1960s Trivia Quiz: How Much Do You Remember?
How much do you remember about the swinging 60s? This 1960s trivia quiz features 20 multiple-choice questions and answers about classic TV shows, toys, fashion, music, movies and the Space Race. From Bewitched and go-go boots to S&H Green Stamps and Apollo 8, revisit familiar favourites and discover surprising stories behind the decade's iconic products and pop culture.
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Question 1: Which TV show featured a witch named Samantha Stephens?
I Dream of Jeannie
Bewitched
The Addams Family
Gilligan's Island
Question 2: Which band made its famous US TV debut on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964?
The Rolling Stones
The Beach Boys
The Beatles
The Monkees
Question 3: What did Neil Armstrong become in 1969?
First person in space
First person to walk on the Moon
First person to orbit Earth
First person to reach the South Pole
Question 4: Which Mattel doll, introduced in 1959, was a bestseller through the 1960s?
Chatty Cathy
Raggedy Ann
Barbie
Cabbage Patch Kid
Question 5: What were the popular knee-high boots of 1960s fashion called?
Go-go boots
Chelsea boots
Wellingtons
Moon boots
Question 6: Which sitcom was set in the small town of Mayberry?
Petticoat Junction
Green Acres
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Andy Griffith Show
Question 7: What were S&H Green Stamps used for?
Mailing letters
Redeeming for merchandise
Paying bus fares
Entering raffles
Question 8: Who was US President during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis?
Dwight Eisenhower
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Question 9: Which 1966 Beach Boys album is called a landmark of the decade?
Pet Sounds
Surfin' Safari
Smiley Smile
Sunflower
Question 10: Which dance craze did Chubby Checker's 1960 hit popularise?
The Twist
The Mashed Potato
The Watusi
The Hully Gully
Question 11: Which sitcom family lived at 1313 Mockingbird Lane?
The Addams Family
The Munsters
The Flintstones
The Cleavers
Question 12: In which year was the Berlin Wall built?
1957
1959
1961
1965
Question 13: Which 1960 show was the first animated sitcom in prime time?
The Jetsons
Top Cat
Yogi Bear
The Flintstones
Question 14: Which company launched the Mustang in 1964?
Chevrolet
Ford
Dodge
Pontiac
Question 15: What was the first James Bond film released in 1962?
From Russia with Love
Goldfinger
Dr. No
Thunderball
Question 16: Which 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film featured the Bates Motel?
Vertigo
Psycho
North by Northwest
The Birds
Question 17: What was the name of the spacecraft John Glenn flew to orbit Earth in 1962?
Freedom 7
Liberty Bell 7
Friendship 7
Aurora 7
Question 18: Which 1965 spy-spoof sitcom starred Don Adams as Agent 86?
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
I Spy
Get Smart
The Wild Wild West
Question 19: Who became the first woman in space in 1963?
Sally Ride
Valentina Tereshkova
Amelia Earhart
Svetlana Savitskaya
Question 20: Which mission first carried astronauts around the Moon, in December 1968?
Apollo 8
Apollo 7
Apollo 10
Gemini 12