During this decade, the world changed more than anyone could have foreseen. It saw substantial societal victories like landing a man on the moon at the end of an extended space race. The 60’s were also the stage for the Civil Rights Movement.
The 60’s saw breakthroughs in fashion, with trends like the mini-skirt and bright, psychedelic colors reaching breakthrough levels of popularity. The Beatles also appeared during this time and became the vast cultural symbol that we enjoy today.
Free love was definitely in the air! But it wasn’t all love and peace – this decade also saw the Vietnam war and was horrified enough to face the draft with fierce opposition.
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In what year did Norman Rockwell sign with Look Magazine?
1964
1965
1962
1963
In what year were the first televised presidential debates?
1966
1964
1962
1960
In which year was The Wilderness Act signed into law by Lyndon B. Johnson?
1969
1966
1967
1964
In what year was presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy assassinated?
1968
1962
1966
1964
Floyd Patterson became undisputed world champion in which sport in 1960?
Tennis
Boxing
Swimming
Golf
In what year was Commodore Business Machines founded?
1965
1967
1969
1960
In what year did the New York Jets score their first shutout game against the Kansas City Chiefs?
1963
1965
1967
1961
Crown Prince Harald of which country got married in 1968?
Sweden
Belgium
Denmark
Norway
I Want to Hold Your Hand’ was the first No 1 hit in the US for which British band?
One Direction
The Who
The Beatles
Jackson 5
Greece refused to talk with which other country over Cyprus in 1964?
Turkey
Italy
Israel
United States
In what year did Edward Ruscha paint ‘Various Small Fires’?
1962
1961
1963
1964
In what year did the My Lai Massacre occur?
1964
1966
1968
1962
Michael Winner directed Oliver Reed and an elephant in which 1969 World War II movie?
The Green Berets
Hannibal Brooks
The Great Escape
The Dam Busters
For her performance in which film did Elizabeth Taylor win her first Best Actress Oscar?
Giant
Quo Vadis
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf?
Butterfield 8
In which year was the inaugural game of the Kansas City Royal?
1969
1962
1965
1967
In the film ‘And God Created Woman,’ who danced barefoot on a table?
Sophia Loren
Ursula Andress
Britt Ekland
Brigitte Bardot
Advertising of what item was banned on British TV in 1965?
Cigarettes
Cars
Underwear
Alcohol
In what year did The Doors release its debut album?
1965
1967
1961
1963
In what year did the first episode of CBS’s news magazine program 60 Minutes air in the United States?
1992
1952
1981
1968
In what year did the Civil Rights Act pass?
1968
1964
1962
1966
Lal Bahadur Shastri became leader of which country in 1964?
India
Japan
Malaysia
Spain
Madagascar became independent from which country in 1960?
France
Portugal
Spain
West Germany
In which country was the world’s first heart transplant operation performed in 1967?
Canada
South Africa
Thailand
Japan
In what year did King Crimson release their debut album?
1969
1967
1965
1963
A new island called Surtsey was created after a volcanic eruption in which country?
Norway
France
Iceland
USSR
Future President Barack Obama was born in 1961 in which part of the US?
Hawaii
California
Massachusetts
Texas
Large numbers of refugees left Cuba and went to which country in 1965?
United States
Australia
Canada
Jamaica
In what year did the Los Angeles Chargers moved to San Diego?
1961
1966
1964
1969
Losing 1965 European Cup side Benfica are from which country?
Portugal
italy
France
Spain
In what year did the Tet Offensive take place?
1964
1968
1966
1962
Members of what ‘family’ murdered actress Sharon Tate in August 1969?
Monster
Manson
Manchester
Morrison
GI Joe toy soldier was first released in which year?
1964
1961
1962
1963
How old was Walt Disney when he died in 1966?
75
85
65
95
In 1969 the US opened the ‘Top Gun’ flying academy at Miramar, in which US state?
Kentucky
Florida
Massachusetts
California
In which year did Muhammad Ali win a gold medal during the Summer Olympics?
1968
1964
1972
1960
How old was Sir Winston Churchill when he died in 1965?
90
100
110
80
In November 1963, President Kennedy was assassinated in which US State?
Texas
Florida
Georgia
California
In 1968, which English team became the first to win football’s European Cup?
Liverpool
Chelsea
Arsenal
Manchester United
A basketball club called the Bulls formed in which US city in 1966?
Miami
Baltimore
Boston
Chicago
Mauritius became independent from which country in 1968?
Spain
Norway
France
United Kingdom
In October 1963, the Lamborghini car company was founded in which country?
France
Pakistan
Italy
Spain
If one takes inflation into account which 1960s film was the most expensive film ever made?
Zulu
The Sound of Music
The Great Escape
Cleopatra
In 1969, Sirhan Sirhan admitted to killing which member of the Kennedy family?
Richard
Frederick
William
Robert
In what year was Jackie Robinson elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame?
1962
1964
1966
1968
2001: A Space Odyssey’ was based on a short story by whom?
Arthur C. Clarke
Harry Harrison
Philip K. Dick
Richard Bachman
In 1960, John F Kennedy was representing which state in the US Senate?
Massachusetts
Florida
California
North Carolina
Eamon de Valera was re-elected as President of which country in 1966?
Spain
Ireland
Italy
France
In what year did Hasbro first introduce G.I. Joe to the toy buying public?
