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Title: Those Were The Days JEOPARDY


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Those Were The DaysJEOPARDY
  • How much do you know about the 1960s?

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Literature 100
  • Vonnegut novel that reflects upon the
    controversial bombing of Dresden, Germany

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Literature 200
  • Jacqueline Susann novel whose title sounds like a
    little girls dream come true

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Literature 300
  • Harper Lee novel published in 1960 that would
    upset the Audobon Society.

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Literature 400
  • Famous last line of Kennedys 1961 inaugural
    address.

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Literature 500
  • Robert Frost recited this famous poem at the
    inaugural of John F. Kennedy.

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Politics 100
  • First Catholic president of the United States.

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Politics 200
  • Russian Premier who instigated the Cuban Missile
    Crisis.

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Politics 300
  • J. F. Kennedy defeated this well known democrat
    politician in the West Virginia Primary in 1960.

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Politics 400
  • This failed American invasion to overthrow
    communism in Cuba could have become a pork
    barrel issue.

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Politics 500
  • American involvement in this Southeast Asian
    country would later become a thorn in Americas
    military history.

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Art 100
  • This artists repetition of commercial icons
    pioneered an art movement that became known as
    Pop

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Art 200
  • His giant comic book illustrations shocked the
    public at a time when comics were an integral
    part of our culture.

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Art 300
  • This mass produced medium of wax and pigment
    became available in the early 1960s in boxes of
    64.

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Art 400
  • This movement sought to bring art back to its
    purest and simplest form.

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Art 500
  • This artist made art that moves and is very
    mobile.

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Music 100
  • This performers gyrations were censored on the
    popular Ed Sullivan Show.

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Music 200
  • Fats Dominos mountain spot familiar to dating
    teens of the 1950s...

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Music 300
  • This fab four British group first showed their
    mop tops on the Ed Sullivan Show.

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Music 400
  • Her fans went Crazy when she died in a plane
    crash in the late 1950s.

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Music 500
  • A fatal plane crash in 1959 robbed the industry
    of two of its most promising stars.

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Science and Technology 100
  • German scientist who was idolized by
  • Sonny Hickam in the novel Rocket Boys.

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Science and Technology 200
  • First artificial satellite to orbit the earth.

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Science and Technology 300
  • Official date that marked the Russians first
    satellite into Earth orbit.

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Science and Technology 400
  • First U.S. attempt at launching an earth orbiting
    satellite ended with this failure...

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Science and Technology 500
  • The United States government agency established
    to propel America into the space age.

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Literature 100 a
  • What is Slaughterhouse-Five?

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Literature 200 a
  • What is Valley of the Dolls?

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Literature 300 a
  • What is To Kill a Mockingbird?

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Literature 400 a
  • What is Ask not what your country can do for
    you, ask what you can do for your country?

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Literature 500 a
  • What is The Gift Outright?

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Politics 100 a
  • Who was John F. Kennedy?

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Politics 200 a
  • Who was Nikita Khruschev?

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Politics 300 a
  • Who was Hubert H. Humphrey?

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Politics 400 a
  • What was the Bay of Pigs?

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Politics 500 a
  • What is the Vietnam War?

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Art 100 a
  • Who was Andy Warhol?

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Art 200 a
  • Who was Roy Lichtenstein?

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Art 300 a
  • What are Crayons?

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Art 400 a
  • What is Minimal Art?

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Art 500 a
  • Who is Alexander Calder?

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Music 100 a
  • Who is Elvis Presley?

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Music 200 a
  • What is Blueberry Hill?

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Music 300 a
  • Who were the Beatles?

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Music 400 a
  • Who was Patsy Cline?

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Music 500 a
  • Who was Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper?

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Science and Technology 100 a
  • Who was Werner von Braun?

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Science and Technology 200 a
  • What was Sputnik I?

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Science and Technology 300 a
  • What was October 5, 1957?

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Science and Technology 400 a
  • What was Vanguard?

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Science and Technology 500 a
  • What is NASA?
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