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, Neil Sedaka had a hit song in 1962 with "Next Door to ______________________".
[Choices: A Lady, An Angel, My Girl, Paradise, The Boss ]

2. Louise Suggs gained fame as a professional ______________________ in the Glory Daze.
[Choices: Softball player, Wrestler, Tennis player, Golfer, Cardsharp ]

3. Former Miss America Phyllis George served as a co-host on this show from 1974 to 1976:______________________.
[Choices: That's Incredible, Real People, Believe It or Not, Solid Gold, Candid Camera ]

4. Which masterpiece was attacked by a deranged assailant at St. Peter's Basilica in 1972?______________________
[Choices: Mona Lisa, Pieta, The Last Supper, Statue of David, Birth of Venus ]

5. Which songwriting team wrote the Motown classics "Baby Love" and "Jimmy Mack"?_____________________
[Choices: Leiber and Stoller, Holland-Dozier-Holland, Bacharach and David, Lennon and McCartney, Rodgers and Hart ]

6. We spend our leisure time differently thanks to this 1968 book by Dr. Kenneth Cooper:________________________.
[Choices: Aerobics, The Sensitive Man, Jogging, The Greening of America, I Want My MTV ]

7. Robert Redford and Paul Newman fleeced him in the 1973 classic "The Sting":_________________________.
[Choices: Charles Durning, Peter O'Toole, Ray Walston, James Earl Jones, Robert Shaw ]

8. Which famous movie star married a baseball hero in San Francisco on January 14, 1954?_____________________________
[Choices: Betty Grable, Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, Mamie van Doren, Jane Russell ]

9. Which singer made "Release Me" a pop hit in 1967?____________________________
[Choices: Bobby Vinton, Paul Anka, Engelbert Humperdinck, Tom Jones, Wayne Newton ]

10. What drink line had flavors such as Goofy Grape and Rootin' Tootin' Raspberry?________________________
[Choices: Jolly Juice, Funny Face, Silly Stuff, Delicious Drink, Fruity Friends ]

11. Which show's theme song begins "Sunny day, sweeping the clouds away"?_______________________
[Choices: Sesame Street, The Electric Company, Captain Kangaroo, Hogan's Heroes, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood ]

12. Which toy made its debut in 1970?____________________________
[Choices: Magic 8 Ball, Nerf Ball, Lincoln Logs, Matchbox Cars, Slinky ]

13. "Oh, What a Night" was the more common name for this #1 Four Seasons song from 1976:_____________________________.
[Choices: Summer of 1968, June 1964, December 1963, November 1962, Spring Break 1967 ]

14. Rosa Parks was working as a ___________________ at the time of her bus protest in Montgomery, Alabama.
[Choices: Cook, Librarian, Nurse, Seamstress, Schoolteacher ]

15. This rogue cop sneered "Make My Day", and introduced a brand new pop culture slogan:_________________________.
[Choices: Kookie, Joe Friday, Mannix, T.J. Hooker, Harry Callahan ]






Answers:

1. An Angel [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_L6jXY5COI ]

2. Golfer [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Suggs ]

3. Candid Camera [see the section "TV history" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candid_Camera ]

4. Pieta [see the section "Damage" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieta_(Michelangelo) ]

5. Holland-Dozier-Holland [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holland-Dozier-Holland and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHCWCx01O90 for "Baby Love" ]

6. Aerobics [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_H._Cooper ]

7. Robert Shaw [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sting ]

8. Marilyn Monroe [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe ]

9. Engelbert Humperdinck [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOcW9gZv68A ]

10. Funny Face [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funny_Face_(drink_mix) ]

11. Sesame Street [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgb1eh1n3ng ]

12. Nerf ball [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerf ]

13. December 1963 [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDxhugRKZ8g ]

14. Seamstress [see the section "Early activism" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks ]

15. Harry Callahan [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_ahead,_make_my_day ]