The 1960s Crossword - Answer
14 More 60s Trivia Questions
1. In 1964, The Beatles had 5 of the top 10 hits on the Billboard charts. Which song wasn't on the list?
A - She Loves You
B - Twist and Shout
C - Do You Want to Know a Secret
D - Blackbird
2. In 1964, Japan debuted the 0 Series Shinkansen Bullet Train. What was its maximum speed?
A - 20 MPH
B - 130 MPH
C - 500 MPH
D - 240 MPH
3. Which of these Alfred Hitchcock films was released in 1960?
A - Psycho
B - The Birds
C - Vertigo
D - Frenzy
4. In 1968, the spy ship USS Pueblo was captured by what country?
A - Cambodia
B - Vietnam
C - South Korea
D - North Korea
5. What was the name of the first James Bond movie, released in 1962?
A - From Russia with Love
B - Goldfinger
C - Dr. No
D - You Only Live Twice
6. What popular long-running soap opera debuted in November of 1965?
A - Days of Our Lives
B - The Young and the Restless
C - General Hospital
D - As the World Turns
7. In what year did 'Sesame Street' first air?
A - 1969
B - 1966
C - 1964
D - 1961
8. Which of these bands did NOT play at Woodstock in 1969?
A - Crosby, Stills & Nash
B - Sha Na Na
C - Iron Butterfly
D - Jefferson Airplane
9. In what year was the first person killed trying to cross the Berlin Wall?
A - 1969
B - 1967
C - 1965
D - 1961
10. In 1960, the most powerful earthquake ever recorded happened where?
A - Kamchatka
B - Japan
C - Chile
D - Sumatra
11. In the late 1960s, the US Air Force released a report that concluded there was no such thing as extraterrestrial UFOs. What was the name of this report?
A - The Warren Commission Report
B - The Green Files
C - Project Blue Book
D - The Inventory of Evidence
12. In 1969, the precursor to the internet was created with what name?
A - ARPANET
B - GopherNET
C - BBS
D - Intronet
13. What movie won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1965?
A - My Fair Lady
B - Mary Poppins
C - Dr. Strangelove
D - Becket
14. In what year was the birth control pill approved by the FDA?
A - 1969
B - 1967
C - 1960
D - 1964
14 More 60s Trivia Questions
- Who famously sang "Happy Birthday" to President John F. Kennedy in 1962?
A - Marilyn Monroe
B - Jayne Mansfield
C - Barbara Eden
D - Eartha Kitt
- In 1964, world heavyweight champion Cassius Clay changed his name to what?
A - Joe Louis
B - Leon Spinks
C - Muhammad Ali
D - Joe Frazier
- In 1962, three inmates escaped from what "inescapable" prison?
A - Attica
B - Fort Knox
C - Alcatraz
D - The Tower of London
- In 1967, Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the first transplant of what organ in South Africa?
A - Lung
B - Spleen
C - Heart
D - Brain
- Who was the first man on the moon in 1969?
A - John Glenn
B - Neil Armstrong
C - Jim Lovell
D - Buzz Aldrin
- In the summer of 1969, several people were murdered by cult members led by which man?
A - Jim Jones
B - Charles Manson
C - David Koresh
D - Marshall Applewhite
- In 1962, who became the new host of 'The Tonight Show'?
A - Fred Allen
B - Johnny Carson
C - Don Rickles
D - Art Carney
- In 1962, Andy Warhol shocked the art world with an exhibit of his paintings of what?
A - Soup Cans
B - Big-eyed children
C - Little dots of paint
D - Blocks and lines
- Who was Harold Holt?
A - The player who made the first touchdown in the first Super Bowl
B - The president of East Germany in 1967
C - Governor of California in 1963
D - The Australian Prime Minister who disappeared without a trace in 1967
10. In May 1961, John F. Kennedy gave a speech that set what ambitious goal?
A - Searching for the cure for polio
B - Going to the moon
C - Getting out of Vietnam
D - Defeating Communism
11. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech was given from the steps of what Washington D.C. location?
A - National Archives
B - Lincoln Memorial
C - US Capitol Building
D - Jefferson Memorial
12. Who did John F. Kennedy defeat in the US Presidential election in 1960?
A - Dwight D. Eisenhower
B - Richard M. Nixon
C - Barry Goldwater
D - Lyndon Johnson
13. The first woman in space was from what country?
A - Canada
B - United States
C - Japan
D - Soviet Union
14. Which classic science-fiction series began in 1966?
A - Star Wars
B - Johnny Rocket
C - Star Trek
D - The Twilight Zone
7 Quick General Australian Trivia Questions
- Who is Australia’s only Formula One driver?
- Australia has the world’s largest sand island. What is its name?
- Who painted the Nebuchadnezzar series?
- Who invented the bionic ear?
- Who is the longest serving presenter of Playschool?
- Which is the second largest city in NSW?
- What is Kylie Minogue’s lingerie line called?
7 Quick General Australian Trivia Questions
- What was Sir Donald Bradman’s batting average?
- In what state/territory was the highest recorded temperature, of 53oC, recorded?
- How many albums did the late slim Dusty record?
- What year did Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin?
- What is the highest grossing Australian movie?
- How much of Australia is classified as desert A) 8% B) 16% C) 25% D) 35%
- Australians hold the world record for which amazing feat? A) Fastest Beer bottle opening B) Largest Christmas Cracker C) Most Sheep Sheared in 24 hours D) Largest Chicken Dance
7 Quick General Australian Trivia Questions
- Which horse won the Melbourne Cup in 2002?
