New Scaratings

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

1. What 1960's TV series earned E.G. Marshall back-to-back Emmy Awards?________________________
[Choices: Ben Casey, The Fugitive, The Defenders, Mission: Impossible, The Bold Ones ]

2. Packing people into _______________________ became a craze on college campuses across America in 1959.
[Choices: Jail cells, Taxi cabs, Phone booths, Doghouses, Showers ]

3. In the 1969 "Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice" film poster, the four actors sit side-by-side:__________________________.
[Choices: In a bed, On a desk, On a car hood, On a bus seat, In a bathtub ]

4. He escaped death by assassination twice in a 17-day period during the 1970's:_________________________.
[Choices: Bob Marley, Gerald Ford, Timothy Leary, Andy Warhol, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi ]

5. This group's "Please Don't Go" was the first #1 single of 1980:______________________________.
[Choices: Simon & Garfunkel, Bob Marley & The Wailers, K.C. & The Sunshine Band, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Adam & The Ants ]

6. Writer Norman Mailer put away his typewriter and ran for Mayor of ________________________ in 1969.
[Choices: Washington D.C., Boston, Pocatello, New York City, Los Angeles ]

7. On the "Dobie Gillis" show, Dobie was often seen with a replica of this artwork:____________________.
[Choices: The Thinker, Venus de Milo, Mona Lisa, The Kiss, David ]

8. In 1971, Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. changed his name to:__________________________.
[Choices: John Travolta, Huey Lewis, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Malcolm X, Louie Anderson ]

9. "There's a Kind of Hush All Over the World", and because of it, you can hear the sounds of:__________________________.
[Choices: Silence, Lovers in love, Gentle waves, Sweet sweet music, Romantic whispers ]

10. The historic ____________________ Gulf Resolution was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1964.
[Choices: Tonkin, Suez, Cadiz, Persian, Leyte ]

11. John Houseman won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in the 1973 film:__________________________.
[Choices: Papillon, Logan's Run, The Paper Chase, Marathon Man, Serpico ]

12. "It's sort of a souped-down Ferrari" was a late 1960's slogan used by:____________________.
[Choices: Fiat, Corvette, Audi, Schwinn, Volvo ]

13. Who was "A Rolling Stone" in the #1 hit by The Temptations?______________________
[Choices: Grandma, Sister, Mama, Brother, Papa ]

14. This comic strip about a barfly was introduced in the U.S. in 1963:____________________________.
[Choices: Broom-Hilda, Tumbleweeds, Hi and Lois, The Family Circus, Andy Capp ]

15. Which TV show featured the murder of Curtis Jackson during a liquor store holdup?__________________________
[Choices: Fame, Chips, The Dukes of Hazzard, The White Shadow, Trapper John M.D. ]






Answers:

1. The Defenders [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Defen ... _TV_series) ]

2. Phone booths [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonebooth_stuffing and (for future generations) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_booth ]

3. In a bed [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_&_Carol_&_Ted_&_Alice ]

4. Gerald Ford [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynette_Fromme and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Jane_Moore ]

5. K.C. & the Sunshine Band [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikJony6h_tQ ]

6. New York City [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Mailer ]

7. The Thinker [see the last photo, and the section "Cast, Main" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Many_ ... bie_Gillis ]

8. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar [see the section "Personal life, Religion and name" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar ]

9. Lovers in love [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBRSBgc2htI ]

10. Tonkin [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin_Resolution ]

11. The Paper Chase [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paper_Chase_(film) ]

12. Volvo [see https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/338544096960301000/?nic=1a ]

13. Papa [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghApUe85CVo ]

14. Andy Capp [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Capp ]

15. The White Shadow [see https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0747579/ for "The Death of Me Yet?" , and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White ... (TV_series) ]