1960s Trivia Quiz – 20 Questions

# 1: Who plays the title character in Zorba the Greek?

# 2: The Dirty Dozen is a 1967 American war film starring the following actors, except:

# 3: The 1966 album A Quick One was recorded by:

# 4: This a detail from an album released by which group:

# 5: This is a hit song by Roy Orbison. What’s the title?

# 6: What triggered the 100 Hour War between El Salvador and Honduras in 1969?

# 7: In the 1960s, Harold Holt was Prime Minister of which country?

# 8: Who plays the leading character Baby Jane Hudson in the 1962 version of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

# 9: Who wrote and had a hit with Elusive Butterfly in 1966?

Bobby Goldsboro Bob Lind Glen Campbell Jonathan King

Elusive Butterfly is written and recorded by Bob Lind. It was released as a single in December 1965 and peaked at #5 on Billboard Hot 100 and in U.K. In Australia, it entered the charts on April 10, 1966 and spent three weeks at #2 during July 1966.

# 10: Which band had a hit with Catch Us If You Can in 1965?

The Hollies The Troggs Dave Clark Five Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich

Catch Us If You Can is a song by The Dave Clark Five. It reached number 5 on the UK Singles Chart in the late summer of 1965 and number 4 on the U.S. Hot 100 chart.

# 12: All of the following artists performed at the Woodstock festival in 1969, except:

Grateful Dead Bob Dylan Jefferson Airplane Santana

Bob Dylan did not take the stage at the Woodstock Music and Art Fair. Instead, he played at the Isle of Wight Festival of Music, on August 31 the same year.

# 13: Who wrote A Spaniard in the Works, a book first published in 1965?

John Lennon (The Beatles) Bob Dylan Ray Davies (The Kinks) Julio Iglesias

A Spaniard in the Works is a book written by John Lennon and published in 1965. The book consists of the same type of poems, stories and drawings that was found in Lennon's previous book, In His Own Write.

The book ends: Linda forever,
Aya.
'Quand on veut un mouton, c'est preuve qu'on existe.'

# 14: In 1969, he had a hit with A Boy Named Sue:

Engelbert Humperdinck Marvin Gaye Lou Christie Johnny Cash

A Boy Named Sue is a song written by Shel Silverstein and made popular by Johnny Cash. Cash recorded the song live in concert on February 24, 1969 at California's San Quentin State Prison for his At San Quentin album.

# 15: The poet and singer Leonard Cohen was from which country?

Canada United States Australia Great Britain

Leonard Cohen was born in 1934 in Canada.

# 16: The 1967 album Between the Buttons is recorded by which band?

The Supremes The Monkees The Rolling Stones The Beach Boys

Between the Buttons is the fifth British and seventh American studio album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1967.

# 17: What nationality was John Steinbeck, the 1962 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature?

Irish Australian British American

John Ernst Steinbeck was an American writer. He was born in Salinas, California, United States. He was awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception.

# 18: Who plays the main character in Rosemary’s Baby?

Julie Andrews Grace Kelly Mia Farrow Janet Leigh

Rosemary's Baby is a 1968 American psychological horror film written and directed by Roman Polansk. It is based on a novel by Ira Levin. The cast features Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes.

# 19: Who plays a leading role in the movie Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)?

Frank Sinatra John Wayne Marlon Brando Yul Brynner

Mutiny on the Bounty is a 1962 film starring Marlon Brando and Trevor Howard. Carol Reed started directing the film, but was pulled out of the project and replaced by Lewis Milestone. Milestone is credited as director of the picture.

It was the first film to be officially filmed in Ultra Panavision 70 widescreen.

Nominated for seven Oscars, the film failed to win any of them.

# 20: A pop and rock music genre, developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1960s, got it’s name from this river:

Mersey Severn Thames Tweed

Merseybeat got its name after bands from Liverpool and nearby areas beside the River Mersey.

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