60’s Trivia part 2 Questions

Questions

1. 1. Who is the only human Mr. Ed would talk to?
2. 2. In 1968, which organ was first transplanted?
3. 3. Who died on August 5, 1962?
4. 4. In 1967, which two teams played in the first Super Bowl and who won?
5. 5. In 1969, the first Email was sent between which two universities?
6. 6. In 2021, which two men were exonerated for the murder of Malcolm X in 1963?
7. 7. What was the name of the ranch on Bonanza?
8. 8. What event is said to have launched the gay rights movement?
9. 9. In 1965, what program of limited bombing of North Vietnam began?
10. 10. President Johnson removed which secretary of defense, over public comments questioning Johnson’s policies in the Vietnam war?
11. 11. What was the name of the trial for those accused of leading riots surrounding the 1968 Democratic Convention?
12. 12. What were the names of the two gangs in the 1961 movie West Side Story?
13. 13. Which television crime drama of the 1960’s had the catchphrase “Book ‘em Danno”?
14. 14. In 1969, what became, to this day, the only X-rated movie to win the Best Picture Academy Award?
15. 15. In 1964, in an advertising campaign, who implored customers to “Please don’t squeeze the Charmin!”
16. 16. In 2021, what popular brand of pancake batter and syrup in the 1960’s, was discontinued?
17. 17. Who got married at the Aladdin hotel in Las Vegas on May 1, 1967?
18. 18. Name any of the band names formerly used by the Beatles?
19. 19. What was the name of the Flinstones’ cat?
20. 20. In a 1961 speech, what FCC director called television a “vast wasteland”?

 

Answers

1. 1. Wilbur Post
2. 2. Heart
3. 3. Marilyn Monroe
4. 4. Green Bay beat Kansas City 35 to 10.
5. 5. UCLA to Stanford
6. 6. Muhammad Abdul Aziz and Khalil Islam
7. 7. The Ponderosa
8. 8. Stonewall Riots
9. 9. Rolling Thunder
10. 10. Robert McNamara
11. 11. Chicago 7.
12. 12. Jets and the Sharks
13. 13. Hawaii Five-O
14. 14. Midnight Cowboy
15. 15. Mr. Whipple
16. 16. Aunt Jemima
17. 17. Elvis and Priscilla Presley
18. 18. The Quarrymen, The Silver Beatles, Johnny and the Moondogs
19. 19. Baby Puss
20. 20. Newton Minow

 

Written by: Michael Shackleford