EDUCATION
LITERATURE
HISTORIC EVENTS
THEATER, FILM, TV
Sports
100
In the 60's great numbers of (blank) "boomers" reached military draft age
baby boomers
100
Who wrote, "To Kill a Mockingbird"?
Harper Lee
100
What was a form of peaceful protesting led by activists like MLK, Jr. and Stokely Carmichael?
Sit-ins, non violent protests
100
Name a 1960's Broadway musical that was made into a movie.
Sound of Music, My Fair Lady
100
How many Olympic games were held during the sixties?
Three
200
An estimated how many "war baby" freshman entered college?
850,000
200
Women of color like Gwendolyn Brooks, Maya Angelou, and Margaret Walker Alexander create new insights on (blank)ism as it developed in America.
Feminism
200
Betty Friedan, Pauli Murray, and Gloria Steinem formed The Presidential Commission of the (three words).
Status of Women
200
Chubby Checker introduced what style of dancing in 1961?
The twist
200
Where were the Summer Olympic games held?
Rome
300
During the sixties, college campuses became centers of (blank) and (blank).
debate and scenes of protest
300
Sylvia Plath wrote which book?
The Bell Jar
300
In 1962, a spy plane identified what in Cuba?
Long range missiles
300
This popular show was the epitome of prime time family televisions, and ran for most of the decade.
Andy Griffith Show
300
Who was Muhammad Ali?
A famous light heavyweight boxer who won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
400
In 1966, James S. Coleman published Equality of (blank) Opportunity, a landmark study that led to way to forced integration and busing in the 70's.
Education (Equality of Education Opportunity)
400
The books "The Bell Jar" (Sylvia Plath) and "The Group" (Mary McCarthy) were popular with house wives because?
The books spoke of women in roles outside those of the happy wife and mother of the sixties.
400
JFK's brief reign as president was often called?
Camelot
400
In which year did the Flintstones start to show?
1960
400
Who became the first black man to win the U.S. Tennis Championship title in 1968?
Arthur Ashe
500
In grade schools across the nation, (blank) made a come back as reading specialists tried to fix what went wrong in American education in the fifties.
Phonics
500
Who wrote the novel "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"?
Ken Kesey
500
Malcolm X preached Black Nationalism. After his death, which group was formed to continue his mission?
the Black Panthers
500
Name one show that blended supernatural and science fiction.
The Addams Family, Star Trek, I Dream of Jeannie, The Twilight zone, My Favorite Martian, the Outer Limits, Bewitched
500
Who dominated golf in the 1960's?
Arnold Palmer
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