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101 60’s Trivia Questions: To Take You To The Moon… Or Bust

During this decade, the world changed more than anyone could have foreseen. It saw substantial societal victories like landing a man on the moon at the end of an extended space race. The 60’s were also the stage for the Civil Rights Movement.

The 60’s saw breakthroughs in fashion, with trends like the mini-skirt and bright, psychedelic colors reaching breakthrough levels of popularity. The Beatles also appeared during this time and became the vast cultural symbol that we enjoy today. 

Free love was definitely in the air! But it wasn’t all love and peace – this decade also saw the Vietnam war and was horrified enough to face the draft with fierce opposition.

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In what year did Norman Rockwell sign with Look Magazine?

1964

1965

1962

1963

In what year were the first televised presidential debates?

1966

1964

1962

1960

In which year was The Wilderness Act signed into law by Lyndon B. Johnson?

1969

1966

1967

1964

In what year was presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy assassinated?

1968

1962

1966

1964

Floyd Patterson became undisputed world champion in which sport in 1960?

Tennis

Boxing

Swimming

Golf

In what year was Commodore Business Machines founded?

1965

1967

1969

1960

In what year did the New York Jets score their first shutout game against the Kansas City Chiefs?

1963

1965

1967

1961

Crown Prince Harald of which country got married in 1968?

Sweden

Belgium

Denmark

Norway

I Want to Hold Your Hand’ was the first No 1 hit in the US for which British band?

One Direction

The Who

The Beatles

Jackson 5

Greece refused to talk with which other country over Cyprus in 1964?

Turkey

Italy

Israel

United States

In what year did Edward Ruscha paint ‘Various Small Fires’?

1962

1961

1963

1964

In what year did the My Lai Massacre occur?

1964

1966

1968

1962

Michael Winner directed Oliver Reed and an elephant in which 1969 World War II movie?

The Green Berets

Hannibal Brooks

The Great Escape

The Dam Busters

For her performance in which film did Elizabeth Taylor win her first Best Actress Oscar?

Giant

Quo Vadis

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf?

Butterfield 8

In which year was the inaugural game of the Kansas City Royal?

1969

1962

1965

1967

In the film ‘And God Created Woman,’ who danced barefoot on a table?

Sophia Loren

Ursula Andress

Britt Ekland

Brigitte Bardot

Advertising of what item was banned on British TV in 1965?

Cigarettes

Cars

Underwear

Alcohol

In what year did The Doors release its debut album?

1965

1967

1961

1963

In what year did the first episode of CBS’s news magazine program 60 Minutes air in the United States?

1992

1952

1981

1968

In what year did the Civil Rights Act pass?

1968

1964

1962

1966

Lal Bahadur Shastri became leader of which country in 1964?

India

Japan

Malaysia

Spain

Madagascar became independent from which country in 1960?

France

Portugal

Spain

West Germany

In which country was the world’s first heart transplant operation performed in 1967?

Canada

South Africa

Thailand

Japan

In what year did King Crimson release their debut album?

1969

1967

1965

1963

A new island called Surtsey was created after a volcanic eruption in which country?

Norway

France

Iceland

USSR

Future President Barack Obama was born in 1961 in which part of the US?

Hawaii

California

Massachusetts

Texas

Large numbers of refugees left Cuba and went to which country in 1965?

United States

Australia

Canada

Jamaica

In what year did the Los Angeles Chargers moved to San Diego?

1961

1966

1964

1969

Losing 1965 European Cup side Benfica are from which country?

Portugal

italy

France

Spain

In what year did the Tet Offensive take place?

1964

1968

1966

1962

Members of what ‘family’ murdered actress Sharon Tate in August 1969?

Monster

Manson

Manchester

Morrison

GI Joe toy soldier was first released in which year?

1964

1961

1962

1963

How old was Walt Disney when he died in 1966?

75

85

65

95

In 1969 the US opened the ‘Top Gun’ flying academy at Miramar, in which US state?

Kentucky

Florida

Massachusetts

California

In which year did Muhammad Ali win a gold medal during the Summer Olympics?

1968

1964

1972

1960

How old was Sir Winston Churchill when he died in 1965?

90

100

110

80

In November 1963, President Kennedy was assassinated in which US State?

Texas

Florida

Georgia

California

In 1968, which English team became the first to win football’s European Cup?

Liverpool

Chelsea

Arsenal

Manchester United

A basketball club called the Bulls formed in which US city in 1966?

Miami

Baltimore

Boston

Chicago

Mauritius became independent from which country in 1968?

Spain

Norway

France

United Kingdom

In October 1963, the Lamborghini car company was founded in which country?

France

Pakistan

Italy

Spain

If one takes inflation into account which 1960s film was the most expensive film ever made?

Zulu

The Sound of Music

The Great Escape

Cleopatra

In 1969, Sirhan Sirhan admitted to killing which member of the Kennedy family?

Richard

Frederick

William

Robert

In what year was Jackie Robinson elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame?

1962

1964

1966

1968

2001: A Space Odyssey’ was based on a short story by whom?

Arthur C. Clarke

Harry Harrison

Philip K. Dick

Richard Bachman

In 1960, John F Kennedy was representing which state in the US Senate?

Massachusetts

Florida

California

North Carolina

Eamon de Valera was re-elected as President of which country in 1966?

Spain

Ireland

Italy

France

In what year did Hasbro first introduce G.I. Joe to the toy buying public?

