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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. Whose album, "The Lord's Prayer", reached #1 on the pop charts in 1959?___________________
[Choices: Harlem Boys Choir, New Christy Minstrels, The Lennon Sisters, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, The Singing Nun ]

2. These are all common theories about the JFK assassination except:____________________.
[Choices: One man acting alone, Castro-inspired, Israeli intelligence, CIA conspiracy, Mafia hit ]

3. What movie gave us the unforgettable character Travis Bickle?_____________________
[Choices: Death Wish, Last Tango in Paris, Apocalypse Now, Easy Rider, Taxi Driver ]

4. "Misery is a Blind Date" is a 1967 bestseller by:_____________________.
[Choices: Mel Brooks, Conway Twitty, Johnny Carson, Sam Rayburn, Bob Hope ]

5. Which Oscar-winner starred in the 1971-72 TV series "The Smith Family"?__________________
[Choices: Jimmy Stewart, Henry Fonda, James Cagney, Jack Lemmon, Cliff Robertson ]

6. All of these are headlines form 1955 except:_______________________.
[Choices: Berlin Wall erected, West Germany joins NATO, Juan Peron ousted, AFL and CIO merge, James Dean dies ]

7. Which group asked the musical question "Why Can't We Be Friends" in a 1975 hit?____________________
[Choices: Ohio Players, The Spinners, The O'Jays, War, Whispers ]

8. Whose opposition to the U.S. hydrogen bomb cost him his security clearance in 1954?_____________________
[Choices: Niels Bohr, Albert Einstein, Frank Crosetti, Edward Teller, J. Robert Oppenheimer ]

9. Name the dance performed in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show":______________________ .
[Choices: Camel Walk, Bus Stop, Hypocrite, Time Warp, Hippy Hippy Shake ]

10. This comic strip of the 1960's was created by French artist Jean-Claude Forrest:____________________.
[Choices: Zippy, Barbarella, Babar, Dondi, Gasoline Alley ]

11. Greg Lake left ___________________ to join Emerson, Lake and Palmer in 1970.
[Choices: The Red Crayola, King Crimson, Moby Grape, The Yardbirds, The Moody Blues ]

12. The Jean Hersholt and Irving Thalberg Awards are presented at the __________________ Awards ceremonies.
[Choices: Academy, Emmy, Grammy, Tony, Golden Globe ]

13. Mike, Robbie and Chip were brothers on what 1960's TV show?___________________
[Choices: The Partridge Family, The Brady Bunch, Here Come the Brides, My Three Sons, Petticoat Junction ]

14. Where did the 1984 Summer Olympics take place?___________________
[Choices: Atlanta, Los Angeles, Sydney, Montreal, Tokyo ]

15. In 1970, Bobbie Gentry's soft country voice declared, "I'll Never ________________ Again".
[Choices: Let You Go, Dream Good Dreams, Tie the Knot, See the Light, Fall in Love ]






Answers:

1. Mormon Tabernacle Choir [see https://www.discogs.com/The-Mormon-Tabe ... se/3128429 ; for a more recent version by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj0hr8oqqx8 (3:09). In 1958, the same musicians gave a stirring rendition of "On Great Lone Hills" at the end of Sibelius' "Finlandia"; see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5G7ejiu5bU (from 4:50-8:20) . For a more recent version, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLB39upA88Y (4:48). For the English words by Amy S. Bridgman, see https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/USMA- ... Lone-Hills .]

2. Israeli intelligence

3. Taxi Driver [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxi_Driver ]

4. Johnny Carson [see https://www.amazon.com/Misery-Blind-Dat ... B000UQ9K6E ]

5. Henry Fonda [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smith ... (TV_series) ]

6. Berlin Wall erected [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Wall (erected in 1961)]

7. War [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_Can't ... nds?_(song) and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DmYLrxR0Y8 ]

8. J. Robert Oppenheimer [see the section "Security hearing" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Robert_Oppenheimer ]

9. Time Warp [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w0WPkB3XJ4 ]

10. Barbarella [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbarella_(comics) ]

11. King Crimson [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Lake ]

12. Academy [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Hersholt and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Thalberg ]

13. My Three Sons [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Three_Sons ]

14. Los Angeles [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Summer_Olympics ]

15. Fall in Love [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I'll_Neve ... Love_Again and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r3E9AkRV-8 ]