New Scaratings

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

1. "Futureworld", the 1976 sequel to "Westworld", starred ______________________ as Chuck Browning.
[Choices: Christopher Reeve, Michael Caine, Roy Scheider, Peter Fonda, Ryan O'Neal ]

2. Author Eric Knight created this beloved animal character:_____________________.
[Choices: Lassie, Felix the Cat, Benji, Gentle Ben, Rin Tin Tin ]

3. "Surfin' Bird" was the only Top 10 hit for this early 1960's quartet:___________________.
[Choices: The Trashmen, The Recycled Four, The Dumpsters, The Garbage Gang, The Doctors of Dirt ]

4. In 1975, Sara Jane Moore missed when she took a shot at ___________________ in San Francisco.
[Choices: James Schlesinger, Gerald Ford, Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon, J. Edgar Hoover ]

5. Which role did Richard Dawson play in the 1960's sitcom "Hogan's Heroes"?___________________
[Choices: Corporal James Kinchloe, Private Tully Pettigrew, Sergeant Andrew Carter, Corporal Peter Newkirk, Corporal Louis Lebeau ]

6. Michael Manley used this sect's rhetoric to help him become Jamaica's Prime Minister in 1972:______________________.
[Choices: Rastafarianism, Zoroastrianism, Daoism, Parseeism, Jainism ]

7. In 1977, the rock band Aerosmith told its listeners to:____________________.
[Choices: Make Me Smile, Do It to Me, Run to Him, Walk This Way, Get Back ]

8. In 1962, he made the first U.S. Earth orbits in the Mercury capsule Friendship 7:__________________.
[Choices: John Glenn, Andy Devine, Alan Shepard, Frank Borman, Chuck Yeager ]

9. The character of Lili von Shtupp appears in what 1974 film?______________________
[Choices: Pink Flamingoes, The Longest Yard, The Sting, Blazing Saddles, Man with the Golden Gun ]

10. All of these were major fads of the early 1950's except:____________________.
[Choices: Panty raids, Rubik's cube, Stamp collecting, Flying saucer sightings, Propeller-top beanies ]

11. Starting in late 1977, this group recorded six straight #1 singles:_____________________.
[Choices: Hall & Oates, The Doobie Brothers, Bee Gees, Commodores, Aerosmith ]

12. SEATO was an organization formed in 1954 to thwart the:___________________________.
[Choices: American labor movement, Spread of Communism, Creation of Israel, Civil rights movement, Influence of NATO ]

13. Who shook up the 1962 Oscar show with her singing of "Bachelor in Paradise"?_____________________
[Choices: Mamie van Doren, Jackie Kennedy, Nancy Sinatra, Ann-Margret, Petula Clark ]

14. Alfredo Stroessner was President of which South American country from 1954 to 1989?____________________
[Choices: Paraguay, Chile, Brazil, Cuba, Mexico ]

15. Merle Haggard formed his backup band The __________________ after signing with Capitol Records in 1965.
[Choices: Strangers, Fugitives, Okies, Loners, Inmates ]






Answers:

1. Peter Fonda [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futureworld ]

2. Lassie [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassie_Come_Home ]

3. The Trashmen [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Gc4QTqslN4 ]

4. Gerald Ford [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Jane_Moore ]

5. Newkirk [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawson ]

6. Rastafarianism [see https://debate.uvm.edu/dreadlibrary/hill.html and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Manley ]

7. Walk This Way [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL4uESRCnv8 ]

8. John Glenn [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-Atlas_6 ]

9. Blazing Saddles [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blazing_Saddles ]

10. Rubik's Cube [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubik's_Cube ]

11. Bee Gees [see the section "Saturday Night Fever and Spirits Having Flown" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee_Gees ]

12. Spread of Communism [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast ... ganization ]

13. Ann-Margret [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann-Margret and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjLvlO4F1L4 ]

14. Paraguay [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo_Stroessner ]

15. Strangers [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stran ... rican_band) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Haggard ]