The 60's Quiz

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1.	Who was the first man to walk on the moon in 1969?

Buzz Aldren

Neil Armstrong

Michael Collins

Yuri Gagarin

Uri Gellar

No human has ever waked on the moon.

I don't know.

2.	The Berlin Wall was erected in what year?

1960

1961

1962

1963

1964

1965

I don't know.

3.	The first televised presidential debate occurred between which pair of candidates?

Hubert Humphrey and John F. Kennedy

Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy

Lyndon Johnson and John F. Kennedy

Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan

I don't know.

4.	Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968 by whom?

Lee Harvey Oswald

James Earl Ray

Charles Manson

Sirhan Sirhan

An unknown assailant.

I don't know

5.	Beatles member John Lennon created a public scandal in America when he was quoted by an American teen magazine as stating that...

God is dead.

the Beatles were more popular than Jesus.

communism was a better form of government than democracy.

the first lady was “pretty sexy”.

teenagers should become sexually active at the earliest opportunity.

I don't know.

6.	World heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali was imprisoned and stripped of his title in 1967 for what criminal offense?

Draft evasion

Publicly promoting the teachings of Islam.

Gambling on boxing matches.

Income tax evasion.

Assault and battery.

I don't know.

7.	Which actor appearing in the 60’s counter-culture classic ‘Easy Rider’ also directed the film?

Jack Nicholson

Peter Fonda

Henry Fonda

Jane Fonda

Dennis Hopper

I don't know.

8.	"Keep on truckin’" was a term made popular by the work of what famous artist?

Robert Crumb

Andy Warhol

Jackson Pollack

Roy Lichtenstein

Kilroy

I don't know.

9.	In December 1967, the firs successful heart transplant was performed by which surgeon?

Jonas Salk

Carl Jung

Norman Bethune

Cristiaan Barnard

Hawkeye Pierce

Frederick Banting

I don't know.

10.	The Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961) was an unsuccessful attempt by the United States to overthrow the government of what country?

Nicaragua

El Salvador

Cuba

Canada

The Soviet Union

Panama

Idon't know.