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. Who had a #1 hit on the Pop Chart in 1972 with the song "Black and White"?_____________________________
[Choices: The Kingston Trio, Michael Jackson, Bob Marley, Joan Baez, Three Dog Night ]

2. In the Glory Days, Dr. Cary Middlecoff was one of this sport's greatest stars:_______________________.
[Choices: Golf, Hockey, Horse racing, Baseball, Track & Field ]

3. In 1977, The American Cancer Society held its "Great American ___________________."
[Choices: Colonoscopy, Low-fat-a-thon, Ironpump, Breast exam, Smokeout ]

4. This 1966 album went Platinum for Frank Sinatra:________________________.
[Choices: Easy Come, Easy Go; Ring-a-Ding-Ding; Come Dance with Me; Let It Bleed; Strangers in the Night ]

5. "Nights on Broadway" is a 1975 hit by this trio:___________________________.
[Choices: Dawn, Three Dog Night, America, The Pointer Sisters, Bee Gees ]

6. Who released the 1973 album "Billion Dollar Babies"?________________________________
[Choices: Pink Floyd, Blue Oyster Cult, The Grateful Dead, Alice Cooper, Cream ]

7. In 1971, Don McCafferty coached this team to victory in the fifth Super Bowl:_______________________.
[Choices: Kansas City Bombers, Miami Dolphins, Oakland Raiders, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Colts ]

8. France proclaimed independence for this African nation in 1962:_______________________.
[Choices: Liberia, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Algeria, Andorra ]

9. Which doo-wop group recorded "In the Still of the Night" in the 1950's?__________________________
[Choices: The Drifters, The Marcells, The Dominoes, The Five Satins, The Moonglows ]

10. In which Western does Clint Eastwood play a preacher?________________________
[Choices: Unforgiven, Pale Rider, Joe Kidd, Silverado, A Fistful of Dollars ]

11. "What I Did for Love" is a hit song from this musical that opened on Broadway in 1975:____________________________.
[Choices: The Wiz, Oh! Calcutta!, A Chorus Line, Shenandoah, Sugar Babies ]

12. In 1969, President Nixon presented the Medal of Freedom to this jazz musician:________________________.
[Choices: George Shearing, Jimi Hendrix, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington ]

13. His first national TV show, in 1980, was aired during the day:________________________.
[Choices: Jon Stewart, David Letterman, Dennis Miller, Jay Leno, Arsenio Hall ]

14. Security whiz Warren Beatty and ______________________ Goldie Hawn plan a heist in the 1971 film "Dollars".
[Choices: Pawn shop owner, Prostitute, Bartender, Lawyer, Window dresser ]

15. Which Stephen King novel was first published in the 1970's?_________________________
[Choices: Dolores Claiborne, Misery, The Shining, Dreamcatcher, Needful Things ]






Answers:

1. Three Dog Night [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f65mO146Zo ]

2. Golf [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cary_Middlecoff ]

3. Smokeout [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_Smokeout ]

4. Strangers in the Night [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strangers ... atra_album) and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd_3EkGr0-4 ]

5. Bee Gees [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wRM-t7wvF0 ]

6. Alice Cooper [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2kBG5dcVtU ]

7. Baltimore Colts [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_V ]

8. Algeria [see the section "French colonization" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeria ]

9. The Five Satins [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-WdwpAgEm0 ]

10. Pale Rider [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Rider ]

11. A Chorus Line [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_I_Di ... horus_Line) and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TbUl9dhTRg ]

12. Duke Ellington [see https://www.whitehousehistory.org/a-duk ... hite-house ]

13. David Letterman [see the section "NBC Morningshow" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Letterman ]

14. Prostitute [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollars_(film) ]

15. The Shining [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining_(novel) ]