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Seniors Trivia
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Which actress played Mary Poppins in the 1964 film musical?
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What year did the Berlin Wall begin construction dividing the city?
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Which singer was nicknamed 'Old Blue Eyes'?
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Which Beatles album featured the song 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds'?
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Which American city launched the first modern subway in 1897?
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What exact year did the Medicare prescription drug benefit Part D take effect?
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Which film won Best Picture at the Academy Awards for 1972 releases?
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Which famous music festival took place in upstate New York in August 1969?
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What American city hosted the 1984 Summer Olympics?
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Which opera by Puccini premiered in 1904 and features the aria 'Un bel dรฌ vedremo'?
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Which civil rights leader delivered the 'I Have a Dream' speech on August 28, 1963?
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Which writer created Inspector Morse and published 'Last Bus to Woodstock' in 1975?
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Which television series finale drew over 100 million viewers on February 28, 1983 in the United States?
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Which American city hosted Expo 67 with the striking Habitat 67 housing complex?
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Who sang 'I Will Always Love You' to number one in 1992 from 'The Bodyguard' soundtrack?
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Which 1950s dance craze shared its name with a board made of flexible material?
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Which 1977 film made Travolta's white suit a disco icon?
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How many cards are in a standard Pinochle deck used for the classic game played by many seniors?
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Which composer wrote the score for the 1962 film 'Lawrence of Arabia'?
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Which cereal mascot says 'They are grrreat'?
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What famous roadway runs from Chicago to Santa Monica and is nicknamed the 'Mother Road'?
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Which 1971 singer-songwriter album features the track 'You are So Vain'?
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What television event on July 20, 1969 drew a massive worldwide audience?
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What city served as the primary setting for the series 'Hill Street Blues'?
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What brand launched the Walkman portable cassette player in 1979?
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What was the precise list price in US dollars of the first Sony Walkman TPS-L2 at its 1979 US debut?
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Which soft spread became a breakfast favorite after its 1964 debut in Italy?
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Which Motown group topped the chart with 'My Girl' in 1965?
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Which singer had a 1956 debut hit titled 'Blue Suede Shoes'?
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Which novelist wrote 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' published in 1967?
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Which fast food chain introduced the Big Mac nationally in 1968?
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Which year did the Beatles first perform on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' to a record US audience?
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What exact year did the British series 'Coronation Street' first air on television?
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Which sitcom featured a New York coffee house called Central Perk?
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Which drink brand used the slogan 'It is the real thing' during the late 1960s?
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Which automobile had the first mass-produced rotary engine in a sports car in 1967?
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Which tennis player completed a calendar Grand Slam in 1972 among men's singles?
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Which American author won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature?
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Which city's ball drops each New Year's Eve in Times Square?
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Which US President signed Medicare into law on July 30, 1965?
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What was the exact street address of the fictional suburban home in 'Leave It to Beaver'?
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Which US coin first bore the image of Susan B. Anthony in 1979?
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What year did Disneyland open to guests in California?
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Which city's 1970s club scene made Studio 54 famous?
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What was the first year the Super Bowl used Roman numerals with the official logo on the field?
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What was the official opening date of the New York World's Fair that featured the Unisphere in 1964?
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How many episodes comprised the original run of 'I Love Lucy' from 1951 to 1957 excluding specials?
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Which actor delivered the line 'You talking to me' in 'Taxi Driver' released in 1976?
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What household device introduced by Polaroid delivered pictures within minutes?
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Which exact station carried the first transatlantic television signals via Telstar reception to Britain?
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How many medals in total did Jesse Owens win at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin?
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Which jazz album recorded March 2 and April 22, 1959 is the best-selling of the genre?
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Which US postage stamp first featured Elvis Presley and in what face value?
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Which American city is called 'Music City' for its country heritage?
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What is the exact height in feet of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis as dedicated in 1968?
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What was the first year the Grammys awarded Album of the Year to a live recording?
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What device replaced vinyl for most listeners in the 1980s with shiny optical discs?
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Which TV news anchor signed off with 'And that is the way it is' for decades?
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Which singer was widely known as the King of Rock and Roll?
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Which actress won an Oscar for playing Annie Hall in 1977?
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Which game show invited contestants to answer in the form of a question?
