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60s Trivia for Seniors
Test your knowledge of the 1960s with questions covering music, history, culture, television, and memorable moments from this iconic decade.
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In which New York City neighborhood did the 1969 Stonewall Riots take place?
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Who was the leader of the Soviet Union from 1964 through the end of the 1960s?
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What year was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
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What TV show featured the Clampett family?
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Who wrote 'The Feminine Mystique'?
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Who sang 'I Want to Hold Your Hand'?
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Who was the first man in space?
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Who sang 'Stand By Me'?
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What year did man first land on the moon?
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On which TV variety show did The Beatles make their famous US television debut in 1964?
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What TV show featured Captain Kirk?
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In which city was the tumultuous 1968 Democratic National Convention held?
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What iconic music festival was held on a dairy farm in Bethel, New York, in 1969?
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Who sang 'You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin''?
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Who sang 'I Can't Get No Satisfaction'?
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Who was the American pilot shot down over the Soviet Union in the 1960 U-2 incident?
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What TV show featured Jim Phelps?
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Who sang 'Like a Rolling Stone'?
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Which US President authorized the failed 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion?
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What year was the Voting Rights Act passed?
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What car was introduced by Ford in 1964?
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Who co-founded the United Farm Workers alongside Dolores Huerta?
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What band sang 'All You Need Is Love'?
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Which soft drink used the slogan 'It's the Real Thing' starting in 1969?
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What war was escalating during the 1960s?
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Who directed the 1960 film 'La Dolce Vita'?
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During which mission did Ed White perform the first American spacewalk?
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What tall, rounded hairstyle was popular for women in the 60s?
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Who was the British Prime Minister for most of the 1960s?
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Who sang 'A Whiter Shade of Pale'?
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What TV show featured Herman Munster?
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Who sang 'Mrs. Robinson'?
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What year was the Monterey Pop Festival?
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What dance craze swept the nation in the early 60s?
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Who was the Pope during most of the 1960s?
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Who directed 'The Graduate'?
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What band had a hit with 'Purple Haze'?
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What was the name of the 1963 march on Washington?
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What band had a hit with 'Light My Fire'?
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At which university did the 1964 Free Speech Movement begin?
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What was the name of the Soviet spacecraft program that first put a human in space?
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In what year did the Summer of Love take place in San Francisco?
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What year did the Berlin Wall go up?
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What direct communications link was established between the US and Soviet Union in 1963?
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Who was the First Lady during the Kennedy administration?
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What was the location of the 1968 Miss America protest?
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What was the founding document of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), written in 1962?
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In which New York hamlet did Timothy Leary establish his psychedelic community at the Hitchcock Estate?
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Who was the leader of the civil rights movement?
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What short hemline fashion trend, popularized by Mary Quant, emerged in the 60s?
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What year was the Tet Offensive?
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What does Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act specifically prohibit?
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Who wrote 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?
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What was the name of the first communications satellite, launched in 1962?
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Which baseball player broke the single-season home run record with 61 homers in 1961?
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Who was the director of 'Blow-Up' (1966)?
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Who was the first American to orbit Earth?
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Who composed the music for the 1961 film 'West Side Story'?
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What architectural style became popular in the 60s?
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What cartoon featured Fred Flintstone?
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The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution led to a major escalation of which war?
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What year did The Beatles appear on Ed Sullivan?
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Who sang 'My Girl'?
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As part of resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis, the US secretly agreed to remove its missiles from which country?
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Who co-founded the Black Panther Party in 1966?
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Who served as UN Secretary-General for most of the 1960s, from 1961 to 1971?
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Which major city experienced a devastating five-day riot in July 1967, resulting in 43 deaths and the deployment of the National Guard?
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Who was the Secretary of Defense during the Vietnam escalation?
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Which two prominent leaders were both assassinated in 1968?
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Who wrote 'The Bell Jar'?
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Who sang 'California Dreamin''?
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Who led the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches for voting rights?
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Who directed 'Psycho' (1960)?
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Who was the NASA administrator during Apollo 11?
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Who was the US President after Kennedy?
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Who was the famous model known as 'Twiggy'?
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Which composer's 1964 piece 'In C' is considered a landmark of minimalist music?
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Who composed the score for 'Psycho'?
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What was the name of Andy Warhol's studio?
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Who succeeded Konrad Adenauer as Chancellor of West Germany in 1963?
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Who was the Czechoslovak leader whose reforms sparked the 1968 Prague Spring?
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What TV show featured Andy Taylor as sheriff?
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Who took over as host of 'The Tonight Show' in October 1962?
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Who was the Chinese leader during the Cultural Revolution?
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What TV show featured a witch named Samantha?
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Who assassinated President John F. Kennedy?
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Who sang 'Respect'?
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Who won Super Bowl III in January 1969?
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What TV show featured Napoleon Solo?
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Who sang 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine'?
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Who wrote 'Catch-22'?
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Who was the chief architect of the major buildings in Brasilia, inaugurated as Brazil's new capital in 1960?
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What TV show featured Agent 86?
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What band sang 'Good Vibrations'?
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Who was the boxing champion known as 'The Greatest'?
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In what year did the My Lai Massacre take place during the Vietnam War?
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What civil rights legislation was passed in 1964?
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Who directed 'Bonnie and Clyde'?
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What was the name of the 1963 nuclear test ban treaty?
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Who was the first Black Supreme Court Justice?
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Which country launched a preemptive strike that started the 1967 Six-Day War?
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What TV show featured Rob and Laura Petrie?
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What TV show featured a talking horse?
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What British fashion designer became famous in the 60s?
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Who was the French President during the 1960s?
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Who wrote 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'?
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What band sang 'White Rabbit'?
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What British band known as the 'Fab Four' became famous in the 1960s?
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Who was the first woman in space?
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Who directed '2001: A Space Odyssey'?
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What was the name of the NASA mission that first landed humans on the moon?
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Who was the architect of the Sydney Opera House?
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Who was the President of the United States at the start of the 1960s?
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What TV show featured Lucy Carmichael?
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What was the name of the lunar module that landed on the moon during Apollo 11?
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What toy oven was introduced by Kenner in 1963?
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Which British photographer became famous for capturing the icons of 1960s London fashion and culture?
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Who wrote 'The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test'?
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Who sang 'These Boots Are Made for Walkin''?
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Which Chief Justice of the Supreme Court led the commission investigating JFK's assassination?
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