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<h1>1960</h1><p>A decade like no other. How different we were when it ended...</p>
<p>Quiz created by: <a href="http://www.amiwrong.com/authors/billgraves.shtml">Bill Graves</a></p><br>1. The act of DJ's taking money to play certain records on the air was known as...
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Cronyism</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Capitalism</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Payola</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Yellow journalism</div>
<br>2. The 1960 Olympics took place where?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Salt Lake City, Utah</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Berlin, West Germany</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Moscow, Russia</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Squaw Valley, California</div>
<br>3. What was Elvis Presley's rank when discharged from the army?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Colonel</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Commodore</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Sergeant</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Captain</div>
<br>4. What was John Kennedy's religious persuasion?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Mormon</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Scientology</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Jewish</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Catholic</div>
<br>5. What Gary Powers piloted plane was shot down by a Soviet missile?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) U2</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) 747</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) F14</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Stealth</div>
<br>6. British Somaliland joined with Italian Somaliland to form what nation?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Somali Republic</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Congo</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Uruguay</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) United Somaliland</div>
<br>7. Which was the 50th state admitted into the United States?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Delaware</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Hawaii</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Alaska</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Arizona</div>
<br>8. Where were the Summer Olympics held?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Los Angeles</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Atlanta</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Rome</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Beijing</div>
<br>9. What was formed by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia & Venezuela?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) OPEC</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) NATO</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Unite Arab Emirates</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) League of Arab States</div>
<br>10. What did Nikita Khruschev pound the podium with at the UN?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Mao Zedong's Little Red Book</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) His fist</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) A shoe</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) A hammer</div>
<br>11. Who was elected President of the United States?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) John Kennedy</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Richard Nixon</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Lyndon Johnson</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Dwight Eisenhower</div>
<br>12. Eisenhower authorized financial relief for refugees from which nation (about 1000 people/week)?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Mexico</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Cuba</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Vietnam</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) East Germany</div>
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