1960s Random Trivia Quiz – 20 Questions

Songs of Leonard Cohen is the debut album of Canadian musician Leonard Cohen. It was released in 1967. The album had little success in United States, but reached #13 in UK and spent nearly a year and a half in the UK album charts.

Rome hosted the 1960 Summer Olympics.

The song All Along The Watchtower starts:
There must be some way out of here, said the joker to the thief,
There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief.
Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth,
None of them along the line know what any of it is worth.

In 1964, Bobby Vinton had his third number one hit on Billboard Hot 100 with There! I've Said It Again. The song was written and composed by R. Evans and D. Mann. It reached number 34 in UK.

Charles de Gaulle was the dominant military and political leader of France for much of the period from 1940 to 1969. He held the office as President between 8 January 1959 and 28 April 1969.

I Love How You Love Me was a hit by the Paris Sisters. It was written by Barry Mann and Larry Kolber, produced by Phil Spector.

The version by Paris Sisters reached number 5 on the charts in 1961. Bobby Vinton took the song to No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968.

Harold Holt was an Australian politician and the 17th Prime Minister of Australia. He was Prime Minister for only 22 months before he disappeared in December 1967 while swimming, and was presumed drowned.

The first settled line-up consisted of Brian Jones, Ian Stewart, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman, and Charlie Watts.

Stewart was very quickly removed from the official line-up, but continued as occasional pianist until his death in 1985.

The women's 100 metres sprint event at the 1960 Olympic Games was won by Wilma Rudolph (United States). Dorothy Hyman (Great Britain) finished second, and Giuseppina Leone (Italy) finished third.

Rudolph became the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field during a single Olympic Games.

Midnight Cowboy is a 1969 film based on the 1965 novel of the same name by James Leo Herlihy. It stars Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman.

Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) is a song by the Beatles, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. It was first released on the album Rubber Soul, 1965.

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.

West Side Story is a 1961 musical drama directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. The film is an adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical of the same name. The story is inspired by William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.

The film stars Richard Beymer, George Chakiris, Rita Moreno, Russ Tamblyn, and Natalie Wood. The film was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and won 10, including Best Picture.

Some of the songs from the film include Somewhere, Maria, and America. None for nominated for an Award.

Death of a Clown was first released as a single a credited Dave Davies, but the song also appeared on the Kinks' album Something Else by The Kinks, released later in 1967.

Nashville Skyline is the ninth studio album by Bob Dylan, released on April 9, 1969.

Janet Leigh was awarded the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and received an Academy Award nomination for her role as Marion Crane in Psycho.

The Professionals is a 1966 American western written, produced, and directed by Richard Brooks. It starred Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, and Claudia Cardinale, with Jack Palance, Ralph Bellamy, and Woody Strode in supporting roles.

U Thant was a Burmese diplomat and the third Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971.

Idris was the first and only king of Libya. He reigned from 1951 to 1969, when Muammar Gaddafi took power in a coup. The monarchy was abolished and a republic proclaimed. Muammar Gaddafi stayed in power for 42 years until 2011.

Paul Revere & the Raiders appeared regularly on national television in the U.S. , most notably on Dick Clark's Where the Action Is, Happening '68, and It's Happening. Where the Action Is had its own stable of performers, most notably Paul Revere & the Raiders, who served as the de facto house band. When the group departed the show in 1966, they were replaced by The Robbs.