More Sixties Trivia Quiz Questions

The Sand Pebbles is a 1966 war film directed by Robert Wise. It stars Steve McQueen as Machinist's Mate 1st Class Jake Holman. A role for which Steve McQueen was nominated for an Oscar.

Joe Butler, Steve Boone, John Sebastian, and Zal Yanovsky were members of the Lovin' Spoonful, formed in New York City, NY.

Bits and Pieces is a 1964 hit by The Dave Clark Five. The single reached number two in the UK and number four in the US.

They Shoot Horses, Don't They? is a 1969 American film directed by Sydney Pollack. The story revolves around a group of contestants desperate to win a Depression-era dance marathon. The leading roles are played by Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York, Bruce Dern, Bonnie Bedelia, and Gig Young.

The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards, but not for Best Picture (a record). The film only won in one category. Gig Young got an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.

Dizzy is a number one hit originally recorded by Tommy Roe. It topped the Billboard Hot from the week ending March 15 until April 5 in 1969. The song also topped the charts in Canada and U.K.

Jean-Paul Sartre was awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature for his work which, rich in ideas and filled with the spirit of freedom and the quest for truth, has exerted a far-reaching influence on our age. Sartre refused to accept the prize.

Sartre was a key figure in the philosophy of existentialism and phenomenology.

The Nobel Prize in literature has not been awarded to Marguerite Duras, Douglas Adams, or Mikhail Bulgakov.

In Dreams is the 4th LP record by Roy Orbison - it was released in 1963. Bob Dylan's Bringing It All Back Home is his 5th album, released in 1965. From Nowhere and Strangers in the Night were both released in 1966.

German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany), started building the Berlin Wall on 13 August 1961. Harold Wilson becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1964. The Prague Spring began in 1968. Muammar Gaddafi overthrows monarchy in Libya in 1969.

I'm Gonna Make You Mine is a song by Lou Christie. It spent 12 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 10. In UK it reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart.

The quote is from The Graduate, a 1967 American comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols and starring Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, and Katharine Ross.