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. Which crooner sang "Beauty School Dropout" in the film "Grease"?____________________________
[Choices: Del Shannon, Roger Daltrey, Frankie Avalon, Slim Whitman, Bobby Vinton ]

2. The first UNIVAC business computer was purchased by the ______________________ in 1951.
[Choices: Census Bureau, Smithsonian Institute, American Red Cross, Air Force, Internal Revenue Service ]

3. The 1969 movie "Paint Your Wagon" shows Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin as partners in the:____________________.
[Choices: Train to Santa Fe, Texas Rangers, Bootlegging industry, California gold rush, Battle of Little Bighorn ]

4. In the 1960's, this Pacific island was the site of U.S. nuclear testing:______________________.
[Choices: Fiji, Christmas, Guam, Pitcairn, Cooks ]

5. Mary Tyler Moore starred in what 1960's sitcom?_________________________
[Choices: My Mother the Car, Laugh-In, Bewitched, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Green Acres ]

6. Herbert Stempel altered the pastime of many when he blew the whistle on this industry:______________________.
[Choices: Church Bingo, TV quiz show, Beauty contest, Slot machine, Radio Top 40 ]

7. This jazz pianist's quartet recorded the 1973 hit single "Chameleon":__________________________.
[Choices: Cecil Taylor, Herbie Hancock, Oliver Nelson, Chet Baker, Art Tatum ]

8. Which clothing fad was especially popular in the late 1950's?___________________________
[Choices: Bell-bottom pants, Leisure suits, Zoot suits, Mood rings, Saddle shoes ]

9. Who played the relentlessly kooky coed in the 1969 film "The Sterile Cuckoo"?______________________
[Choices: Liza Minnelli, Goldie Hawn, Connie Francis, Susan Anton, Barbara Streisand ]

10. It became the first airline to regularly screen movies during flights in 1961:___________________.
[Choices: Trans-Vermont, Nepal, Continental, TWA, United ]

11. In television's "The Odd Couple", ___________________ was the fussy compulsive cleaner.
[Choices: Milton, Felix, Mordecai, Oscar, Harry ]

12. What were Freedom Riders known for riding in the 1960's?___________________________
[Choices: Surfboards, Trains, Buses, Bikes, Planes ]

13. The world watched as these men participated in the first televised Presidential debates:_____________________.
[Choices: Nixon/Kennedy, Bush/Clinton/Perot, Eisenhower/Stevenson, Carter/Ford, Johnson/Goldwater ]

14. Who portrayed NFL great Gale Sayers in the movie "Brian's Song"?________________________
[Choices: Wally Cox, Danny Glover, Billy Dee Williams, Sidney Poitier, Louis Gossett Jr. ]

15. John Lennon and Yoko Ono held a Bed-In for Peace in a hotel room in this city in 1969:___________________.
[Choices: Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver, Niagara Falls, Brockville ]






Answers:

1. Frankie Avalon [see the sections "Soundtrack" and "Secondary cast" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grease_(film) ]

2. Census Bureau [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNIVAC_I and https://www.census.gov/history/www/inno ... ssing.html ]

3. California gold rush [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paint_Your_Wagon_(film) and for a clip from The Simpsons' parody, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM5-xFenaZI ]

4. Christmas [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiritimati ]

5. Dick Van Dyke Show [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dick_Van_Dyke_Show ]

6. TV quiz show [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Stempel ]

7. Herbie Hancock [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbkqE4fpvdI (for Chameleon); some of you may remember his "Rockit" from 1984, available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHhD4PD75zY .]

8. Saddle shoes [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddle_shoe ]

9. Liza Minnelli [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sterile_Cuckoo ]

10. TWA [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-flight_entertainment ]

11. Felix [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Odd_C ... _TV_series) ]

12. Buses [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Riders ]

13. Nixon/Kennedy [see the section "Debates" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_Unit ... l_election ]

14. Billy Dee Williams [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian's_Song ]

15. Montreal [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed-Ins_for_Peace ]