1960s Jeopardy

Presidents

100

This popular president was the first known Catholic as well as the youngest elected president. 

John F. Kennedy

200

This president served at the end of the 1960s.  He was first known as a Congressman and Vice President to Dwight Eisenhower.

Richard Nixon

300

This Congressman ran against Richard Nixon in the 1968 election on the Democratic ticket.

Hubert Humphrey

400

This southern Congressman and Vice President was known for his eponymous "treatment"; an intimidation tactic used to sway other politicians his way.  This tactic involved standing extremely close to his opponent. 

Lyndon Johnson

500

Which two presidents participated in the first televised debate?

John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon

Actresses

100

This actress stared in films such as Breakfast and Tiffany's and Sabrina.

Audrey Hepburn

200

This actress won an academy award for her acclaimed performance in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Elizabeth Taylor

300

This actress starred in hits such as Westside Story and Splendor in the Grass.

Natalie Wood

400

This actress starred in Bye Bye Birdie.

Ann-Margret

500

This young promising actress starred in the film Valley of the Dolls.  She was murdered at the age of 26 by Charles Manson's cult members.

Sharon Tate

Actors

100

This handsome blue-eyed actor starred in films such as Cool Hand Luke and Hud.

Paul Newman

200

This actor broke barriers with his strong portrayals in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and In the Heat of the Night.

Sidney Poitier

300

This actor is considered by many to be the definitive version of the character James Bond.  He starred in Dr. No and Goldfinger. 

Sean Connery

400

This actor was known by the moniker the "King of Cool" starring in films such as The Great Escape and Bullitt. 

Steve McQueen

500

This actor mastered both sharp comedy and pathos in classics like The Apartment. 

Jack Lemmon

Movies

100

The Good, the Bad...

And The Ugly

200

Easy

Rider

300

A Raisin

In the Sun

400

The Miracle

Worker

500

Midnight

Cowboy

In The News

100

Which war dominated the news cycle in the 1960s?

Vietnam War

200

Which presidential hopeful and member of a prominent political family was assassinated in 1968?

Robert Kennedy

300

This civil rights activist was assassinated in 1968. 

Martin Luther King Jr.

400

What controversial event occurred in the 1968 Olympics on the winners' podium?

American track athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their black gloved fists as a silent protest for racial and human rights violations.

500

Which president declared that he would not seek reelection in 1968?

Lyndon Johnson