1960

1962

1966

1964

In which year did Time magazine put the oral contraceptive pill on its front cover?

1963

1969

1967

1964

In May 1967, the UK and which other country applied for membership of the EEC?

Switzerland

Ireland

Spain

Denmark

Judy Garland died of a drug overdose in which city in 1969?

New York

London

Hong Kong

Paris

In what year did the children’s show ‘Sesame Street’ first air?

1968

1967

1969

1966

Cameroon gained its independence from which country in 1960?

Italy

France

West Germany

Portugal

How old was John F Kennedy when he was sworn in as US President in 1961?

54

48

43

38

How many people worldwide watched the moon landings in 1969?

50 million

500 million

500000

5 million

In 1960, the Motown record label was founded in which city?

Detroit

Miami

Chicago

Los Angeles

How old was Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark when she married into the Greek royal family?

18

40

30

25

In what year were orders made to cease bombing North Vietnam from the US?

1962

1966

1968

1964

In what year was the city of New Orleans awarded a franchise?

1968

1966

1967

1969

In what year did the first woman go into space?

1963

1966

1960

1969

In what year did the American Heart Association first link smoking to heart disease?

1966

1963

1969

1960

In what year did The Stooges release their debut album?

1963

1969

1967

1965

Elvis Presley was promoted to which rank in the US Army in January 1960?

Colonel

Lieutenant

Major

Sergeant

Biafra, a region of which country, declared independence in 1967?

Egypt

Ghana

Nigeria

Cameroon

Charles de Gaulle stepped down as leader of which country in 1969?

France

Belgium

West Germany

Denmark

Ian Smith led which African country to indepdence in the 60’s?

Uganda

Rhodesia

Ghana

South Africa

Civil rights activists marched from Selma to Montgomery in which state in 1966?

Vermont

Texas

Alabama

Maine

In what year did the Supreme Court rule on Miranda v. Arizona?

1963

1960

1969

1966

Hassan II was proclaimed king of which country in 1961?

Luxembourg

Norway

Spain

Morocco

In what year did the Bee Gees release their first album?

1965

1961

1967

1963

In which European city did John Lennon and Yoko Ono have their first ‘bed-in’?

Amsterdam

Rome

Paris

London

Indira Ghandi became Prime Minister of which country in 1966?

India

Malaysia

New Zealand

Australia

Marcelo Caetano became Prine Minister of which country in 1968?

Portugal

USSR

Sweden

Spain

93 people died in a train crash in Harmelen in which country in 1962?

Norway

Ireland

Netherlands

Italy

In what year was Che Guevara shot and killed?

1965

1967

1963

1969

Christian Barnard carried out the first transplant of which organ in 1967?

Eye

Heart

Lung

Kidney

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, is known by what shorter title?

Invisible Agent

A Foreign Affair

Ball of Fire

Dr Strangelove

An earthquake killed 12,000 when it hit Agadir in which country in 1960?

Morocco

Egypt

India

Cameroon

In what year was the birth control pill first approved for use by the FDA?

1960

1969

1966

1964

In 1963, the Bundesliga football competition started in which country?

China

USSR

West Germany

Belgium

John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s second ‘bed-in’ was in which Canadian city?

Montreal

Seattle

Winnipeg

Vancouver

In 1961, the Beatles performed for the first time at the Cavern Club in which city?

Liverpool

Manchester

Glasgow

London

King Constantine II led a failed coup attempt in which country in 1967?

Italy

Greece

South Africa

Egypt

In April 1968, Martin Luther King was shot in which US city?

Miami

New York

San Francisco

Memphis

A song called ‘La La La’ won the 1968 Eurovision Song Contest for which country?

West Germany

Ireland

Spain

Italy

In October 1966, spy George Blake escaped from a London prison and was next seen in which city?

Milan

Madrid

Miami

Moscow

July 1964 saw race riots in which part of New York?

Harlem

Staten Island

Brooklyn

Queens

In which ocean was the island of Tristan Da Cunha, which erupted in 1961?

Atlantic

Indian

Arctic

Pacific

In 1960, which country shot down a U2 spy plane piloted by Gary Powers?

Austria

China

USSR

Japan

In October 1966, NATO moved its headquarters from Paris to which other city?

Geneva

Brussels

Milan

Amsterdam

Gatorade first made its way to the store shelves in what year?

1961

1965

1963

1967

In 1967, Sir Francis Chichester was setting records in which sport?

Swimming

Sailing

Golf

Tennis

In what year was The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes released?

1969

1989

1979

1999

Future Presidential candidate John McCain was shot down over which country in 1967?

Vietnam

India

Thailand

Japan

In what year did Pepsi Cola first introduce Diet Pepsi to the public?

1969

1964

1966

1960

In what year did the PGA eliminate its Caucasians only rule?

1964

1963

1962

1961

In what year did the NFL prohibit the grabbing of face masks during play?

1966

1968

1964

1962

In 1962, the Mont Blanc Tunnel was completed, connecting a road from France to what other county?

Andorra

Spain

Italy

United Kingdom

In which year did construction begin on the Berlin Wall?

1965

1967

1963

1961

Anthony Perkins most famous role to date was Norman Bates from what film?

American Beauty

Psycho

Seven Psychopaths

American Psycho

For which film did Julie Christie win a Best Actress Oscar?

Shampoo

Doctor Zhivago

The Go-Between

Darling

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