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1960s Decade Quiz #2

Do you have what it takes to guess these facts about the 1960s?
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First submittedFebruary 12, 2015
Times taken44,688
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Country where the Soviet Union placed nuclear missiles in 1962
Cuba
Language that Catholic masses were held in prior to the Second Vatican Council
Latin
American city that had a "Summer of Love" in 1967
San Francisco
Dance that was popularized by Chubby Checker
The Twist
British actor who Elizabeth Taylor married and divorced for the first time
Richard Burton
Country whose "Great Leap Forward" caused the deaths of tens of millions
of people due to famine
China
Sex symbol who sang "Happy Birthday, Mr. President"
Marilyn Monroe
Couple who stayed in bed for an entire week in Amsterdam, for peace
John Lennon & Yoko Ono
Cult leader whose "family" killed actress Sharon Tate and others
Charles Manson
President of France for most of the decade
Charles de Gaulle
Broadway musical which had a notorious nude scene
Hair
Doll that was introduced as Barbie's boyfriend
Ken
Article of clothing which Nikita Khrushchev supposedly banged against his desk
at a meeting of the UN
Shoe
Brand of sugary beverage mix consumed by astronauts
Tang
Event hosted by Seattle in 1962, New York City in 1964, and Montreal in 1967
The World's Fair
Model of American spy plane that was shot down over Russia
U-2
Influential book written by Betty Friedan
The Feminine Mystique
Author of "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Harper Lee
Period of violence that began in Northern Ireland
The Troubles
Revolution ushered in by the introduction of "the pill" in 1960
The Sexual Revolution
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41 Comments
Sulps
+6
Level 55
Aug 15, 2015
I only got 2. I'm obviously not an American or interested in hippie culture.
cranbeckh
+11
Level 69
Aug 15, 2015
Hippie Culture? That made no sense
Sulps
+3
Level 55
Aug 16, 2015
About a third of the questions are about hippie culture. I didn't know any of them. Even the image next to the quiz is of a hippie.
ColoHarpare
+15
Level 49
Aug 16, 2015
2 of the questions were about "hippie culture". That's 10 percent. Maybe 3, if you count John Lennon and Yoko Ono as hippies. Still not a third....
Sifhraven
+2
Level 76
Mar 11, 2020
Agreed, maybe he meant questions that are set during the hippie period? Cause the questions themselves indeed rarely are about the hippie culture itself. Then again, the 2nd comment again mentioned hippie culture specifically... *shrugs* I give up... no idea how to explain this haha.

I am very curious now though which other 4-5 questions sulps thought had to do with hippie culture

Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Mar 11, 2020
I would think and hope not violence/politics. so World fair, Sammy davis jr., Twist, and Monroe? (I also discounted space, toys, books and actors as subjects) are the only ones that would "make sense" (music and events) though they dont at all. I dont know anything about hippy culture either, but they are famous enough to know they do not have anything to do with hippies.
ander217
+1
Level 73
May 14, 2020
I grew up in the '60s and at most, as ColoHarpare and Sifraven said, three questions are about hippie culture which didn't begin in the US until the middle of the decade. And that photo may be a hippie look, but it appears too modern to really be from the '60s.
tshalla
+1
Level 78
May 21, 2022
Summer of Love. That's it. I hope birth control isn't being reduced to a hippie thing. The Twist doesn't fit either.
richiesyxx
+1
Level 74
May 21, 2022
I got 19 and I am neither American, nor a hippy. I also wasn’t alive in the 1960s. Although, I have absolutely no idea what Tang is/was. But I have a funny feeling that I probably don’t want to know either.
wyocowgirl
+1
Level 80
May 21, 2022
Tang is delicious! I grew up on it.
JWatson24
+1
Level 71
May 21, 2022
There's so much more to the '60s than just hippie culture. I recommend actually reading about it before coming to generalizations like this.
nanook
+2
Level 50
Aug 15, 2015
The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer was a far more influential book.
tom88
+3
Level 77
Feb 16, 2016
so?
Quizmaster
+15
Level ∞
Jan 3, 2020
It wasn't. Also, it was written in 1970.
grantdon
+1
Level 74
May 15, 2020
1970 is the last year of the 1960s...
Djilas
+14
Level 86
Jan 30, 2022
Nah. 1970 is the last year of the seventh decade of the 20th century, but 1960s are what the name says. 1960-1969.
RobNobody
+2
Level 80
May 21, 2022
@grantdon - 1970 is in the '70s. It's right there: 1970.
Clarisse451
+4
Level 64
Aug 15, 2015
Should "Expo" count as a common nickname for "The World's Fair"?
OHNOTHIMAGEN
+1
Level 52
Nov 14, 2021
Yes, of course. I know it as "EXPO" too, but no chance here.
bakainu
+1
Level 70
Dec 2, 2021
Yeah, the Montreal one was called Expo 67, not World Fair.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jan 30, 2022
Expo will work now.
Hdny42
+7
Level 66
Aug 15, 2015
Little known trivia fact, the working title of 'X-Men Days of Future Past' was 'X-Men The Feminine Mystique.'

Of course, one should always remember the famous Abraham Lincoln quote: 'Don't believe everything you read on the internet.'

Pimbard6
+1
Level 66
Aug 17, 2015
"Ancient" history? I got 20 out of 20 with 3:09 remaining.
ander217
+3
Level 73
Aug 17, 2015
Oh! Calcutta! should also work for the musical with a notorious nude scene.
Rozzi
+2
Level 61
Aug 21, 2015
agreed - that was what I put first
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Jan 30, 2022
Oh! Calcutta! will work now.
PoetsCorner
+1
Level 87
Aug 29, 2022
The question specifies "Broadway Musical" for which the only correct answer is Hair. Oh Calcutta premiered Off-Broadway in 1969 and didn't perform on Broadway until seven years later.
jajaco2017
+1
Level 56
Mar 18, 2017
the Nikita Khrushchev shoe event never happend
divantilya
+2
Level 36
Apr 13, 2018
It did.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Jan 3, 2020
We'll never know... There are conflicting reports:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe-banging_incident

Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Mar 11, 2020
Nikita is a guy?? what?
ander217
+3
Level 73
May 14, 2020
Sure looked like a guy to me when he was yelling on TV.
loganite
+1
Level 93
Jan 30, 2022
Accept contraceptive revolution and birth control revolution? Several articles refer to it as such.
tbolt
+6
Level 79
Jan 30, 2022
When I grew up in the 60's it was known as the "Sexual Revolution"...nothing else.
ghanburighan
+6
Level 85
Jan 30, 2022
I didn't realise De Gaulle and Krushchev were American - sure they would have been pleased!

My Geog must be outdated if Northern Ireland has become part of the USA.

I'm British and dislike the abundance of American sport quizzes, but they are obviously popular. I just don't do any.

Yes - there are a lot of mainly US quizzes, but if the majority of users are American that is to be expected.

If you don't like it - create quizzes yourself and encourage others to do likewise.

Please stop moaning.

APHill
+2
Level 76
Feb 2, 2022
The normative language of the Mass as of 1969 is also Latin, FYI.
BejusRice
+1
Level 65
Dec 22, 2024
Found the catholic
Bryfle
+1
Level 73
Jan 14, 2024
Tang? Is that where Tango came from?
PoetsCorner
+1
Level 87
Jun 4, 2024
Yes, that is indeed where Tango came from.
JackintheBox
+2
Level 82
Oct 30, 2024
I tried The Feminine 'Physique'.
timshorts
+1
Level 61
Nov 8, 2024
The only Sharon Tate that I have heard of is a character out of Emmerdale Farm, but I can't remember her being murdered.
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