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1960's trivia
New Years Through the Decades
Retro Rhyme Time
Seuss in the
60's and 70's
100

What genre of music is Beethoven known for?

Classical

100

what tall, cone-shaped, fashionable hairstyle would sometimes last for several days if your Aqua Net hair spray did its job.

Beehive

100

It was on New Year's Day 1976 that this bronze Philadelphia landmark was moved out of Independence Hall.

Liberty Bell

100

This mellow phrase is closely associated with the 1960's hippie movement: "Go with the _______."

Flow

100

Kicking off the decade with a classic, this 1960 book features the persistant Sam-I-Am.

Green Eggs and Ham

200

Which fluid needs to be changed routinely in a car's engine?

Oil

200

What prison in San Fransisco did three inmates escape from in 1962.

Alcatraz

200

This Navy special operations force was created on January 1, 1962.

Navy SEALs

200

This exclamatory rhyming phrase was often used in the '50s and '60s: "Jeepers________."

Creepers

200

We were first introduced to this nature-loving character who "speaks for the trees" in 1971.

Lorax

300

The trumpet is part of what musical family?

Brass

300

What was added to every address by the US Postal service in 1963?

zip code

300

At the Cotton Bowl stadium on January 1, 1967, this team from Green Bay won a 34-27 victory over the Dallas Cowboys.

Packers

300

This is a rhyming term for a hairstyle like that of John, Paul, Ringo and George.

Mop Top

300

There's a wasket in my basket and other fun rhymes  are found in this 1974 book: There's a Wocket in My ___________!"

Pocket

400

The tango and the foxtrot are both types of what?

Dances

400

What children's television show featuring puppets debuted in 1969?

Sesame Street

400

This Star Trek actor known for playing Spok married Susan Bay on New Year's Day in 1989.

Leonard Nimoy

400

Also called a punch buggy, slug bug is a childhood game inspired by this classic car.

Volkswagen Beetle

400

This book has been a classic since 1960: One_______Two______Red__________Blue_______.

Fish

500

Blacksmiths are known for their work using what material?

Iron

500

Where did Martin Luther King Jr. give his famous "I have a dream" speech in August 1963?

At the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC

500

On January 1, 1966, "The Sound of Silence" by this duo topped the Billboard charts.

Simon and Garfunkel

500

This two-word rhyme was coined by Allen Ginsburg to describe the anti-war demonstrators of the 1960s.

flower-power

500

Dads everywhere hope their children won't take the title of this 1963 Seuss classic literally, but sometimes they do.

Hop on Pop

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