- How many countries are larger than Australia?
- Who designed the Sydney Opera House?
- How many ships were in the First Fleet?
- What were the first names of the winning couple from The Block?
- Name Australia’s western-most point?
- In rhyming slang, if someone said they we going to have a “bo-peep”, what they be doing?
10 Quick 2010s Trivia Questions
- In 2011, Queensland was hit by the “most expensive natural disaster in the country’s history”, what was the disaster?
- In 2013, Kevin Rudd ousted who?
- July 2013, Australia reached a deal with which country to send asylum seekers arriving by boat?
- In September of 2013, The Liberal Party came back into power, led by who?
- Islamist, Man Haron takes 18 hostages in which Sydney Café?
- In 2015, Tony Abbot was replaced by who, in a successful leadership challenge?
- 61% of the population voted “YES” to what marriage in 2016?
- In 2010, rock art was found in Northern Australia of a bird, believed to be how many thousands of years old?
- 2010, In Darwin, “intoxicated” parrots were falling from the sky… why?
- Pro surfer, Mick Fanning punched what sea animal when on tour in Jeffery’s Bay, South Africa?
10 Quick 2000s Trivia Questions (part 2)
- What Queensland town did Cyclone Larry flatten in 2006?
- In 2007 the price of what, increased dramatically in Australia and the world?
- In 2010, Julia Gillard ousted who?
- In 2008, why did the Australian government apologise the Indigenous People?
- Who won their fourth term as Prime Minister in 2004?
- In 2001 the Australian Government paid Nauru for detaining who?
- There was a worry among the Australian people of contracting illness in 2009?
- Who won the first ever series of master chef?
- In March 2003, who was name Governor General?
- Delta Goodrem was diagnose with what disease?
10 Quick 2000s Trivia Questions (part 1)
- South Australian scientists clone the first sheep, what was her name?
- Which Australian cricket captain resigned in Jan 2004?
- In November 2004, there were riots at the police station on Palm Island Qld, Why?
- What happened in Bali on October 1st 2002?
- Which Australian tennis player was the youngest player to even have a number one ranking in 2001
- In 2001, the Australian dollar dropped to below, how many, US cents?
- In December 2002, the government introduced what, in relation to handguns?
- In 2006, Australia lost two great Australian Icons, doing what they loved. Who were they?
- In the same year, Nicole Kidman married which Australian Country Music singer?
- After five years detention in Guantanamo Bay, WHO was released in 2007?
10 Quick 1990s Trivia Questions
- In what years was heart surgeon Victor Chang tragically gunned down on Mosman Street?
- Who was named Australian of the year on January 26 1993?
- Also in 1993, the unknown soldier memorial was installed where?
- Where was the Wollemi Pine found, which had previously only been found in fossil form?
- In 1997, Geoffrey Rush won an Academy award for which movie?
- What was the name of the stadium (built for the Sydney Olympics) in 1999?
- Jesse Martin was the youngest Australian to do what in October 1999?
- In 1995 Telecom was renamed to…?
- Which horse won the Melbourne Cup in 1993?
- August 30 1992, what major tunnel opened in Sydney?
10 Quick 1980s Trivia Questions
- What Australian won the Wimbledon men's singles final in tennis in 1987, defeating Ivan Lendl, world #1 at that time?
- Which Australian city hosted the Commonwealth Games in 1982?
- A famous slogan associated with Paul Hogan in a mid-1980s Australian Tourism ad geared toward Americans was "I'll slip" what?
- The Australia II won the America's Cup in 1983, raising a flag with which famous symbol?
- the Australian economy went into recession, causing unemployment to rise significantly, due to what, in 1987?
- What year was Advance Australia Fair proclaimed as Australia's national anthem and green and gold became Australia's official national colours?
- In 1986, what was visible in the night sky for the first time since 1910.
- It what year did the first Aboriginal television station, Imparja, begin transmission in Alice Springs.
- Candice Reed was Australia's first ever test-tube baby, was born at the Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne in what year?
- Who won the 1984 and 1987 Prime Minister elections?
10 Quick 1970s Trivia Questions
- Can you name Australian of the year in 1971?
- The Liberal Government took power in 1972, led by who?
- What year did the West Gate Bridge open over the Yarra?
- The Opera House was officially open in 1973 by who?
- What date was the SBS established?
- In 1972 swimmer Shane Gould received 5 Olympic Medals, how many of each did she win?
- What happened to Publisher Juanita Neilson in 1975?
- The Queen visited Australia in what year for their Silver Jubilee year?
- Mel Gibson started in which Australian Movie in 1979?
- In what year was the world’s first successful cochlear implant operation? And which hospital?
10 Quick 1960s Trivia Questions
- When did compulsory national service training for men end?
- When did the Crown-of-Thorn starfish begin ravaging the Great Barrier Reef?
- When did the last tram run from La Perouse to Randwick?
- Who won Wimbledon Men’s Singles tennis final in 1961?
- Where were the Commonwealth Games in 1962?
- What year did the Beatles tour Australia?
- Dawn Fraser becomes the youngest person to win what?
- When did Australia change to decimal currency?
- When did the National Gallery of Victoria open?
- When did Musical “Hair” open in Sydney?
