Movie Tunes
Six Bee Gees tunes are included in the soundtrack
of this 1977 film starring John Travolta.
What is Saturday Night Fever?
What decade did The Beatles arrived in the United States.
What is the 1960s?
They arrived on February 7, 1964, and appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, two days later.
Eddie Murphy star in the 1983 Wall Street comedy Trading _________.
What is Places?
In 1963, this American president was assassinated.
Who is President John F. Kennedy?
This was the last time an American president was assassinated—56 years ago.
This Carpenters’ hit begins: “Why do birds suddenly appear every time you are near? Just like me, they long to be…”
What is “Close to You”?
Simon and Garfunkel’s “Mrs. Robinson” is featured in this 1967 award-winning film.
What is The Graduate?
The film stars Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft and was nominated for seven Academy Awards. It won the Best Director award.
What decade was Elvis found dead?
What is the 1970s?
He was addicted to prescription drugs and junk food. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital, and he is buried on the grounds of Graceland, his home in Memphis, Tennessee.
Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon star in the 1968 comedy The Odd ________.
What is Couple?
The 1970s TV sitcom reprised the characters and starred Jack Klugman and Tony Randall.
In 1989, this European structure began being torn down.
What is the Berlin Wall?
The East Germans began tearing it down piece by piece. The next year, the two countries became one in what is known as the reunification of Germany.
This Elvis Presley tune begins:
“When no one else can understand me, when everything I do is wrong, you give me hope and consolation, you give me strength to carry on.”
What is “The Wonder of You”?
“The Entertainer” is the instrumental performed by Marvin Hamlisch on the piano in this 1973 film starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford.
What is The Sting?
Scott Joplin composed the music for the film.
What decade did we watched the O.J. Simpson criminal trial live on TV.
What is the 1990s?
Simpson was acquitted of criminal homicide, but he was held liable in the civil trial that followed.
In the 1988 comedy Dirty Rotten _______, Steve Martin and Michael Caine play two con men.
What is Scoundrels?
The film is about a competition to see who can swindle $50,000 from an heiress first.
In 1980, this volcano in Washington state erupted.
What is Mount St. Helens?
It went through a steam eruption in 1998, but 1980 was its most recent volcanic eruption.
Some lyrics from the Beatles’ enduring hit:
“Many times I’ve been alone, and many times I’ve cried. Anyway, you’ll never know the many ways I’ve tried. And still they lead me back…”
What is “The Long and Winding Road”?
Paul McCartney and Wings performs the title song in this 1873 James Bond film.
What is Live and Let Die?
Roger Moore stars as James Bond.
The first female was confirmed as associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
What is the 1980s
Sandra Day O’Connor, President Ronald Reagan’s appointee, was confirmed with a vote of 99–0 in the U.S. Senate.
Planes, Trains, and ________. Stars Steve Martin and John Candy and portrays their characters’ misadventures in getting home for Thanksgiving.
What is Automobiles?
In 1969, Native Americans occupied the island on which this California prison resides.
What is Alcatraz?
The Mamas and the Papas’ hit song begins:
“Want some whiskey in your water? Sugar in your tea? What’s all these crazy questions they’re askin’ me?”
What is “Mama Told Me Not to Come”?
The final tune in this 1987 film starring Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze is “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life.”
What is Dirty Dancing?
Jerry Orbach, who played Det. Lennie Briscoe on Law and Order, played Jennifer Grey’s father in the film.
The Voting Rights Act was passed by Congress.
What is the 1960s?
President Lyndon Johnson passed the act into law. Among other provisions, it banned poll taxes.
In 1978, National Lampoon’s _________ features
John Belushi as a member of the out-of-control Delta Tau Chi fraternity.
What is Animal House?
The movie popularized the phrase road trip.
On July 20 of this year, the Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first people to step foot on the moon.
What is 1969?
Michael Collins was the third astronaut on the mission; he remained in the Apollo capsule while the others went to the moon and back.
A few lines of lyrics from the Five Stairsteps’ tune:
“Things’ll get brighter someday, yeah. We’ll put it together, and we’ll get it all done Someday…”
What is “Ooh Child”?