60s Trivia Jeopardy

The British Invasion, the space race, Woodstock and the TV of the day, collected on a 1960s nostalgia board. Copy it free; everyone buzzes in by phone.

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60s Music

$200
About 73 million Americans watched this Liverpool band on The Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964.
Who are the Beatles?
$400
This 1969 festival on a dairy farm in Bethel, New York drew roughly 400,000 people.
What is Woodstock?
$600
This Queen of Soul had a 1967 number one hit with "Respect."
Who is Aretha Franklin?
$800
Diana Ross led this Motown trio to hits like "Where Did Our Love Go" and "Baby Love."
Who are the Supremes?
$1,000
Brian Wilson masterminded this California band's 1966 album "Pet Sounds."
Who are the Beach Boys?

The Space Race

$200
In April 1961, this Soviet cosmonaut became the first human in space.
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
$400
In 1962, this astronaut became the first American to orbit Earth.
Who is John Glenn?
$600
In 1961, this president challenged the nation to land a man on the Moon before the decade was out.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
$800
The Apollo 11 lunar module that touched down on the Moon had this bird's name.
What is Eagle?
$1,000
In 1965, Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov made the first one of these, floating outside his spacecraft.
What is a spacewalk?

60s Television

$200
This 1960 prime-time cartoon sitcom followed a Stone Age family in the town of Bedrock.
What is The Flintstones?
$400
Captain Kirk commanded the starship Enterprise in this series that premiered in 1966.
What is Star Trek?
$600
Deputy Barney Fife kept the peace, clumsily, in Mayberry on this sitcom.
What is The Andy Griffith Show?
$800
Seven castaways were stranded on a remote Pacific island in this sitcom that premiered in 1964.
What is Gilligan's Island?
$1,000
Barbara Eden played a 2,000-year-old genie who lives with an astronaut in this sitcom.
What is I Dream of Jeannie?

60s Movies

$200
Julie Andrews played Maria, governess to the seven von Trapp children, in this 1965 musical.
What is The Sound of Music?
$400
This 1960 Alfred Hitchcock thriller is remembered for its shower scene at the Bates Motel.
What is Psycho?
$600
Dustin Hoffman played Benjamin Braddock, pursued by Mrs. Robinson, in this 1967 film.
What is The Graduate?
$800
Sean Connery first played James Bond in this 1962 film.
What is Dr. No?
$1,000
The computer HAL 9000 turns on its crew in this 1968 Stanley Kubrick film.
What is 2001: A Space Odyssey?

News and Events

$200
In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in this city.
What is Washington, D.C.?
$400
President Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963 while riding in a motorcade in this Texas city.
What is Dallas?
$600
In October 1962, Soviet nuclear missiles found in this Caribbean nation brought the world to the brink of war.
What is Cuba?
$800
Put up almost overnight in August 1961, this barrier split a German city in two.
What is the Berlin Wall?
$1,000
Signed by Lyndon Johnson, this 1964 law banned discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
What is the Civil Rights Act?

Fashion and Fads

$200
British designer Mary Quant is credited with popularizing this very short skirt.
What is the miniskirt?
$400
Invented in Britain in 1963, this lamp has blobs of colored wax rising and falling in liquid.
What is the lava lamp?
$600
This towering teased hairdo was named for the shape of an insect's home.
What is the beehive?
$800
Twisting and binding fabric before dyeing it produced the swirling psychedelic shirts of this craze.
What is tie-dye?
$1,000
This slender British model, born Lesley Hornby, became the face of 1966.
Who is Twiggy?

Final Jeopardy — The Space Race

While Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon in July 1969, this third Apollo 11 astronaut stayed in lunar orbit.

Who is Michael Collins?

How to run this board

The 1960s packed in a remarkable amount: the British Invasion, the space race and the Moon landing, civil rights marches, Woodstock, and a television boom. The board covers the decade's music, space race, TV, movies, news and events, and fashion and fads.

It is a good fit for a reunion, a milestone birthday, or a retirement party where the guests of honor remember the decade firsthand. Put it on the TV and let guests buzz in from their phones; younger relatives can hold the phone while an older teammate calls the answer.

Consider mixed-generation teams. The grandparents know the answers, the grandchildren know how to buzz fast, and both end up needing each other.

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