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100
In which film did Humphrey Bogart say, "We'll always have Paris?"
A) Casablanca
B) The Big Sleep
C) To Have and Have Not
A) Casablanca
100
Ward and June were two main characters from what famous TV show of the late 50s and early 60s? (
A) Father Knows Best
B) I Love Lucy
C) Leave it to Beaver
C) Leave it to Beaver
100
What was the name of Elvis Presley's infamous estate located in Memphis, TN?
A) Starlight
B) Graceland
C) Summervale
B) Graceland
100
Which famous singer of the 40s and 50s had the nickname 'Ol' Blue Eyes'?
A) James Dean
B) Frank Sinatra
C) Elvis Presley
B) Frank Sinatra
100
In which year did the Woodstock Festival take place?
A) 1969
B) 1979
C) 1980
A) 1969
200
Which actor won the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird?
A) Anthony Perkins
B) Brock Peters
C) Gregory Peck
C) Gregory Peck
200
This was a really popular show in the 50s.
It was based on two Mexican gentlemen who wore large sombreros. One of the men the sidekick was named Poncho. They were known as desperadoes in the eyes of the law but known as saviors to the poor and downtrodden people.
What was the name of the show?
A) Rawhide
B) Gunsmoke
C) The Cisco Kid
C) The Cisco Kid
200
Which actress, whose career spanned from the 30s to the 80s, has won the most Academy Awards?
A) Katharine Hepburn
B) Jean Harlow
C) Constance Bennett
A) Katharine Hepburn with 4 wins and 12 nominations
200
What year did the Beatles officially disband?
A) 1971
B) 1981
C) 1965
A) 1971
Creative differences, money problems and a certain band member's girlfriend have all been used to explain the split
200
What famous magician passed away on Halloween? (Hint, he was a master escape artist)
A) Criss Angel
B) Dynamo
C) Harry Houdini
C) Harry Houdini
300
What 1968 movie co-starred a computer named H.A.L?
A) Arrival
B) 2001: A Space Odyssey
C) A Clockwork Orange
B) 2001: A Space Odyssey
300
The running joke that the TV family was so wholesome they never used the bathroom started because the network wouldn’t allow a toilet to be shown on screen. What was the title of the groovy 1969 sitcom?
A) Full House
B) Friends
C) The Brady Bunch
C) The Brady Bunch
300
What famous cowboy of the 1950s was really named Leonard Slye?
A) Clint Eastwood
B) Sam Elliot
C) Roy Rogers
C) Roy Rogers
300
What singer-songwriter, considered by many to be the greatest electric guitar player of all time died in 1970?
A) Kurt Cobain
B) Jimi Hendrix
C) Stevie Ray Vaughn
B) Jimi Hendrix
300
What part of a butterfly's body do they taste with? Is it their:
A) Antennae
B) Feet
C) Tongue
B) Their Feet!
Butterflies don't have tongues, they have a proboscis which many people think of as a tongue but it's more like having your mouth extended into a long tube. They do have some taste buds on their proboscis and some on their antennae as well, but most of the taste buds are focused on their feet.
400
Who landed at 17 Cherry Tree Lane in a well-known Walt Disney movie from 1964?
A) Pollyanna
B) Mary Poppins
C) Matilda
B) Mary Poppins
400
"Hi-ho ____, away!" What was the name of the Lone Ranger's trusty horse on the 1950's TV adaptation of The Lone Ranger?
A) Dollor
B) Silver
C) Trigger
B) Silver
400
Who delivered the famous "I have a dream" speech in 1963?
A) Malcolm X
B) Martin Luther King Jr.
C) Julian Bond
B) Martin Luther King Jr
400
What was the top-selling song of the 1970s decade, by Don McLean?
A) American Pie
B) I'll Be There
C) My Sweet Lord
A) American Pie
400
In June 1971, the 26th Amendment passed giving 18-year-olds what right?
A) The Right to Vote
B) The Right to Bear Arms
C) The Right to Privacy
A) The Right to Vote
500
What type of airplane appears in Dr. Strangelove?
A) Boeing B-52
B) Boeing Dreamliner
C) Super Hornet
A) Boeing B-52
500
“The Twilight Zone”, the classic science fiction anthology that originally ran from 1959 to 1964, and now marathons on every major holiday, was created, hosted, and largely written by what TV writer with a wordy wit and a penchant for deep voiced narration….in “The Twilight Zone?”
A) Rod Sterling
B) Jordan Peele
C) Morgan Freeman
A) Rod Sterling
500
Who was assassinated in November 1963?
A) John F. Kennedy
B) John Lennon
C) Martin Luther King Jr
A) John F Kennedy
500
Who was the first woman ever inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
A) Grace Slick
B) Janis Joplin
C) Aretha Franklin
C) Aretha Franklin
500
In the Original Poster for the Woodstock Music Festival, what was this bird perched on?
A) A flute
B) A flowering branch
C) A microphone
A) A flute! It was designed by Arnold Skolnick