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15 Questions, 1000 Points each, Points decrease rapidly from 4 to 20 seconds after appearance of Question & 5 Choices, and with 3 Clues:

1. Puff is a magic ___________________ in the popular 1963 single.
[Choices: Dragon, Dolphin, Falcon, Moose, Unicorn ]

2. In 1968, this skier won all three of the Olympic Alpine races:________________________.
[Choices: Harald Groenningen, Ole Ellefsaeter, Jean-Claude Killy, Alberto Tomba, Egon Zimmermann ]

3. On the 1960's TV series "Burke's Law", Burke was a police captain who also happened to be a:_______________________.
[Choices: Millionaire playboy, Woman dressed as a man, Martian, Serial killer, Ghost ]

4. This song is from the musical "Fantasticks", which opened Off-Broadway in 1959:_____________________________.
[Choices: Greased Lightning, Till There was You, Try to Remember, I Feel Pretty, A Bushel and a Peck ]

5. Who sang of finding his "Thrill on Blueberry Hill"?______________________
[Choices: Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino ]

6. This author of "Soul on Ice" fled the U.S. in 1968 after a shootout with the police:______________________.
[Choices: H. Rap Brown, Eldridge Cleaver, James Baldwin, Stokely Carmichael, James Farmer ]

7. They all appeared in the 1972 film "The Life & Times of Judge Roy Bean" except:_______________________.
[Choices: Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset, John Huston, Victoria Principal, Robert Redford ]

8. The banning of cyclamates in 1969 was a major blow to the ____________________ industry.
[Choices: Food, Electronics, Oil, Textile, Rubber ]

9. They made their debut in 1969 with "Kick Out the Jams":__________________________.
[Choices: New York Dolls, MC5, The Velvet Underground, Air Supply, The Stooges ]

10. He led the 1974 coup in Portugal that ended the regime begun by Antonio Salazar in 1938:______________________.
[Choices: Manny Sanguillen, Marcello Caetano, Antonio de Spinola, Ricardo Montalban, Jose Ferrer ]

11. Which 1976 movie produced two candidates for the Best Actor Oscar?________________________
[Choices: All the President's Men, Network, Taxi Driver, Rocky, Marathon Man ]

12. President Lyndon Johnson got bad press when he did this to his pet beagles in public:_______________________.
[Choices: Lifted by ears, Dragged on leash, Pinched noses, Pulled tails, Hit with broom ]

13. This Bobby Lewis hit is a popular number from the 1960's:____________________________.
[Choices: Duke of Earl, Stand by Me, King of the Road, Go Away Little Girl, Tossin' and Turnin' ]

14. In 1980, this world leader died at the age of 87:__________________________.
[Choices: Nikita Khrushchev, Mao Tse-tung, Francisco Franco, Marshal Tito, Harry Truman ]

15. She starred in the 1961 movie "West Side Story":______________________________.
[Choices: Natalie Wood, Connie Francis, Peggy Lee, Annette Funicello, Shirley McClaine ]






Answers:

1. Dragon [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7lmAc3LKWM ]

2. Jean-Claude Killy [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_Killy ]

3. Millionaire playboy [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke's_L ... _TV_series) ]

4. Try to Remember [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_COP3cyN7zg ]

5. Fats Domino [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQQCPrwKzdo ]

6. Eldridge Cleaver [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_on_Ice_(book) ]

7. Robert Redford [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_ ... e_Roy_Bean ]

8. Food [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_cyclamate ]

9. MC5 [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2xDyJODK2Y ]

10. Antonio de Spinola [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnation_Revolution and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_de_Spinola ]

11. Network [see the section "Awards and honors" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_(1976_film) ]

12. Lifted by the ears [see https://www.history.com/topics/us-presi ... ears-video ]

13. Tossin' & Turnin' [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghFBvBmXv4E ]

14. Marshall Tito [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josip_Broz_Tito ]

15. Natalie Wood [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side ... (1961_film) ]