Sixties Sayings
Perhaps one of the most iconic sixties sayings is this single word, meaning “outstanding,” “nice,” or “cool.” The Troggs sang about this word in “Wild Thing,” saying “Wild thing, you make my heart sing/You make everything _______.”
What is groovy?
June 1972: The Watergate Scandal broke, eventually causing this president to resign his office—the only president ever to do so.
Who is Richard Nixon?
This is the base number of innings in a Major League Baseball (MLB) game.
What is nine?
This is found around a bathtub, a collar, or a finger.
What is ring?
This entrepreneur is famous for creating Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck.
Who is Walt Disney?
This term for a geometric shape referred to a person who wasn’t considered cool or hip. As the saying goes, “Be there or be _____.”
What is square?
August 1972: This legendary leftie was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame alongside Sandy Koufax. Hint: He is also known for his witty and whimsical sayings.
Who is Yogi Berra?
When we do something at the very last minute, it is called doing it at this hour.
What is 11th?
Land in the United States is measured in this unit.
What is acre?
She is known as Fred Astaire’s dancing partner.
Who is Ginger Rogers?
Though this three-letter word can also refer to a popular condiment for toast, 1960s musicians used it to mean “play musical instruments together.”
What is jam?
“A long, long time ago/I can still remember…” begins the No. 1 hit song of 1972, a Don McLean classic.
What is "American Pie"?
Those who are intuitive are said to have this sense.
What is sixth?
This is where the engine connects to an airplane.
What is wing (Or tail)?
When people hear this teacher’s name, they usually associate her with Helen Keller.
Who is Annie Sullivan?
This rhyming two-word phrase referred to a person with the popular 1960s Beatles-style bowl haircut. It was sometimes called a mushroom cut.
What is mop top?
September 1972: This American beat Russian competitor Boris Spassky to become the world chess champion.
Who is Bobby Fischer?
People often don’t want to play this fiddle with their spouse.
What is second?
This is shared by B.B., Billie Jean, and Larry the former CNN talk-show host.
What is King?
This “horror” author had his best-seller Carrie manuscript rejected 30 times before he found a publisher willing to accept it.
Who is Stephen King?
This two-word phrase including a body part means to leave quickly or with haste. Instead of saying “Let’s get out of here,” a hippie might have suggested “Let’s _____ _____!”
What is beat feet?
This gritty crime drama starring Marlon Brando was the highest-grossing film of 1972. We bet author Mario Puzo is pretty proud of that!
What is the godfather?
This is the degree of the most serious burn.
What is fourth?
Short nickname used by North Americans for a person from the United Kingdom.
What is Brit?
He is famous for his Li’l Folks comic strip that was published in 1947. The title was changed three years later.
Who is Charles Schulz?
The Peanuts comic strip grew to be a major success as readers connected with the main character Charlie Brown and how he felt about his life’s misfortunes.