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. In 1963, she became the first actress to receive $1 million for a motion picture role:_______________________.
[Choices: Audrey Hepburn, Sophia Loren, Doris Day, Elizabeth Taylor, Lindsay Lohan ]

2. In 1971, astronauts cruised the Moon on a vehicle called a:________________________.
[Choices: Dustbuster, Lunartrax, Moonmobile, Crater Crusher, Lunar Rover ]

3. What show appeared on TV every Sunday night for more than two decades?_________________________
[Choices: The Ed Sullivan Show, Bonanza, Captain Kangaroo, Gunsmoke, Superman ]

4. What Detroit Tiger joined the 3,000-hit club in a 1974 game in Baltimore?______________________
[Choices: Yogi Berra, Lance Parrish, Mark McGwire, Larry Doby, Al Kaline ]

5. Which musical group was formed in 1964 in New York City?______________________
[Choices: Cheap Trick, The Pretenders, The Doobie Brothers, The Clash, Mamas and the Papas ]

6. This brand of frozen dinners hit the supermarkets in the 1950's:________________________.
[Choices: Necco, Jim Beam, Swanson, Tonka, Moxie ]

7. Which comic starred in the 1970's sitcom "C.P.O. Sharkey"?__________________________
[Choices: Gabe Kaplan, Alan King, Buddy Hackett, Shecky Greene, Don Rickles ]

8. Van Cliburn's 1958 recording of _____________________ Piano Concerto No. 1 broke classical music records.
[Choices: Chopin's, Rachmaninoff's, Tchaikovsky's, Eminem's, Schumann's ]

9. Which hit rock song is about a transvestite?____________________________
[Choices: Amos Moses, Lola, Venus, Handy Man, Sweet Pea ]

10. Which famous world event did *NOT* occur in 1979?_______________________
[Choices: USSR invaded Afghanistan, First Pope visit to U.S., Falkland Islands War, SALT II signed, Tehran embassy seized ]

11. Which 1960's TV show starred Robert Stack?____________________________
[Choices: The Untouchables, Adam-12, Hogan's Heroes, Mannix, Dragnet ]

12. The Cha-Cha, popular in the 1950's, is believed to have been named for the sound made by:__________________________.
[Choices: Bicycle tires, Scuffing slippers, Twirling skirts, Windmill arms, Palm leaves ]

13. All of these were #1 albums in 1968 except:_________________________.
[Choices: Electric Ladyland, Magical Mystery Tour, The Graduate soundtrack, Cheap Thrills, Don't Look Back ]

14. This isle celebrated 1,000 years of Parliament in 1979:________________________.
[Choices: Tahiti, Cuba, Man, Madagascar, Japan ]

15. In the 1959 movie "Rio Bravo", John Wayne plays a:________________________.
[Choices: Cavalry captain, School teacher, Cattle rancher, Computer programmer, Sheriff ]







Answers:

1. Elizabeth Taylor [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopatra_(1963_film) ]

2. Lunar Rover [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Roving_Vehicle ]

3. Ed Sullivan [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ed_Sullivan_Show . It was so dominant that the musical "Bye Bye Birdie" had a song "Ed Sullivan", with the movie version featuring comic actor Paul Lynde at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJxeMxeu3F0 .]

4. Al Kaline [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Kaline . As a chemist, I guess that he must not have been very sour (acid), with a name like Alkaline .]

5. Mamas & Papas [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mamas_and_the_Papas ]

6. Swanson [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_dinner ]

7. Don Rickles [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.P.O._Sharkey ]

8. Tchaikovsky [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Cliburn and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qROema2MDI ]

9. Lola [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lola_(song) and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LemG0cvc4oU ]

10. Falkland Islands War [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falklands_War (1982) ]

11. The Untouchables [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Untou ... _TV_series) ]

12. Scuffing slippers [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cha-cha-cha_(dance) ]

13. Don't Look Back [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_Loo ... ston_album) (1978) ]

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

15. Sheriff [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Bravo_(film) ]