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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. She had a big hit in 1976 with "When the Tingle Becomes a Chill":________________________.
[Choices: Aretha Franklin, Donna Summer, Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn, Pat Benatar ]

2. In the 1960's, Nobel Prize winner Norman Borlaug introduced his "Miracle ___________________".
[Choices: Wheat, Banana, Egg, Tomato, Peanut ]

3. What early 1950's show presented live plays produced in the round?________________________
[Choices: The Outer Limits, On Broadway, Theater X, Cameo Theatre, Arthur Miller Presents ]

4. In a sexy 1960's ad for _________________________, a former Miss Sweden says, "Take it off, take it all off".
[Choices: Easy-Off oven cleaner, Fruit of the Loom briefs, Nair hair remover, Noxzema shave cream, Shout stain remover ]

5. Which of these was a hit song in 1967 by The Electric Prunes?__________________________
[Choices: Born to be Wild, I Had Too Much to Dream, Incense and Peppermints, Surf City, Friday on my Mind ]

6. This economist's writings include 1962's "Capitalism and Freedom":_________________________.
[Choices: Adam Smith, Arnold Stang, Paul Samuelson, Milton Friedman, David Ricardo ]

7. Which Sid and Marty Krofft show spawned a 1970 theatrical film?_________________________
[Choices: Lidsville, The Bugaloos, H.R. Pufnstuf, Land of the Lost, The Lost Saucer ]

8. This magazine was begun in 1967 by a 21-year-old Berkeley dropout:_______________________.
[Choices: Mojo Workin, High Times, Playgirl, Crawdaddy, Rolling Stone ]

9. The Kingston Trio's version of this traditional song was the group's first big hit:_________________________.
[Choices: Tom Dooley, This Land is Your Land, On Top of Old Smokey, Alice's Restaurant, If I Were a Carpenter ]

10. Which of these famous athletic nicknames belonged to a tennis player?____________________
[Choices: The Juice, The Black Pearl, The Refrigerator, The Great, The Superbrat ]

11. Who played the black housekeeper on the 1980's sitcom "Gimme a Break"?_______________________
[Choices: Demi Moore, Janet Jackson, Della Reese, Lillian Randolph, Nell Carter ]

12. Richard Nixon lost major political elections to both John F. Kennedy and:_______________________.
[Choices: Pat Brown, Edward Beard, Nelson Rockefeller, Barry Goldwater, Hubert Humphrey ]

13. Which British invasion group had a hit single with "Hippy Hippy Shake"?_____________________
[Choices: The Fourmost, Gerry and the Pacemakers, The Animals, Herman's Hermits, The Swingin' Blue Jeans ]

14. After he was relieved of command in 1951, this U.S. general got a huge New York parade:________________________.
[Choices: Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower, Chester Nimitz, Omar Bradley, George Marshall ]

15. What 1954 film centers around the love life of a chauffeur's daughter?_________________________
[Choices: Peyton Place, East of Eden, Sabrina, A Star is Born, The Country Girl ]







Answers:

1. Loretta Lynn [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMM42ILPkRA ]

2. Wheat [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Borlaug ]

3. Cameo Theatre [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameo_Theatre ]

4. Noxzema Shave Cream [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkpGM_MvZ2Y ]

5. I Had Too Much to Dream [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-kVFfKezVo ]

6. Milton Friedman [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism_and_Freedom ]

7. H.R. Pufnstuf [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.R._Pufnstuf ]

8. Rolling Stone [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone ]

9. Tom Dooley [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kingston_Trio and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhXuO4Gz3Wo ]

10. The Superbrat [see the section "1979-83" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McEnroe , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ransFQVzf6c and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xea1KKEgOco ]

11. Nell Carter [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimme_a_Break! and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nell_Carter ]

12. Pat Brown [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962_Cali ... l_election ]

13. Swingin' Blue Jeans [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ke8mzgex4U ]

14. Douglas MacArthur [see the photo of the 1951 NYC parade at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_MacArthur ]

15. Sabrina [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabrina_(1954_film) ]

In the answer for Q14, the photo in the Wikipedia article was taken in Chicago, not NYC.

For Q8, Jann Wenner's dropping out of college is described at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jann_Wenner . Interesting personal life afterwards.