Quotes
Where?
The Space Race
The Cold War
Literature and Books
100
“Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.”
Who is John F. Kennedy?
100
JFK was assassinated while riding in a motorcade through this city.
What is Dallas, Texas?
100
This astronaut was the second man to walk on the Moon, shortly after Neil Armstrong.
Who is Buzz Aldrin?
100
This island nation became a communist ally of the Soviet Union after its 1959 revolution.
What is Cuba?
100
Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, published in 1960, tells the story of racial injustice in the American South.
What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
200
“I’ve been to the mountaintop.”
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
200
This national landmark was the destination of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech march in 1963.
What is the Lincoln Memorial?
200
This U.S. space agency was founded in 1958 and led America's side of the space race.
What is NASA?
200
This U.S. foreign policy theory argued that if one country fell to communism, its neighbors would follow.
What is the Domino Theory?
200
This science fiction author published Stranger in a Strange Land in 1961, a novel that became a counterculture favorite.
Who is Robert A. Heinlein?
300
“Ich bin ein Berliner.”
(Yes, this speaker called themselves a jelly donut in German.)
Who is John F. Kennedy?
300
This California National Park was established in 1968.
What is Pinnacles NP?
300
The first satellite launched into space was named this, and done by the Soviet Union.
(This was in 1957, but is the space race.)
What is Sputnik?
300
This failed 1961 CIA-backed invasion of Cuba aimed to overthrow Fidel Castro.
What is the Bay of Pigs invasion?
300
This dystopian novel by Anthony Burgess, published in 1962, introduced the slang-filled world of Alex and the Droogs.
What is A Clockwork Orange?
400
“I am not a crook.”
Who is Richard Nixon?
400
This U.S. State was the landing/splashdown site for the Apollo 11 crew.
What is Hawai'i?
400
He became the first human in space in 1961, orbiting the Earth for the Soviet Union.
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
400
This phrase, coined by Winston Churchill but still relevant in the 1960s, described the division between communist and capitalist Europe.
What is the Iron Curtain?
400
This children’s book by Maurice Sendak, published in 1963, became a classic with the line “Let the wild rumpus start!”
What is Where the Wild Things Are?
500
"The revolution will not be televised."
Who is Gil Scott-Heron?
500
This U.S. state hosted the 1968 Democratic National Convention, marked by major protests.
What is Illinois?
500
This woman became the first female to fly in space in 1963, representing the Soviet Union.
Who is Valentina Tereshkova?
500
The Cold War rivalry extended into this Olympic Games city in 1968, where Black athletes also staged a civil rights protest.
What is Mexico City?
500
This Black author published The Fire Next Time in 1963, a powerful commentary on race and religion in America.
Who is James Baldwin?