The Ultimate Year Quiz - 1964
Guess the answer to each question
Quiz created by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye
1. On January 8, 1964 during his first State of the Union speech, President Lyndon Johnson declared war on this?
(#) obesity
(#) drug use
(#) segregation
(#) poverty
2. What famous World War II American general passed away on April 5, 1964?
(#) Omar Bradley
(#) George C. Marshall
(#) Douglas MacArthur
(#) Dwight D. Eisenhower
3. Who was Barry Goldwater's running mate on the 1964 Republican Party ticket?
(#) William Scranton
(#) William E. Miller
(#) Nelson A. Rockefeller
(#) George Romney
4. What state's delegation to the 1964 Democratic National Convention was challenged by a group headed by Fannie Lou Hamer?
(#) Louisiana
(#) Alabama
(#) Georgia
(#) Mississippi
5. What was the top grossing film of 1964?
(#) Tom Jones
(#) The Carpetbaggers
(#) It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
(#) The Unsinkable Molly Brown
6. What Christmas special debut on December 6, 1964 on NBC?
(#) Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer
(#) Frosty the Snowman
(#) The Grinch Who Stole Christmas
(#) Charlie Brown's Christmas
7. What team won the 1964 NFL Championship?
(#) Baltimore Colts
(#) New York Giants
(#) Green Bay Packers
(#) Cleveland Browns
8. What song did Indiana Governor Matthew E. Welsh declare pornographic on February 1, 1964?
(#) The Twist by Chubby Checker
(#) I Want to Hold Your Hand by the Beatles
(#) Louie, Louie by the Kingsmen
(#) (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction by the Rolling Stones
9. What world leader was ousted from power in October of 1964?
(#) Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev
(#) Cuban leader Fidel Castro
(#) Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru
(#) South Korean President Park Chung Hee
10. What politician stated on July 16, 1964 that "extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice and moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue"?
(#) Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller
(#) Richard M. Nixon
(#) President Lyndon B. Johnson
(#) Senator Barry Goldwater
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