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

1. In 1963, this actor was nominated for an Oscar for his role as bawdy playboy Tom Jones:_____________________.
[Choices: Peter O'Toole, Albert Finney, Melvyn Douglas, Richard Burton, Michael Caine ]

2. What valuable jewel did "Murph the Surf" heist in 1964?____________________
[Choices: Faberge egg, Bengal Ruby, Star of India, Victoria Sapphire, Hope Diamond ]

3. Who pioneered the 1960's "Jazz-Rock" genre with songs like "You've Made Me So Very Happy"?____________________
[Choices: Jethro Tull, The Rascals, War, Cream, Blood Sweat & Tears ]

4. Who discussed pivotal White House choices in the bestseller "Year of Decisions"?____________________
[Choices: Adlai Stevenson, Richard Nixon, Dwight Eisenhower, Dean Acheson, Harry Truman ]

5. Dick van Patten played the father in this TV show that first aired in 1977:___________________.
[Choices: The Partridge Family, The Brady Bunch, The Waltons, Happy Days, Eight is Enough ]

6. In the 1960's, Billy Hardwick and Dick Weber were champions in the sport of:______________________.
[Choices: Bowling, Surfing, Tennis, Golf, Baseball ]

7. Finish the song title: "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie __________________ Bikini".
[Choices: Tattletale Gray, Scarlet Paisley, Yellow Polka Dot, Magenta Striped, Chartreuse Plaid ]

8. This unstable country experienced two military coups within three months in 1963-64:______________________.
[Choices: Turkey, Chile, Indonesia, Algeria, South Vietnam ]

9. Who directed the 1967 film "The Graduate"?______________________
[Choices: Woody Allen, Stanley Kubrick, Robert Altman, Spike Lee, Mike Nichols ]

10. Production of this carmaker's Avanti model ceased in 1984 after more than two decades:___________________.
[Choices: Jaguar, Lincoln, Renault, Triumph, Studebaker ]

11. Rock star Janis Joplin grew up in:______________________.
[Choices: Joplin, Missouri; Port Arthur, Texas; Los Angeles, California; Ann Arbor, Michigan; Macon, Georgia ]

12. Switzerland's ____________________ road tunnel opened in 1980 after 11 years of construction.
[Choices: St. Gotthard, Arlberg, Apennine, Mt. Blanc, Mount Royal ]

13. Walter Cronkite replaced ____________________ at the CBS anchor desk in 1962.
[Choices: Laurence Spivak, John Cameron Swayze, Edward R. Murrow, Doug Edwards, Chet Huntley ]

14. Which dance dates from the 1970's?_____________________
[Choices: Kangaroo Dip, Funky Chicken, Fox Trot, Fish Walk, Crab Step ]

15. "What a Difference a Day Makes" was a Top 10 Song for this jazz-blues vocalist in 1960:______________________.
[Choices: Carmen McRae, Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan ]





Answers:

1. Albert Finney [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Jones_(1963_film) ]

2. Star of India [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Roland_Murphy and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_of_India_(gem) ]

3. Blood, Sweat & Tears [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKuqaZ0DQtk ]

4. Harry Truman [see https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/355 ... _Decisions ]

5. Eight is Enough [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Is_Enough ]

6. Bowling [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Weber and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Hardwick ]

7. Yellow Polka Dot [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICkWjdQuK7Q ]

8. South Vietnam [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963_Sout ... amese_coup , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguyen_Khanh and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965_Sout ... amese_coup ]

9. Mike Nichols [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Graduate ]

10. Studebaker [the year 1984 was arguably wrong, as Studebaker went out of business and became the Avanti Motor Corporation (1964-66); see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studebaker_Avanti for the car made in 1962-63, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avanti_(car) for the 1988-89 car. ]

11. Port Arthur, Texas [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janis_Joplin ]

12. St. Gotthard [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthard_Road_Tunnel ]

13. Doug Edwards [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Edwards ]

14. Funky chicken [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_(dance) and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwafG-QvEFc ]

15. Dinah Washington [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmBxVfQTuvI ]