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1960s Quiz Questions

1.What is Max Yasgur's 600-acre dairy farm famous for? Woodstock


2.'Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head' was a song written for which 1969 film?
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
3.In which city were the 1960 Summer Olympics held? Rome
4.How old was President Kennedy when he died? 46
5.The Beatles gave their first live American television performance on which show?
The Ed Sullivan Show
6.Who delivered his 'Wind of Change' speech in 1960? Prime Minister Harold Macmillan
7.Name the British doll created by Pedigree Dolls and Toys as a rival to Barbie?
Cindy
8.In 1967, who was captured and executed by the Bolivian army? Che Guevara
9.Who refused the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature?Jean-Paul Sartre
10.Which sixties television series starred Larry Hagman as an astronaut?I Dream of Jeannie
11. Which Pop Group?s original name was ?Pete Novak and the Heartbeats?
Herman's Hermits
12. Which model was voted the face of 1966? Twiggy
13. Which country singer was killed in a plane crash in 1964? Jim Reeves
14. Who defeated Richard Nixon to become US president in 1960? J F Kennedy
15. What type of animal was Goldie who made the headlines by escaping from London
Zoo? Eagle
16. Which game, demonstrated on televison in 1966, did competitors accuse of being "sex
in a box"? Twister
17. Which coin was introduced in Britain in October 1969? 50p
18. Which Cheshire industrial town on the Manchester ship canal was designated a new
town in 1964? Runcorn
19. In 1964, which was the 1st pirate radio station to start broadcasting in Britain?
Radio Caroline
20. Which gamblers institution was legalised in may 1961? Betting Shops

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