MUSIC
Carlo Mastrangelo was a member of which 1950s band?
The Belmonts
Who married dancer Delores Mohawk in the 1950s?
Sam Cooke
The groundbreaking sci-fi film released on this date follows a stranded astronaut as he navigates his way through a strange and hostile civilization. Name the film.
Planet of the Apes - it was released on February 8, 1968.
Originally on TV from 1970 to 1981, who were Tim-Brooke Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie?
The Goodies
. Pat Sajak and Vanna White began hosting the primetime version of which popular game show upon its debut in 1983?
Wheel of Fortune
This band 'invaded' the USA in 1964, and altered the music scene over there. Teenage girls were blown to smithereens. Who was it?
The Beatles
The Big O was the nickname given to which star?
Roy Orbison
1960: This detective show was the 14th ranked program this year. It featured Edd Byrnes as wisecracking hipster "Kooky" Kookson III who became a pop culture phenom for combing his hair and expressions such as "ginchy" and "piling up Zs." Name the show.
"77 Sunset Strip"
Launched in 1973, what was the first space station owned and operated by NASA?
Skylab
Jason and the Argonauts would all have backed which winner of the 1982 English Derby horse race?
Golden Fleece
Which famous drummer released a solo album called 'Goodnight Vienna' in 1974?
Ringo Starr
Jasper Cini was the real name of which 1950s star?
Al Martino
In the year 1960, the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, released a movie with a one-word title that contains one of the most famous scenes of the entire history of cinema. Where is this scene set?
In a shower / "Psycho"
Which heavy metal rock group had a number 2 hit in the United Kingdom in 1970 with the song "Black Night"?
Deep Purple
Which 1986 movie starring David Bowie is also another name for a maze?
Labyrinth
In 1982, Michael Jackson released an album that later became one of the best-selling albums ever. What album was it?
Thriller
What year did the First Grammy Awards take place?
1959
The Beatles released these two songs, originally slated for inclusion on "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", as a double A-side single. What were the songs?
The last Beatles release had been on August 5, 1966--both the LP "Revolver" and the single "Yellow Submarine" were released on that date--so it had been a mere six months between releases, a pace unimaginable in today's pop music market
Which actor received his first acting Oscar in the 1980s, but received an Oscar in the 1970s as a co-producer for 'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest'?
Michael Douglas
What was the name of both the site of the "pleasure dome" in "Kubla Khan" and a 1980 movie starring Olivia Newton-John?
Xanadu
Whitney Houston had a massive hit in 1992 with a cover of whose hit?
Dolly Parton ("I Will Always Love You")
Bertha Franklin shot and killed which 1950s star?
Sam Cooke
It was hard to ignore TV westerns in the sixties. They were all over our screens... and we loved them. In which of these westerns did we meet the characters Rowdy Yates and Gil Favor?
Rawhide
What color were the official basketballs in the American Basketball Association before its dissolution and merger with the NBA in 1976?
Red, white, and blue
On May 18th, 1980, what event followed this frantic radio warning: "Vancouver, Vancouver, this is it!"?
Eruption of Mount St. Helens