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The Ultimate Year Quiz - 1962

Guess the answer to each question

Quiz created by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye

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1. Who did Pope John XXIII excommunicate on January 3, 1962?

Che Guevara
Fidel Castro
Anastasio Somoza
Ngo Dinh Diem

2. The first of these retail stores was opened on July 2, 1962?

Dollar Tree
Best Buy
Wal-Mart
Walgreens

3. What term was first mentioned by the media on November 3, 1962?

cellular telephone
automated banking
personal computer
the internet

4. Who won the 1962 World Series?

San Francisco Giants
Los Angeles Dodgers
New York Yankees
Cincinnati Reds

5. Who won the 1962 NFL Championship?

Baltimore Colts
Chicago Bears
Green Bay Packers
New York Giants

6. What was the top grossing film of 1962?

Lover Come Back
West Side Story
Spartacus
El Cid

7. Who did Walter Cronkite succeed as anchorman on The CBS Evening News on April 16, 1962?

Eric Severeid
Lowell Thomas
Douglas Edwards
John Daly

8. What was the name of the spacecraft that John Glenn was in when he became the first American to orbit the Earth on February 20, 1962?

Mercury-Atlas 7
Aurora 7
Friendship 7
Sigma 7

9. What African country gained its independence from France on July 5, 1962?

Ivory Coast
Tunisia
Libya
Algeria

10. Who sang "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" at a televised birthday party for President John F. Kennedy on May 19, 1962?

Frank Sinatra
Bing Crosby
Marilyn Monroe
Jacqueline Kennedy

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<h1>The Ultimate Year Quiz - 1962</h1><p>Guess the answer to each question</p>
<p>Quiz created by: <a href="http://www.amiwrong.com/authors/mrbadgerhawkeye.shtml">Mr. Badger Hawkeye</a></p><br>1. Who did Pope John XXIII excommunicate on January 3, 1962?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Che Guevara</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Fidel Castro</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Anastasio Somoza</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Ngo Dinh Diem</div>
<br>2. The first of these retail stores was opened on July 2, 1962?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Dollar Tree</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Best Buy</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Wal-Mart</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Walgreens</div>
<br>3. What term was first mentioned by the media on November 3, 1962?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) cellular telephone</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) automated banking</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) personal computer</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) the internet</div>
<br>4. Who won the 1962 World Series?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) San Francisco Giants</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Los Angeles Dodgers</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) New York Yankees</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Cincinnati Reds</div>
<br>5. Who won the 1962 NFL Championship?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Baltimore Colts</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Chicago Bears</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Green Bay Packers</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) New York Giants</div>
<br>6. What was the top grossing film of 1962?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Lover Come Back</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) West Side Story</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Spartacus</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) El Cid</div>
<br>7. Who did Walter Cronkite succeed as anchorman on The CBS Evening News on April 16, 1962?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Eric Severeid</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Lowell Thomas</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Douglas Edwards</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) John Daly</div>
<br>8. What was the name of the spacecraft that John Glenn was in when he became the first American to orbit the Earth on February 20, 1962?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Mercury-Atlas 7</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Aurora 7</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Friendship 7</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Sigma 7</div>
<br>9. What African country gained its independence from France on July 5, 1962?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Ivory Coast</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Tunisia</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Libya</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Algeria</div>
<br>10. Who sang "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" at a televised birthday party for President John F. Kennedy on May 19, 1962?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Frank Sinatra</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Bing Crosby</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Marilyn Monroe</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Jacqueline Kennedy</div>
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