1960S Trivia Question and Answers
1.
What year did the first man land on the moon?
Answer:
1969
2.
Who was the U.S. President at the start of the 1960s?
Answer:
Dwight D. Eisenhower
3.
Which popular music festival took place in 1969?
Answer:
Woodstock
4.
What is the name of the first artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union?
Answer:
Sputnik
5.
Who was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, in 1963?
Answer:
John F. Kennedy
6.
Which Civil Rights leader delivered the famous "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963?
Answer:
Martin Luther King Jr.
7.
What was the name of the conflict involving the United States in Southeast Asia during the 1960s?
Answer:
Vietnam War
8.
Which musical group released the album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" in 1967?
Answer:
The Beatles
9.
What significant event in the space race occurred on July 20, 1969?
Answer:
Apollo 11 landed on the moon.
10.
Who was the first African American woman elected to the U.S. Congress in 1968?
Answer:
Shirley Chisholm
11.
What famous cartoon character debuted in a popular television show in 1960?
Answer:
The Flintstones
12.
What was the name of the treaty that limited nuclear arms in 1968?
Answer:
The Nuclear NonProliferation Treaty
13.
Who painted "The Persistence of Memory," a famous surrealist painting that gained popularity in the 1960s?
Answer:
Salvador Dalí
14.
Which landmark U.S. Supreme Court case ruled that school-sponsored prayer was unconstitutional in 1962?
Answer:
Engel v. Vitale
15.
What was the name of the first commercially successful jet airliner, which entered service in the 1960s?
Answer:
Boeing 707
16.
Who was the lead singer of The Supremes in the 1960s?
Answer:
Diana Ross
17.
What was the name of the U.S. military operation that increased troop levels in Vietnam in 1965?
Answer:
Operation Rolling Thunder
18.
Which famous rock festival took place in California in 1967?
Answer:
Monterey Pop Festival
19.
What iconic television show premiered in 1966 featuring a futuristic starship?
Answer:
Star Trek
20.
Who was the first woman in space, flying aboard Vostok 6 in 1963?
Answer:
Valentina Tereshkova
21.
What car became a cultural icon of the 1960s, known for its sporty design and performance?
Answer:
Ford Mustang
22.
In what year did the Beatles famously perform on "The Ed Sullivan Show"?
Answer:
1964
23.
What landmark legislation was passed in the United States in 1964, outlawing discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin?
Answer:
Civil Rights Act
24.
Which U.S. Supreme Court case established the principle of "one man, one vote" in 1964?
Answer:
Reynolds v. Sims
25.
What genre of music rose to prominence in the 1960s, characterized by an upbeat rhythm and themes of peace and love?
Answer:
Psychedelic rock
26.
Who directed the iconic film "Easy Rider," released in 1969?
Answer:
Dennis Hopper
27.
Which environmental organization was founded in 1969 to advocate for ecological issues?
Answer:
Greenpeace
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