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. The soundtrack of this 1961 movie was one of Elvis Presley's biggest commercial successes:__________________________.
[Choices: Viva Las Vegas, Jailhouse Rock, Scorpio Rising, Blue Hawaii, Love Me Tender ]

2. In 1980, President Carter ordered a grain embargo against this nation:____________________.
[Choices: Argentina, Fenwick, France, China, Soviet Union ]

3. In the 1960's kids show "Davey and Goliath", Goliath was a talking:__________________.
[Choices: Bear, Dog, Cat, Frog, Mule ]

4. Which advertising slogan made its debut in 1948?_________________________
[Choices: A Diamond is Forever, Have It Your Way, This Bud's for You, Good to the Last Drop, Be All You Can Be ]

5. Which song is from the rock musical "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"?______________________
[Choices: What's the Buzz?, Heaven on Their Minds, Memory, Sweet Transvestite, All I Ask of You ]

6. Which famous African American married Coretta Scott?_____________________________
[Choices: Malcolm X, Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King Jr., Colin Powell, Jesse Jackson ]

7. Who directed the 1972 film "The Godfather"?____________________________
[Choices: Stanley Kubrick, Mario Puzo, John Huston, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese ]

8. City Lights in San Francisco is a _______________________ that became a famous meeting spot in the 1950's.
[Choices: Playhouse, Diner, Bookstore, Nightclub, Park ]

9. Philip Loeb was kicked off this 1950's comedy over allegations he was a Communist sympathizer:________________________.
[Choices: The Donna Reed Show, The Goldbergs, Ozzie and Harriet, Father Knows Best, I Love Lucy ]

10. Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper gained fame in 1968 with his book about:________________________.
[Choices: Aerobics, Political correctness, Surfing, Hippies, Preppies ]

11. "Axis: Bold as __________ " was the title of a 1968 hit album from The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
[Choices: Power, Hope, Time, Gold, Love ]

12. In 1979, Saudi troops captured the Grand Mosque in this holy city:____________________.
[Choices: Tel Aviv, Baghdad, Walla Walla, Jerusalem, Mecca ]

13. Whose 1960's television variety show featured dancers known as The Golddiggers?___________________________
[Choices: Jackie Gleason, Dean Martin, Andy Williams, Danny Kaye, Fred C. Dobbs ]

14. The first retirement community in the U.S. opened in 1960 in this state's Sun City:___________________.
[Choices: Maine, Arizona, Illinois, New Mexico, California ]

15. Which ex-Beatle had a hit with "No No Song" in 1975?________________________
[Choices: George Harrison, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Pete Best, Paul McCartney ]






Answers:

1. Blue Hawaii [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Hawaii ]

2. Soviet Union [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_St ... viet_Union ]

3. Dog [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davey_and_Goliath ]

4. A Diamond is Forever [see https://www.debeersgroup.com/the-group/ ... is-forever ]

5. Sweet Transvestite [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc80tFJpTuo ]

6. Martin Luther King Jr. [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coretta_Scott_King ]

7. Francis Ford Coppola [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Godfather ]

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

9. The Goldbergs [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goldb ... ast_series) ]

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

11. Love [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis:_Bold_as_Love ]

12. Mecca [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Grand_Mosque_seizure ]

13. Dean Martin [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golddiggers ]

14. Arizona [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_City,_Arizona ]

15. Ringo Starr [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_No_Song and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTGlwDTn9QE ]