Pop Culture 60s & 70s
This shaggy animated mystery-solving cartoon team debuted in 1969 with their talking Great Dane.
What is Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!?
This city is the capital of California.
What is Sacramento?
He said, “I have a dream” during a famous 1963 civil rights speech.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This NFL Hall of Fame running back, a Wichita native set the Kansas high school rushing record at Wichita North High School, known for electrifying runs with the Detroit Lions.
Who is Barry Sanders?
This Italian explorer sailed under the Spanish flag and landed in the Americas in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
She starred as Mary Poppins in the 1964 Disney classic.
Who is Julie Andrews?
This capital of Texas is known for its live music scene and the South by Southwest festival.
What is Austin?
“To be, or not to be, that is the question” is a line from this Shakespeare play.
What is Hamlet?
This city hosted the 1996 Summer Olympics.
What is Atlanta?
This wall, built after World War II, symbolized the division between East and West Germany until 1989.
What is the Berlin Wall?
This TV show about a magical housewife and her mortal husband premiered in 1964.
What is Bewitched?
This capital city, located on the Mississippi River, is the seat of government for Louisiana.
What is Baton Rouge?
This British Prime Minister famously said, “We shall never surrender” during WWII.
Who is Winston Churchill?
The “Miracle on Ice” was a famous upset in this sport at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
What is ice hockey?
This French military leader crowned himself emperor in 1804.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
She became a symbol of the 1960s "mod" fashion movement and was known for her waif-like look.
Who is Twiggy?
This capital city of Montana shares its name with a famous explorer and frontiersman.
What is Helena?
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself” was said during his inaugural speech in 1933.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This Jamaican sprinter set world records in the 100m and 200m and won multiple Olympic golds. is considered the fast man in the world.
Who is Usain Bolt?
This German monk sparked the Protestant Reformation in 1517 by posting his 95 Theses.
Who is Martin Luther?
This surreal 1971 counterculture animated film featured Beatles music and characters like the Blue Meanies.
What is Yellow Submarine?
This capital of Delaware is the second smallest state capital by population, known for its colonial history.
What is Dover?
This philosopher said, “The unexamined life is not worth living” during his trial in ancient Athens.
Who is Socrates?
At the 1972 Munich Olympics, this American swimmer won 7 gold medals, setting a world record in each event — a record that stood for decades.
Who is Mark Spitz?
The 1784 Christmas Conference in this U.S. city marked the official founding of the Methodist Episcopal Church in America.
What is Baltimore?