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What city hosted the World's Fair that introduced the Space Needle in 1962?
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What was the name of the TV show where Kermit the Frog led a backstage circus of chaos?
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What was the original list price of an Apple II personal computer with 4 kilobytes of RAM in 1977?
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What was the exact launch date of the first American communications satellite Telstar 1?
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Which athlete won the 100-meter dash gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics?
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Which baseball legend ended his home run career total at 714?
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Which American writer authored 'The Right Stuff' published in 1979 about test pilots?
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Which car won the inaugural Motor Trend Car of the Year in 1949?
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Which iconic doll debuted in 1959 wearing a black and white striped swimsuit?
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Which television family lived at 1313 Mockingbird Lane?
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What exact running time in minutes is listed for the theatrical cut of 'The Godfather' released in 1972?
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Which 1975 blockbuster featured a shark terrorizing Amity Island?
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What was the name of the first artificial Earth satellite launched in 1957?
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Which author wrote 'Silent Spring' published in 1962 that helped launch environmental awareness?
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Which city hosted the 1952 Winter Olympics where the flame was first lit by a former athlete?
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Which US President declared 'Ask not what your country can do for you' in his 1961 inaugural address?
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What year did the compact disc format go on sale to consumers in Japan first?
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Which film features the line 'We are going to need a bigger boat'?
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Which horse won the Triple Crown in 1973 setting a Belmont Stakes record time?
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Which US state was admitted as the fiftieth in 1959?
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Which actress starred as the lead in the 1960s series 'The Avengers' as Emma Peel?
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Which singer had a 1957 hit with 'Jailhouse Rock'?
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Which NASA mission first carried a lunar rover to the Moon and in what year?
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Which singer recorded the original 1967 version of 'Respect' that Aretha Franklin later transformed?
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Which candy bar asks you to 'Give me a break' in its jingle?
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Which US state ratified the Constitution last among the original thirteen?
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What was the exact opening date of the first Walmart store in Rogers, Arkansas?
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Which chess world champion defeated Boris Spassky in 1972 in Reykjavik?
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What was the launch year of the Boeing 747's first commercial flight service?
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Which album by Fleetwood Mac spent 31 weeks at number one on Billboard 200 in the 1970s?
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On what exact date did the Beatles give their final paid concert at Candlestick Park?
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Which 1960 film set a new standard for on-screen suspense with a shower scene?
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Which singer released the album 'Thriller' on November 30, 1982?
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Which team won the FIFA World Cup in 1970 with Pelรฉ starring?
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Which 1969 album features the medley on side two recorded at Abbey Road Studios?
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What popular puzzle toy from 1974 has six colored faces that twist and turn?
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Which car model became famous as the 'people's car' in postwar Europe?
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Which artist painted the 1950 work 'Autumn Rhythm Number 30'?
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What candy introduced tiny colorful bits called M&M's during World War II?
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Which model year introduced the first Chevrolet Corvette with a split rear window?
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What was the first name of the astronaut who stepped onto the Moon on July 20, 1969?
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Who scored 100 points in a single NBA game on March 2, 1962?
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Which author created Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot?
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Which architect designed the Chapel of Saint Ignatius in Seattle, completed in 1997?
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Which American painter created 'Nighthawks' in 1942?
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Which soda introduced a citrus flavor called Mountain Dew to national shelves in the 1960s?
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What exact number of minutes is the standard length of a televised half-hour program excluding commercials in the 1970s?
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What was the first name of Queen Elizabeth II's father?
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What city is home to the landmark Golden Gate Bridge?
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What was the exact inaugural year of the AARP founded to advocate for older Americans?
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What year did color television broadcasts begin widely in the United States according to networks?
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What was the exact membership milestone AARP reported reaching in 1999 according to its records?
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Which American company introduced the first credit card made of plastic in 1959 replacing cardboard?
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Which director won the Palme d'Or in 1974 for 'The Conversation'?
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Which television show featured the catchphrase 'Live long and prosper'?
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Which actress starred in 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' in 1961?
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Which songwriter composed the 1966 hit 'Strangers in the Night' recorded by Frank Sinatra?
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Which artist painted 'Campbell's Soup Cans' in 1962?
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Which novel won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for a story set in New Orleans?
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