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 films "The Front" and "Guilty by Suspicion" both deal with this issue:____________________________.
[Choices: UFO cover-ups, Profumo affair, Watergate, JFK assassination, McCarthyism ]

2. In 1964, Congress gave LBJ authority to strike against North Vietnam for attacks in:_________________________.
[Choices: China Bay, Cambodia, Mongolia, The Bay of Bengal, The Gulf of Tonkin ]

3. Which 1970's character had a fondness for cigars and ethnic slurs?_______________________
[Choices: Barney Miller, Archie Bunker, Gabe Kotter, Howard Cunningham, Oliver Douglas ]

4. How did the notorious Nazi Adolf Eichmann die in 1962?_____________________
[Choices: Poisoning, Electrocution, Hanging, Overdose, Gunshot wound ]

5. What singing duo met each other while attending high school in Los Angeles?_______________________
[Choices: Jan & Dean, Peaches & Herb, Simon & Garfunkel, Brooks & Dunn, Seals & Crofts ]

6. In 1966, it became the first hormone to be synthesized:_______________________.
[Choices: Silicon, Collagen, Protein, Dramamine, Insulin ]

7. Ex-dancer Paula McFadden is the central character of this popular movie:___________________________.
[Choices: The Goodbye Girl, Plaza Suite, Only When I Laugh, Cool Hand Luke, Barefoot in the Park ]

8. Which 1970's singer opposed a Florida law banning discrimination against gays?________________________
[Choices: Cat Stevens, Donna Summer, Anita Bryant, Ted Nugent, Jimmy Buffett ]

9. Which was the first TV Western to be broadcast in color?_________________________
[Choices: Rawhide, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Wagon Train, The Big Valley ]

10. Judy Rankin was one of this sport's top performers during the 1970's:________________________.
[Choices: Tennis, Track & Field, Basketball, Golf, Gymnastics ]

11. John Sebastian of "Welcome Back" fame formed this jug rock band in the 1960's:___________________________.
[Choices: The Lovin' Spoonful, The Vogues, Steppenwolf, The Box Tops, Yes ]

12. In what year did Edward White take America's first space walk on the Gemini 4 mission?_____________________
[Choices: 1974, 1971, 1965, 1961, 1968 ]

13. In 1970, we were watching all but which movie at the theaters?________________________
[Choices: M*A*S*H, Jaws, Airport, Patton, Love Story ]

14. This company was co-founded in 1975 by a 19-year-old Harvard dropout:_________________________.
[Choices: Microsoft, USAir, MCI, Saturn, PepsiCo ]

15. In the 1960's and 70's, Mike Douglas hosted his TV talk show from this city:_________________________.
[Choices: Cincinnati, Winnemuca, New York, Philadelphia, Boston ]







Answers:

1. McCarthyism [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Front and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilty_by_Suspicion ]

2. Gulf of Tonkin [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin_incident ]

3. Archie Bunker [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_Bunker ]

4. Hanging [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Eichmann ]

5. Jan & Dean [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_and_Dean ]

6. Insulin [see the section "History of study, Synthesis" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulin ]

7. The Goodbye Girl [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goodbye_Girl ]

8. Anita Bryant [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Bryant ]

9. Bonanza [see the section "Broadcast history and ratings" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonanza ]

10. Golf [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Rankin ]

11. The Lovin' Spoonful [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sebastian ]

12. 1965 [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_White_(astronaut) ]

13. Jaws [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaws_(film) (1975) ]

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

15. Philadelphia [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mike_Douglas_Show ]