The 1960s

60s Trivia Questions and Answers

Apollo 11 landed on the Moon, Woodstock filled a dairy farm in upstate New York, and the miniskirt went mainstream. The questions below range across the decade's music, TV and film, toys and fads, sports, news and technology. Every answer is checked against a cited source, linked beside it: try the question first, then open the answer.

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Music

Which Beatles single spent nine weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1968?
- Lady Madonna
- Revolution
- Penny Lane
- Hey Jude
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The answer is Hey Jude. Source: Wikipedia
Which country singer topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart in January 1960 with the hit song El Paso?
- Johnny Cash
- Marty Robbins
- Hank Snow
- Jim Reeves
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The answer is Marty Robbins. Source: Wikipedia
Which group became the first British act to top the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in December 1962 with 'Telstar'?
- The Dakotas
- The Tornados
- The Tremeloes
- The Shadows
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The answer is The Tornados. Source: Wikipedia
Which British rock band spent six weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart in 1967 with A Whiter Shade of Pale?
- Procol Harum
- The Moody Blues
- The Kinks
- The Zombies
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The answer is Procol Harum. Source: Wikipedia
Which country-pop singer topped the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1967 with her hit Ode to Billie Joe?
- Bobby Goldsboro
- Skeeter Davis
- Jeannie C. Riley
- Bobbie Gentry
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The answer is Bobbie Gentry. Source: Wikipedia
Which British group reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1965 with "I'm Telling You Now"?
- The Dave Clark Five
- Gerry and the Pacemakers
- The Moody Blues
- Freddie and the Dreamers
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The answer is Freddie and the Dreamers. Source: Wikipedia
Which British group topped the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1965 with the hit single Game of Love?
- Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders
- The Dave Clark Five
- Gerry and the Pacemakers
- Herman's Hermits
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The answer is Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders. Source: Wikipedia
Which singer topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart in May 1961 with the hit single Mother-in-Law?
- Chris Kenner
- Ernie K-Doe
- Major Lance
- Lee Dorsey
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The answer is Ernie K-Doe. Source: Wikipedia

TV & Film

Which sitcom about an astronaut who finds a genie in a bottle premiered on NBC in September 1965?
- Gilligan's Island
- I Dream of Jeannie
- My Favorite Martian
- The Addams Family
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The answer is I Dream of Jeannie. Source: Wikipedia
Which actor played James Bond in the 1964 film Goldfinger?
- Sean Connery
- Timothy Dalton
- Roger Moore
- George Lazenby
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The answer is Sean Connery. Source: Wikipedia
Which 1965 musical film starred Julie Andrews as Maria von Trapp?
- Mary Poppins
- The Sound of Music
- Oliver!
- My Fair Lady
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The answer is The Sound of Music. Source: Wikipedia
Which actor starred as the First Doctor when the sci-fi series Doctor Who premiered on the BBC in 1963?
- Patrick Troughton
- William Hartnell
- Jon Pertwee
- Tom Baker
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The answer is William Hartnell. Source: Wikipedia

Toys & Fads

Which game featuring plastic tops colliding inside an arena was introduced by the Ideal Toy Company in 1968?
- Mouse Trap
- Battling Tops
- Hands Down
- Operation
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The answer is Battling Tops. Source: Wikipedia
Which dance involving bending under a low bar became a major American craze in 1962 after a hit by Chubby Checker?
- The Twist
- The Shimmy
- The Limbo
- The Watusi
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The answer is The Limbo. Source: Wikipedia

Sports

Which team did the Green Bay Packers defeat in the first Super Bowl in January 1967?
- Kansas City Chiefs
- Oakland Raiders
- Denver Broncos
- Miami Dolphins
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The answer is Kansas City Chiefs. Source: Wikipedia
Which Boston Red Sox star hit a home run in the final at-bat of his career in September 1960?
- Ted Williams
- Willie Mays
- Mickey Mantle
- Stan Musial
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The answer is Ted Williams. Source: Wikipedia
Which quarterback was named MVP of the first Super Bowl in January 1967?
- Len Dawson
- Bart Starr
- Johnny Unitas
- Fran Tarkenton
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The answer is Bart Starr. Source: Wikipedia

News

In 1966, Edward Brooke became the first African American popularly elected to which office?
- U.S. Senator
- U.S. Representative
- Big-city Mayor
- State Governor
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The answer is U.S. Senator. Source: GovInfo
In June 1961, John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev held a major Cold War summit in which city?
- Vienna
- Geneva
- Zurich
- Helsinki
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The answer is Vienna. Source: Office of the Historian
Which civil rights organization organized the original Freedom Rides through the American South in May 1961?
- SCLC
- NAACP
- CORE
- SNCC
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The answer is CORE. Source: Library of Congress
In June 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson met Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin at a summit in which New Jersey town?
- Newark
- Morristown
- Princeton
- Glassboro
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The answer is Glassboro. Source: Wikipedia
Who became the first female Prime Minister of Israel in March 1969 following the death of Levi Eshkol?
- Ruth Dayan
- Geula Cohen
- Golda Meir
- Shulamit Aloni
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The answer is Golda Meir. Source: Wikipedia
In December 1967, surgeon Christiaan Barnard performed the world's first human heart transplant in which city?
- Cape Town
- Pretoria
- Johannesburg
- Durban
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The answer is Cape Town. Source: Wikipedia

