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100
One of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as "the King of Rock and Roll", or simply, "the King".
What is Elvis Presley?
100
It is a 1967 American crime film directed by Arthur Penn and starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway as the title characters Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker.
What is Bonnie and Clyde?
100
The interstellar adventures of James T. Kirk and the crew of an exploration vessel of a 23rd-century galactic "United Federation of Planets" — the Starship Enterprise.
What is Star Trek?
100
Exerted an enormous influence on young men's fashions and hairstyles in the 1960s which included most notably the mop-top haircut,
What is The Beatles?
100
Also known as the Second Indochina War, was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975
What is Vietnam War
200
Their biggest hits – including "The Sound of Silence" (1964), "I Am a Rock" (1965), "Homeward Bound" (1965)
What is Simon and Garfunkel?
200
A 1965 American musical film directed by Robert Wise and starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. "the hills are alive with..."
What is The Sound of Music?
200
The show is about a witch who marries an ordinary mortal man and tries to lead the life of a typical suburban housewife.
What is Bewitched?
200
A movement late in the decade also had a strong influence on clothing styles, including bell-bottom jeans, tie-dye and batik fabrics, as well as paisley prints.
What is hippie?
200
A near-military confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union about the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba.
What is Cuban Missile Crisis?
300
An American female singing group and the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s.
What is The Supremes
300
A 1960 American epic historical drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Kirk Douglas as the rebellious slave of the title. It was inspired by the life story of this historical figure and the events of the Third Servile War.
What is Spartacus?
300
David Janssen stars as Richard Kimble, a doctor who is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty.
What is The Fugitive?
300
Mary Quant invented this which became the rage in the late 1960s.
What is mini-skirt?
300
A period of widespread social and political upheaval in the People's Republic of China which was launched by Mao Zedong, the chairman of the Communist Party of China.
What is Cultural Revolution in China?
400
Another English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960.
What is The Beatles?
400
The film centers on the encounter between a secretary, Marion Crane (Leigh), who ends up at a secluded motel after embezzling money from her employer, and the motel's disturbed owner-manager, Norman Bates (Perkins), and its aftermath
What is Psycho?
400
A hallmark of the series shows Briggs or Phelps receiving his instructions on a recording that then self-destructs, followed by the theme music composed by Lalo Schifrin.
What is Mission: Impossible?
400
It was a woman's hairstyle, it is also known as the B-52, for its similarity to the bulbous nose of the B-52 Stratofortress bomber.
What is beehive?
400
Often dated from 1947 to 1991, was a sustained state of political and military tension between powers in the Western Bloc, dominated by the United States with NATO among its allies, and powers in the Eastern Bloc, dominated by the Soviet Union along with the Warsaw Pact.
What is Cold War?
500
An English rock band formed in London in 1962 who were in the vanguard of the British Invasion of bands that became popular in the US from 1964–65 and an integral part of the counterculture of the 1960s.
What is The Rolling Stones?
500
Based loosely on fact, the film tells the story of Wild West outlaws Robert LeRoy Parker, played by Paul Newman and his partner Harry Longabaugh, played by Robert Redford as they migrate to Bolivia while on the run from the law in search of a more successful criminal career.
What is Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
500
It is a series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
What is The Twilight Zone?
500
Head coverings changed dramatically towards the end of the decade as men's hats went out of style, and it was replaced by this.
What is bandana?
500
He was an American clergyman, activist, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience.
What is Martin Luther King Jr.?