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15 Questions, 1000 Points each, Points decrease rapidly from 4 to 20 seconds after posting of Question & 5 Choices, and with 3 Clues:

1. What band had a hit with the autobiographical song "Creeque Alley"?___________________
[Choices: Deep Purple, The Mamas and the Papas, The Band, The Byrds, Creedence Clearwater ]

2. General Motors recalled 6.7 million ___________________ in 1971.
[Choices: Cadillacs, Pontiacs, Chevrolets, Oldsmobiles, Buicks ]

3. What crime did Elvis allegedly commit in "Jailhouse Rock"?_____________________
[Choices: Armed robbery, Hit and run, Jaywalking, Assault and battery, Manslaughter ]

4. Egypt's President Nasser decided to nationalize the Suez Canal in 1956 in order to pay for a:____________________.
[Choices: Dam, Presidential palace, Military buildup, Golf course, Tunnel ]

5. Barbra Streisand sang in a 974 hit that she had "___________________ memories of the way we were."
[Choices: Tried and true, Clear as crystal, Blissful, Misty watercolor, Pink cotton candy ]

6. The first heart transplant was performed in 1967 in:__________________________.
[Choices: South Africa, Canada, United States, Great Britain, France ]

7. Who played the lead role in the campy 1960's TV series "Batman"?______________________
[Choices: Adam West, Robert Wagner, James Garner, Robert Conrad, James Earl Jones ]

8. This video game by Atari helped spark the video game industry in the 1970's:____________________.
[Choices: Mortal Kombat, Firepower, Sonic, Pong, Black Knight ]

9. "Hold Your Head Up" and "Liar" were early 1970's hits for what band?_____________________
[Choices: Renaissance, Argent, Deep Purple, Small Faces, Jethro Tull ]

10. The first space station, launched by the Soviet Union on April 19, 1971, was named:_____________________.
[Choices: Yuri I, Soyuz I, Salyut I, Volkov I, Titov I ]

11. What 1976 movie was about the Watergate scandal?____________________________
[Choices: All the President's Men, The Manchurian Candidate, The Longest Yard, Day for Night, The Conversation ]

12. Which celebrity had his own comic strip from 1949 to 1961?____________________
[Choices: Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Groucho Marx, John Wayne, Humphrey Bogart ]

13. Who shed "96 Tears" of joy in 1966 when their song of that title hit #1 on the charts?______________________
[Choices: The Monkees, ? and the Mysterians, 'N Sync, The Kinks, Strawberry Alarm Clock ]

14. What U.S. President appointed William Colby as Director of the CIA in the 1970's?______________________
[Choices: Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Pierre Trudeau, Lyndon Johnson ]

15. The 1970's TV show "Owen Marshall" was about a:______________________.
[Choices: Lawyer, Crime reporter, College professor, Doctor, Fire chief ]






Answers:

1. The Mamas and the Papas [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32qxM0BJyOY ]

2. Chevrolet [see https://www.autosafety.org/chevrolet-motor-mounts/ ]

3. Manslaughter [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jailhouse_Rock_(film) . For the song, and Elvis' version, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jailhouse_Rock_(song) and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpsUOOfb-vE ]

4. Dam [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Crisis and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aswan_Dam ]

5. Misty watercolor [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NqBWLeP9f4 ]

6. South Africa [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiaan_Barnard ]

7. Adam West [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(TV_series) . For a hilarious clip from the movie starring Adam West, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A54ouDOmIS0 , titled "Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb". ]

8. Pong [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pong ]

9. Argent [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBnSWJHawQQ , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hold_Your_Head_Up and https://www.songfacts.com/lyrics/argent ... ur-head-up ]

10. Salyut I [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salyut_1 ]

11. All the President's Men [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_P ... _Men_(film) ]

12. Roy Rogers [They were actually comic books from 1948-1961, not comic strips, but I (REACH) at Buster's Bar, Ottawa ON called this anyway, as Roy had a hit TV series in the interval. See the section "Cowboy actor comics" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_comics and https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?tid=20442&pgi=101 ]

13. ? and the Mysterians [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7uC5m-IRns and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/?_and_the_Mysterians . For the strange plot of the Japanese science fiction movie whose name inspired the group, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mysterians . At about the same time, Susan Sontag's 1966 book "Against Interpretation" contained the essay "The imagination of disaster" which may be still relevant today; see http://raley.english.ucsb.edu/wp-conten ... saster.pdf ]

14. Richard Nixon [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Colby ]

15. Lawyer [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Mars ... lor_at_Law ]

Re Answer to Q13: for info on the group, try https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Question_ ... Mysterians .