Finish the phrase
Barking up the __________
Barking up the wrong tree
No point in ________ a _________ horse
No point beating a dead horse
'Build me up, Buttercup'. From 1969.Hint
a.The Foundations
b.The Four Tops
c.The Temptations
d.The Marcels
The Foundations
The grandchildren of baby boomers may feel that their grandparents are older than dirt. But back in the sixties, which laundry detergent claimed to be "stronger than dirt"?
Ajax
Do you know which one of these Elvis starred in, playing the character of Mike?
a.Bye Bye Birdie
b.Beach Party
c.The Great Escape
d.It Happened at the World's Fair
It Happened at the World's Fair
Bury the ________
Bury the hatchet
I love you a _______ and a ________and a ______ around the neck.
I love you a bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck.
'Please Mr. Postman'. From 1961.
a. The Marvelettes
b. The Supremes
c. Martha and the Vandellas
d. The Shirelles
The Marvelettes
If you had taken a minimum wage job in 1960, what would you have been paid per hour?
$1
Things sure were cheap in the early 60s - new cars for $2,000, new houses for $20,000... and laborers for $1.00 an hour! Adjusted for inflation, the minimum wage climbed almost 20% between 1960 and 1965. And cokes were still a dime and you could get a burger for 19 cents.
1968: A movie musical starring Dick Van Dyke came out about a flying car in 1968. What was the name of the movie?
a.Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
b.The Flying Car
c.Herbie the Love Bug
d.The Fantastic Fender
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Mad as a ___________
Mad as a hatter.
That isn’t worth ______-squat.”
That isn’t worth diddly-squat.
'I Can't Get Next to You'. From 1969.
a.The Four Tops
b. The Temptations
c. The Spinners
d. The Miracles
The Temptations
What were Virgil Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee?
Astronauts who died in the Apollo 1 Tragedy
1967: Directed by Mel Brooks and starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder - what could this movie be?
a.Blazing Saddles
b.Young Frankenstein
c.The Producers
d.The Twelve Chairs
The Producers
It was like _________ cats.
It was like herding cats.
“I’m plum ________out.”
I’m plum tuckered out.
'Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini'. From 1960.
a. Frankie Avalon
b. Bobby Vinton
c. Bobby Rydell
d. Brian Hyland
Brian Hyland
1969: The only movie John Wayne won an Oscar for came out in 1969. It is the one in which he wore an eye patch. What was it called?Hint
a.True Grit
b.Stagecoach
c.Rooster Cogburn
d.McClintock!
True Grit
The ______ wheel gets the _______
The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
You look about as happy as a _____ on a ____ dog.”
You look about as happy as a tick on a fat dog.
A World Without Love'. From 1964.
a.Chad and Jeremy
b.Tom and Jerry
c.Simon and Garfunkel
d.Peter and Gordon
Peter and Gordon
Who was Richard Speck?
A murderer
The city of Chicago, Illinois was shocked and its citizens terrorized, when they learned that eight student nurses had been brutally slaughtered in their townhouse. Richard Benjamin Speck was arrested on July 19, 1966, and was identified by another nurse who had survived by hiding under a bed. On April 15, 1967 he was convicted and sentenced to death.
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the death penalty saved his life, but he died in prison of a heart attack in 1991, a few weeks before his 50th birthday.
1962: In this movie, Robert Preston reprised his role as Professor Harold Hill from the 1957 Broadway musical. What was it?
a.Wild Guitar
b.Gypsy
c.The Music Man
d.Kid Galahad
The Music Man