1960's Pop Culture
Iconic Actresses rumored to have been having an affair with JFK found dead on August 5th 1962
A. Marilyn Monroe
B. Elizabeth Taylor
A. Marilyn Monroe
Delivered the famous I have a dream speech?
Dr Martin Luther King Jr
Designed to resemble Frankenstein's monster, Fred Gwynne played this character in the popular TV show the Munsters
A. Eddie Munster
B. Herman Munster
B. Herman Munster
"Ring of Fire" written by June Carter was recorded by this country music icon
Johnny cash
_____ is a pull-string "talking" doll originally created by Ruth and Elliot Handler and manufactured by the Mattel toy company from 1959 to 1965.
A. Chatty Cathy
B. Barbie
A. Chatty Cathy
What is the real name of the famous boxer Muhammad Ali?
A. Marcel Williams
B. Cassius Clay
B. Cassius Clay
1961 failed conflict in an attempt to invade Cuba and overthrow Fidel Castro
A. Bay of Pigs
B. Mexican-American War
A.Bay of Pigs
Lisa Loring played this little girl in the popular TV show the Addams Family from 1964-1966
A. Wednesday Addams
B. Morticia Addams
A. Wednesday Adams
Country Music star Tammy Wynette sang this song in 1968 topping charts for 3 weeks and later becoming one of CMT's top 100 country songs
A. Stand by your man
B. We're gonna hold on
A. Stand by your man
The Chubby Checker Famous Dance.
The Twist
60's Artist changed everyday objects such as soup cans into art
A. Jasper Johns
B. Andy Warhol
B. Andy Warhol
US postal services added this in 1963 that is today part of every address
A. Mailing Address
B. Zip code
B. Zip code
The five-digit ZIP code plan was announced to the public on November 28, 1962 and implemented on July 1, 1963
Who said the popular catchphrase "I see nothing! I hear nothing! I know nothing!" from the sitcom Hogan's Heroes?
A. Sergeant Schultz
B. Corporal LeBeau
A. Sergeant Schultz
January of 1960, this woman signed her first record deal for her first single "I'm a Honkey Tonk Girl"
A. Patsy Cline
B. Loretta Lynn
B. Loretta Lynn
Fashionable High up and bouffant hair style for the ladies.
A. Beehive
B. Pompadour
A. Beehive
He is considered the greatest electric guitarist ever and played his guitar upside down
A. Jimi Hendrix
B. Eric Clapton
A. Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix was left-handed. When he got his first guitar, he simply flipped the guitar and rearranged the strings in the proper order.
Assassinated in November 1963
John Kennedy
Shortly after noon on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas.
Alan Hale Jr used this nickname on Gilligan's Island when speaking to Gillian
A. Little baby
B. Little buddy
B. Little buddy
Nicknamed Hoss or the "Okie from Muskogee" he sang his hit song "Mama Tried" hitting number one in one month and stayed there for an another month.
A. Merle Haggard
B. Ray Charles
A. Merle Haggard
On June 23, 1960, the FDA approved the sale of Enovid for use as an ______.
A. Oral contraceptive
B. Abortion Pill
A. Oral Contraceptive
______music festival took place in 1969 in a farm in Bethel New York.
Woodstock
New type of telephone invented in 1963
A. Touch tone
B. Flip Phones
A. touch tone phone
On November 18, 1963, the first electronic push-button system with touch-tone dialing was commercially offered by Bell Telephone to customers in the Pittsburgh area towns of Carnegie and Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Space the final frontier was used in the beginning of this tv show in the 1960's
A. Star Wars
B. Star Trek
B. Star Trek
Died at age thirty in a plane crash near Camden, Tennessee, in 1963, and became a musical icon in the decades following her death.
A. Brenda Lee
B. Patsy Cline
B. Patsy Cline
_________advocated nonviolence and love, a popular phrase being “Make love, not war,” for which they were sometimes called “flower children.”
A. Gypsies
B. Hippies
B. Hippies