15 Questions, 1000 Points each, Points decrease rapidly from 4 to 20 seconds after appearance of Question & Choices, and with 3 Clues:1. This actor played Felix Unger when Neil Simon's "The Odd Couple" first hit Broadway in 1965:_________________________.
[Choices: Eddie Albert, Art Carney, Peter Sellers, Adam West, Jack Lemmon ]
2. Who wrote the feminist classic "The Second Sex"?_____________________
[Choices: Virginia Woolf, Mary McCarthy, Simone de Beauvoir, Germaine Greer, George Eliot ]
3. What 13-year-old recorded the 1973 hit single "Paper Roses"?______________________
[Choices: Amy Grant, Janet Jackson, Tanya Tucker, Marie Osmond, Sheena Easton ]
4. Which book of the 1960's was described as a "mad hymn to bisexuality"?_______________________
[Choices: Steal This Book, Trout Fishing in America, Beautiful Losers, Candy, Myra Breckinridge ]
5. Which "Saturday Night Live" character idolized the game show host Pat Sajak?_____________________
[Choices: Ed Grimley, The Church Lady, Master Thespian, Fernando, Mr. Robinson ]
6. A total of 35 countries signed the ___________________ Accords in the summer of 1975.
[Choices: Melbourne, Albuquerque, Helsinki, Havana, Kyoto ]
7. In the musical "West Side Story", Tony tries to keep peace between the Jets and the:____________________.
[Choices: Coyotes, Cobras, Sharks, Hawks, Bulldogs ]
8. Cesar Chavez organized the first union of _____________________ in U.S. history.
[Choices: Dock laborers, Baseball players, Teachers, Fire fighters, Farm workers ]
9. This singing star of the 1960's "Beach" movies parodied himself in the 1978 musical "Grease":_______________________.
[Choices: Tommy Sands, Norm Crosby, Paul Anka, Bobby Vinton, Frankie Avalon ]
10. In August 1960, the world witnessed the launch of:_________________________.
[Choices: Apollo 13, Voyager, Sputnik, Echo 1, Gemini 3 ]
11. Who cast a big shadow on the Top 40 Chart with 1971's "Ain't No Sunshine"?______________________
[Choices: Bobby Womack, Curtis Mayfield, Al Green, Bill Withers, Marvin Gaye ]
12. Twiggy, the Mod model of the late 1960's, was known for miniskirts and ___________________ stockings.
[Choices: Seamed, Striped, Neck-high, Hockey, Polka-dotted ]
13. This boy rebel is the protagonist of the 1963 children's book "Where the Wild Things Are":_________________________.
[Choices: Bert, Rufus, Doug, Max, Wayne ]
14. The stage show of this Rock 'n' Roller was once known as the "Theater of the Absurd":__________________________.
[Choices: Elton John, Frank Zappa, Ozzy Osbourne, Alice Cooper, David Bowie ]
15. Who served as Prime Minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968?________________________
[Choices: Pierre Trudeau, Peter Mansbridge, Lester B. Pearson, World B. Free, Paul Martin ]
Answers: 1. Art Carney [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Odd_Couple_(play) ]
2. Simone de Beauvoir [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Second_Sex ]
3. Marie Osmond [see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMmM_eKGa28 ]
4. Myra Breckinridge [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myra_Breckinridge ]
5. Ed Grimley [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Grimley ]
6. Helsinki [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helsinki_Accords ]
7. Sharks [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Story ]
8. Farm workers [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesar_Chavez ]
9. Frankie Avalon [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Avalon ]
10. Echo I [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Echo ]
11. Bill Withers [see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqAtT5XycIM ]
12. Striped [see
https://www.etsy.com/market/twiggy_stockings ]
13. Max [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_the_Wild_Things_Are ]
14. Alice Cooper [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Cooper and
https://www.watoday.com.au/national/wes ... 53yve.html ]
15. Lester B. Pearson [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_B._Pearson ]