Tech

In March 1965, Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov conducted humanity's first what?
- Space docking
- Moonwalk
- Spacewalk
- Space rendezvous
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The answer is Spacewalk. Source: Wikipedia
Which office machine became a commercial success after Haloid Xerox introduced the 914 model in 1960?
- Adding machine
- Electric typewriter
- Fax machine
- Photocopier
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The answer is Photocopier. Source: Wikipedia
Which device producing a beam of coherent light was first demonstrated by Theodore Maiman in 1960?
- LED
- Transistor
- Laser
- Maser
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The answer is Laser. Source: Wikipedia
In 1963, which standard character encoding scheme was first published to unify how computers represent text?
- EBCDIC
- Baudot
- ASCII
- BCDIC
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The answer is ASCII. Source: Wikipedia
Which groundbreaking mainframe computer family did IBM announce in April 1964?
- RCA Spectra 70
- IBM System/360
- UNIVAC 1108
- Honeywell 200
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The answer is IBM System/360. Source: Wikipedia
Which Soviet space probe became the first to transmit data from inside the atmosphere of Venus in October 1967?
- Luna 9
- Venera 4
- Sputnik 10
- Mars 1
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The answer is Venera 4. Source: PubMed Central
In 1967, Texas Instruments created a prototype called Cal-Tech, which was the first handheld electronic what?
- Tape recorder
- Digital watch
- Transistor radio
- Calculator
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The answer is Calculator. Source: Wikipedia
In 1969, Willard Boyle and George Smith invented which light-sensing device that enabled digital photography?
- Avalanche photodiode
- Active-pixel sensor
- Charge-coupled device
- Field-effect transistor
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The answer is Charge-coupled device. Source: Wikipedia

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60s Trivia Questions and Answers

Music

Which Beatles single spent nine weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1968?

Which country singer topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart in January 1960 with the hit song El Paso?

Which group became the first British act to top the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in December 1962 with 'Telstar'?

Which British rock band spent six weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart in 1967 with A Whiter Shade of Pale?

Which country-pop singer topped the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1967 with her hit Ode to Billie Joe?

Which British group reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1965 with "I'm Telling You Now"?

Which British group topped the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1965 with the hit single Game of Love?

Which singer topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart in May 1961 with the hit single Mother-in-Law?

TV & Film

Which sitcom about an astronaut who finds a genie in a bottle premiered on NBC in September 1965?

Which actor played James Bond in the 1964 film Goldfinger?

Which 1965 musical film starred Julie Andrews as Maria von Trapp?

Which actor starred as the First Doctor when the sci-fi series Doctor Who premiered on the BBC in 1963?

Toys & Fads

Which game featuring plastic tops colliding inside an arena was introduced by the Ideal Toy Company in 1968?

Which dance involving bending under a low bar became a major American craze in 1962 after a hit by Chubby Checker?

Sports

Which team did the Green Bay Packers defeat in the first Super Bowl in January 1967?

Which Boston Red Sox star hit a home run in the final at-bat of his career in September 1960?

Which quarterback was named MVP of the first Super Bowl in January 1967?

News

In 1966, Edward Brooke became the first African American popularly elected to which office?

In June 1961, John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev held a major Cold War summit in which city?

Which civil rights organization organized the original Freedom Rides through the American South in May 1961?

In June 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson met Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin at a summit in which New Jersey town?

Who became the first female Prime Minister of Israel in March 1969 following the death of Levi Eshkol?

In December 1967, surgeon Christiaan Barnard performed the world's first human heart transplant in which city?

Tech

In March 1965, Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov conducted humanity's first what?

Which office machine became a commercial success after Haloid Xerox introduced the 914 model in 1960?

Which device producing a beam of coherent light was first demonstrated by Theodore Maiman in 1960?

In 1963, which standard character encoding scheme was first published to unify how computers represent text?

Which groundbreaking mainframe computer family did IBM announce in April 1964?

Which Soviet space probe became the first to transmit data from inside the atmosphere of Venus in October 1967?

In 1967, Texas Instruments created a prototype called Cal-Tech, which was the first handheld electronic what?

In 1969, Willard Boyle and George Smith invented which light-sensing device that enabled digital photography?