1960s Counterculture
This 1969 musical event, featuring performers including Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, became a defining symbol of the counterculture of the 1960s
What is Woodstock?
Heavens to this person.
Who is Betsy?
The continent with the most countries
What is Africa? Africa has 54 countries.
What iconic folk song by Woody Guthrie became a civil rights anthem in the 1960s and was originally written in 1940?
“This Land Is Your Land.
Which female jazz singer was nicknamed “Lady Day” by fellow musician Lester Young?
Billie Holiday
This civil rights leader is known for his “I Have a Dream” speech.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This kind of head refers to a person who is not particularly bright.
What is air?
This was a popular word in the ’50s and early ’60s for a nonconformist creative type.
This is in the theme of linguistics
What is beatnik?
What jazz album by Miles Davis, released in 1959, is one of the best-selling jazz albums of all time?
Kind of Blue
What song with working-class themes did Tennessee Ernie Ford make famous in 1955 with his deep bass vocals: “Dixie,” “The Ballad of Davy Crockett,” or “Sixteen Tons”?
“Sixteen Tons.”
In the generation gap of the age, many 1960s children were part of this movement, a movement most parents neither understand nor liked.
What is hippie?
See you later, [this animal].
What is alligator?
This Harvard psychologist referred to the 1960s generation as a segment of the population that decided to “turn on, tune in, and drop out.”
Who is Timothy Leary?
Who performed “Walkin’ After Midnight” and became a country-pop crossover star in the 1950s?
Patsy Cline
Which rock-and-roll pioneer is credited with creating the “duck walk” dance move? Hint: He debuted it during performances of songs like “Johnny B. Goode.”
Chuck Berry
This groovy ride with a distinct boxy shape and spacious interior was a sign of the times.
What is a Volkswagen van (or bus)?
You do not want this sandwich to connect with your face.
What is knuckle?
This famous Russian novelist penned War and Peace and Anna Karenina.
Who is Leo Tolstoy?
Which 1966 Beach Boys album was considered a response to the Beatles’ Rubber Soul:
Surfin’ USA, Wild Honey, or Pet Sounds?
Pet Sounds
What was the first record label to sign the Supremes?
Motown Records
When this Grateful Dead musician died, Volkswagen ran an ad in his honor that featured a tear falling from a headlight of the brand’s iconic ’60s vehicle.
Who is Jerry Garcia?
This five-letter word starting with S means “to leave now.”
What is scram?
It is the most spoken language in the world. (Be specific.)
What is Mandarin Chinese?
What song made Harry Belafonte the first artist to sell a million copies of a full-length album?
“Day-O (The Banana Boat Song).”
10. Nicknamed “Ol’ Blue Eyes,” what famous singer was known for his ballads during the 1940s?
Frank Sinatra.