on television, Gestapo chief Adolf Eichmann was arrested, and Gary Powers was sentenced to three years in prison and seven years' hard labor. What was his crime? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What happened in 1961? Farthings ceased to be legal tender in Britain, a band of revolutionaries got thoroughly beaten at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba, Alan Shepard became the first American in space, and Joseph Heller wrote a book whose title became a part of the English language. What was the book? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What happened in 1962? An earthquake in Iran killed 10,000 people, Marilyn Monroe died, there was an attempted assassination on French President Charles de Gaulle, and Stan Lee and Jack Kirby released a comic book that introduced a now-classic character. Who was it? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. What happened in 1963? John F. Kennedy was murdered (as was Lee Harvey Oswald), Valentina Tereshkova became the first female cosmonaut, Winston Churchill became an honorary American citizen, and the United States introduced an innovation in its postal system. What was it? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. What happened in 1964? Kenya became a republic (with Jomo Kenyatta as president), Martin Luther King, Jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize, New York hosted the World's Fair, and Art Fleming hosted a television show that should be near and dear to all our hearts. What show premiered in March? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What happened in 1965? A blackout affected over 30 million people in the northeastern United States and parts of Canada, Olivier starred as "Othello" in the movies, 25,000 people marched in support of stopping the Vietnam War in Washington, D.C., and Bob Dylan allegedly angered a lot of folk music fans by doing what at the Newport Folk Festival? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What happened in 1966? The Soviet Union's Luna 9 spacecraft made a soft landing on the moon, United States Catholics were first allowed to eat meat on Fridays (except during Lent), Indira Gandhi became the Prime Minister of India, and Anton LaVey founded a church. What was it? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. What happened in 1967? The Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs in the first Super Bowl, The US Supreme Court (in Loving v. Virginia) ruled that interracial marriage was constitutional, Israel annexed East Jerusalem, and a celebrity was arrested for refusing his induction into the US Army. Who was he? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. What happened in 1968? Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. were assassinated, pulsars (Pulsating Radio sources) were discovered by Hewish and Bell from the Mullard Observatory in Cambridge, Simon and Garfunkel recorded "Mrs. Robinson", and a musical drama opened off-Broadway at Joseph Papp's Public Theater. What was this groundbreaking musical that contained the songs "Aquarius", "Sodomy" and "Good Morning Starshine"? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What happened in 1969? Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon, American troops began to withdraw from Vietnam, the Beatles gave their last public performance (on the roof of Apple Records), and Dave Thomas opened a restaurant in Columbus, Ohio, naming it after his daughter. What was the restaurant? Hint



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1. What happened in 1960? Harper Lee won a Pulitzer for "To Kill a Mockingbird", Kennedy and Nixon debated live on television, Gestapo chief Adolf Eichmann was arrested, and Gary Powers was sentenced to three years in prison and seven years' hard labor. What was his crime?

Answer: Espionage against the USSR

Captain Francis Gary Powers, formerly of the United States Air Force and then a pilot for the CIA's U-2 program, had his plane shot down over Soviet airspace by a land-to-air missile near Sverdlovsk. He was captured, tried as a spy, and convicted in an incident that heated up the Cold War significantly. Later, he was traded in a prisoner swap in Berlin for KGB Colonel Vilyam Fisher. Powers died in a helicopter crash in 1977.
2. What happened in 1961? Farthings ceased to be legal tender in Britain, a band of revolutionaries got thoroughly beaten at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba, Alan Shepard became the first American in space, and Joseph Heller wrote a book whose title became a part of the English language. What was the book?

Answer: Catch-22

A 'Catch-22' is a damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't kind of dilemma. In the book, if you don't want to fly any more combat missions that signifies that you're sane, and thus you have to fly more combat missions. "Catch-22" has become a classic of American literature over time, though its reception was mixed when it was first published--some critics loved it, some loathed it.
3. What happened in 1962? An earthquake in Iran killed 10,000 people, Marilyn Monroe died, there was an attempted assassination on French President Charles de Gaulle, and Stan Lee and Jack Kirby released a comic book that introduced a now-classic character. Who was it?

Answer: The Incredible Hulk

"Incredible Hulk #1" came out in May and introduced the world to Ol' Greenskin (though his skin color was various shades of gray in the initial book). There have been two movies in the 2000's based on the character, and from 1978-1982 a television show (starring Bill Bixby as David Banner (not 'Bruce', as in the books) and Lou Ferrigno as The Hulk) relayed the hero's adventures to a rapt audience.
4. What happened in 1963? John F. Kennedy was murdered (as was Lee Harvey Oswald), Valentina Tereshkova became the first female cosmonaut, Winston Churchill became an honorary American citizen, and the United States introduced an innovation in its postal system. What was it?