1960
1962
1966
1964
In which year did Time magazine put the oral contraceptive pill on its front cover?
1963
1969
1967
1964
In May 1967, the UK and which other country applied for membership of the EEC?
Switzerland
Ireland
Spain
Denmark
Judy Garland died of a drug overdose in which city in 1969?
New York
London
Hong Kong
Paris
In what year did the children’s show ‘Sesame Street’ first air?
1968
1967
1969
1966
Cameroon gained its independence from which country in 1960?
Italy
France
West Germany
Portugal
How old was John F Kennedy when he was sworn in as US President in 1961?
54
48
43
38
How many people worldwide watched the moon landings in 1969?
50 million
500 million
500000
5 million
In 1960, the Motown record label was founded in which city?
Detroit
Miami
Chicago
Los Angeles
How old was Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark when she married into the Greek royal family?
18
40
30
25
In what year were orders made to cease bombing North Vietnam from the US?
1962
1966
1968
1964
In what year was the city of New Orleans awarded a franchise?
1968
1966
1967
1969
In what year did the first woman go into space?
1963
1966
1960
1969
In what year did the American Heart Association first link smoking to heart disease?
1966
1963
1969
1960
In what year did The Stooges release their debut album?
1963
1969
1967
1965
Elvis Presley was promoted to which rank in the US Army in January 1960?
Colonel
Lieutenant
Major
Sergeant
Biafra, a region of which country, declared independence in 1967?
Egypt
Ghana
Nigeria
Cameroon
Charles de Gaulle stepped down as leader of which country in 1969?
France
Belgium
West Germany
Denmark
Ian Smith led which African country to indepdence in the 60’s?
Uganda
Rhodesia
Ghana
South Africa
Civil rights activists marched from Selma to Montgomery in which state in 1966?
Vermont
Texas
Alabama
Maine
In what year did the Supreme Court rule on Miranda v. Arizona?
1963
1960
1969
1966
Hassan II was proclaimed king of which country in 1961?
Luxembourg
Norway
Spain
Morocco
In what year did the Bee Gees release their first album?
1965
1961
1967
1963
In which European city did John Lennon and Yoko Ono have their first ‘bed-in’?
Amsterdam
Rome
Paris
London
Indira Ghandi became Prime Minister of which country in 1966?
India
Malaysia
New Zealand
Australia
Marcelo Caetano became Prine Minister of which country in 1968?
Portugal
USSR
Sweden
Spain
93 people died in a train crash in Harmelen in which country in 1962?
Norway
Ireland
Netherlands
Italy
In what year was Che Guevara shot and killed?
1965
1967
1963
1969
Christian Barnard carried out the first transplant of which organ in 1967?
Eye
Heart
Lung
Kidney
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, is known by what shorter title?
Invisible Agent
A Foreign Affair
Ball of Fire
Dr Strangelove
An earthquake killed 12,000 when it hit Agadir in which country in 1960?
Morocco
Egypt
India
Cameroon
In what year was the birth control pill first approved for use by the FDA?
1960
1969
1966
1964
In 1963, the Bundesliga football competition started in which country?
China
USSR
West Germany
Belgium
John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s second ‘bed-in’ was in which Canadian city?
Montreal
Seattle
Winnipeg
Vancouver
In 1961, the Beatles performed for the first time at the Cavern Club in which city?
Liverpool
Manchester
Glasgow
London
King Constantine II led a failed coup attempt in which country in 1967?
Italy
Greece
South Africa
Egypt
In April 1968, Martin Luther King was shot in which US city?
Miami
New York
San Francisco
Memphis
A song called ‘La La La’ won the 1968 Eurovision Song Contest for which country?
West Germany
Ireland
Spain
Italy
In October 1966, spy George Blake escaped from a London prison and was next seen in which city?
Milan
Madrid
Miami
Moscow
July 1964 saw race riots in which part of New York?
Harlem
Staten Island
Brooklyn
Queens
In which ocean was the island of Tristan Da Cunha, which erupted in 1961?
Atlantic
Indian
Arctic
Pacific
In 1960, which country shot down a U2 spy plane piloted by Gary Powers?
Austria
China
USSR
Japan
In October 1966, NATO moved its headquarters from Paris to which other city?
Geneva
Brussels
Milan
Amsterdam
Gatorade first made its way to the store shelves in what year?
1961
1965
1963
1967
In 1967, Sir Francis Chichester was setting records in which sport?
Swimming
Sailing
Golf
Tennis
In what year was The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes released?
1969
1989
1979
1999
Future Presidential candidate John McCain was shot down over which country in 1967?
Vietnam
India
Thailand
Japan
In what year did Pepsi Cola first introduce Diet Pepsi to the public?
1969
1964
1966
1960
In what year did the PGA eliminate its Caucasians only rule?
1964
1963
1962
1961
In what year did the NFL prohibit the grabbing of face masks during play?
1966
1968
1964
1962
In 1962, the Mont Blanc Tunnel was completed, connecting a road from France to what other county?
Andorra
Spain
Italy
United Kingdom
In which year did construction begin on the Berlin Wall?
1965
1967
1963
1961
Anthony Perkins most famous role to date was Norman Bates from what film?
American Beauty
Psycho
Seven Psychopaths
American Psycho
For which film did Julie Christie win a Best Actress Oscar?
Shampoo
Doctor Zhivago
The Go-Between
Darling
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