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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. What was the trademark phrase of Senor Wences and his talking box on "Ed Sullivan"?________________________
[Choices: And awaaaay we go, Well!, You bet your sweet bippy, S-all right!, I dood it ]

2. Evel Knievel was unconscious for 29 days after a 150-foot jump at ___________________________ in 1967.
[Choices: Atlantic City, Hollywood Park, Times Square, Circus Circus, Caesars Palace ]

3. The 1965 Cold War thriller "The Bedford Incident" starred Richard Widmark and:_______________________.
[Choices: Sammy Davis Jr., Sidney Poitier, Tony Curtis, Steve McQueen, Clint Eastwood ]

4. Which fashion fad came first?___________________________
[Choices: Miniskirts, The "Wet Look", Hot Pants, Granny glasses, Bermuda shorts ]

5. "They paved Paradise, put up a parking lot" is a lyric from which 1970's song?_________________________
[Choices: American Pie, Joy to the World, Big Yellow Taxi, Delta Dawn, Me and Bobby McGee ]

6. In the 1960's, this state became the first to legally require smog equipment in cars:_______________________.
[Choices: Colorado, California, Rhode Island, New York, Ohio ]

7. This cartoon character's kits were popular among Baby Boomer children in the 1950's:__________________________.
[Choices: Porky Pig, Baby Huey, Huckleberry Hound, Winky-Dink, Foxy-Loxy ]

8. This landmark was torn down in 1964 and rebuilt despite public protests:_______________________.
[Choices: Hollywood Bowl, Brown Derby Restaurant, Penn Station, Fenway Park, Radio City Music Hall ]

9. An early film for Brit beauty Jane Seymour was 1977's "___________________ and the Eye of the Tiger".
[Choices: The Argonauts, Sinbad, Lassie, Robin Hood, Hercules ]

10. These items introduced in the 1960's were advertised as "A Motion for Every Emotion":_________________________.
[Choices: Sno-Globes, Mood Rings, Water beds, Lava lamps, Nodding-head dolls ]

11. A 1964 Roy Orbison hit begins: "Pretty Woman, _______________________, Pretty Woman, the kind I like to meet".
[Choices: Eatin' toasted treats, So light on her feet, Dressed up so neat, Given' off the heat, Walkin' down the street ]

12. This British playwright, who penned "Look Back in Anger", became known as an "Angry Young Man":_________________________.
[Choices: Tom Stoppard, Noel Coward, Wayne Fontana, Harold Wilson, John Osborne ]

13. His famous catch phrase was "And awa-a-aay we go":__________________________.
[Choices: Arthur Godfrey, Jack Paar, Jackie Gleason, Ed Sullivan, George Burns ]

14. President Nixon cut short his 1958 visit to this area due to massive protests against him:_____________________.
[Choices: Netherlands, Western Europe, Balkan states, South America, Middle East ]

15. Richard Burton played what real-life person in the 1969 film "Anne of the Thousand Days"?________________________
[Choices: King Henry VIII, Sigmund Freud, Charles Lindbergh, Anne Frank's father, William Shakespeare ]






Answers:

1. S-all right [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senor_Wences and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEio4rQDU5A ]

2. Caesar's Palace [see the section "Caesars Palace" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evel_Knievel and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYGGCVE2lKY ]

3. Sidney Poitier [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bedford_Incident ]

4. Bermuda shorts [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_shorts ]

5. Big Yellow Taxi [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2595abcvh2M ]

6. California [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Californi ... ck_Program ; according to this wikipedia article, this Program was from 1984, not 1966, but applied to all cars from the 1966 model year on ]

7. Winky-Dink [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winky_Dink_and_You ]

8. Penn Station [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylva ... _York_City) ]

9. Sinbad [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinbad_an ... _the_Tiger ]

10. Lava lamps [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lava_lamp ]

11. Walkin' down the street [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KFvoDDs0XM and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PLq0_7k1jk ]

12. John Osborne [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look_Back ... (1959_film) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look_Back_in_Anger ]

13. Jackie Gleason [see http://www.jackiegleason.com/video.html and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqZZIDk2c_Y ]

14. South America [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on ... _motorcade ; he was Eisenhower's Vice-President in 1958, not President ]

15. King Henry VIII [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_of_the_Thousand_Days ]


I will be taking a break for the next 2 weeks, so anyone else is free to post the Q&A for Glory Daze in this spot. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all!