Answer: ZIP codes

Robert Moon (an employee of the Post Office) came up with the basic proposal for the Zone Improvement Plan, which sorts mail according to Sectional Center Facilities. In 1983, the USPS added a 'plus four' code to ZIPs, making mail easier for its mechanized readers to sort.
5. What happened in 1964? Kenya became a republic (with Jomo Kenyatta as president), Martin Luther King, Jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize, New York hosted the World's Fair, and Art Fleming hosted a television show that should be near and dear to all our hearts. What show premiered in March?

Answer: Jeopardy!

Merv Griffin came up with the idea for "Jeopardy!" while on a plane flight with his wife. She said "5,280", and Griffin immediately said "How many feet are in a mile?" Thus was born the show's answer-and-question format. Fleming hosted the program, in various forms, until 1979, and Alex Trebek took over when the show started up again in 1984.
6. What happened in 1965? A blackout affected over 30 million people in the northeastern United States and parts of Canada, Olivier starred as "Othello" in the movies, 25,000 people marched in support of stopping the Vietnam War in Washington, D.C., and Bob Dylan allegedly angered a lot of folk music fans by doing what at the Newport Folk Festival?

Answer: Going electric

Dylan, headlining the Folk Festival (which he had also played in the previous two years), performed with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, an electric blues combo. This was Dylan's first professional performance using electric guitars, and some in the crowd booed him (though that may have been due to poor sound quality from the Festival's equipment). Dylan wouldn't play the festival again until 2002, and when he played he wore a wig and fake beard.
7. What happened in 1966? The Soviet Union's Luna 9 spacecraft made a soft landing on the moon, United States Catholics were first allowed to eat meat on Fridays (except during Lent), Indira Gandhi became the Prime Minister of India, and Anton LaVey founded a church. What was it?

Answer: The Church of Satan

In its first year, the Church of Satan performed a marriage ceremony for two of its members, and a funeral ceremony for another. The Church, according to current High Priest Peter H. Gilmore, does not believe in Satan as a supernatural being (which would go against reason), but rather as an Opponent or Adversary, one which questions authority and rebels against norms. Still, it seems a bit creepy.
8. What happened in 1967? The Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs in the first Super Bowl, The US Supreme Court (in Loving v. Virginia) ruled that interracial marriage was constitutional, Israel annexed East Jerusalem, and a celebrity was arrested for refusing his induction into the US Army. Who was he?

Answer: Muhammad Ali

Ali (formerly Cassius Clay, Jr.) said, most famously, "I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Cong", and also cited his religious beliefs as his reason for evading the draft (though he did show up for the induction ceremony). He was immediately stripped of his heavyweight title and lost his boxing license.

He would not fight for the next four years in the ring--nor in southeast Asia. Franz, Gore and Sajak all served in Vietnam.
9. What happened in 1968? Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. were assassinated, pulsars (Pulsating Radio sources) were discovered by Hewish and Bell from the Mullard Observatory in Cambridge, Simon and Garfunkel recorded "Mrs. Robinson", and a musical drama opened off-Broadway at Joseph Papp's Public Theater. What was this groundbreaking musical that contained the songs "Aquarius", "Sodomy" and "Good Morning Starshine"?

Answer: Hair

"Hair" was wildly popular once it hit Broadway, running for 1,750 performances (1,997 in London) and lending its music to the anti-Vietnam sentiment growing in America. It was challenged for its themes and presentation ("Hair" was the first time actors and actresses had been totally nude on a Broadway stage, and drug use and homosexuality were strongly promoted), but avoided censorship in America and Britain (though a production in Mexico was quickly shut down).

In 1999, a production opened in Moscow's Gorky Park.
10. What happened in 1969? Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon, American troops began to withdraw from Vietnam, the Beatles gave their last public performance (on the roof of Apple Records), and Dave Thomas opened a restaurant in Columbus, Ohio, naming it after his daughter. What was the restaurant?

Answer: Wendy's

Wendy's, in 2006, had grown to become the world's third-largest hamburger restaurant chain, with 6,700 locations around the globe (McDonald's, at #1, had 31,000 franchises). Thomas's daughter (his fourth child) was named Melinda Lou, but her nickname was 'Wendy', and pictures of her appeared at the original restaurant. Wendy's is known for its square hamburger patties and its Frosty soft-serve ice cream dessert.

Oh, and incidentally--I was born in 1969. But that's of relatively minor importance compared to the Manson murders, Woodstock, the Chicago Eight trial and the premiere of "Sesame Street", all of which happened the same year.
Source: Author john_sunseri

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