The Ultimate Year Quiz - 1966
Guess the answer to each question
Quiz created by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye
1. What was the top grossing film of 1966?
(#) That Darn Cat!
(#) Thunderball
(#) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
(#) Dr. Zhivago
2. The last episode of this TV show aired on September 3, 1966?
(#) Leave It to Beaver
(#) The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
(#) Father Knows Best
(#) The Ed Sullivan Show
3. What team won the 1966 World Series?
(#) Los Angeles Dodgers
(#) Baltimore Orioles
(#) Detroit Tigers
(#) St. Louis Cardinals
4. What Beatle was quoted on March 4, 1966 as saying that "the group was now more popular than Jesus"?
(#) John Lennon
(#) George Harrison
(#) Ringo Starr
(#) Paul McCartney
5. In what city did Richard Speck murder 8 student nurses in their dormitory on July 14, 1966?
(#) Chicago
(#) Los Angeles
(#) New York City
(#) Boston
6. At what university did Charles Whitman kill 13 people from atop of an observation deck of a 32 story administrative building?
(#) University of California-Berkeley
(#) University of Michigan
(#) University of Texas-Austin
(#) University of Notre Dame
7. Robert C. Weaver became the first African-American cabinet member on January 13, 1966 when he was appointed to this newly created cabinet post?
(#) Secretary of Education
(#) Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
(#) Secretary of Transportation
(#) Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
8. On May 25, 1966 this U.S. landmark was dedicated as part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial?
(#) Grand Canyon in Arizona
(#) Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco
(#) Gateway Arch in St. Louis
(#) Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C.
9. On August 13, 1966 Chinese leader Mao Zedong launched this program to purge and reorganize China's Communist Party?
(#) the Cultural Revolution
(#) the Criticize Confucius Plan
(#) Great Leap Forward
(#) Mao's Five Year Plan
10. Who became the first African-American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction on November 8, 1966?
(#) L. Douglas Wilder
(#) Carl Stokes
(#) Hiram Revels
(#) Edward Brooke
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