Rewind the '60s Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Twist

The largest craze in the '60s was "The Twist" and this debuted on the Dick Clark Show. Hank Ballard, who was born John Henry Kendricks, wrote "The Twist" and invented the dance. This was covered and brought to fame by Chubby Checker in 1960 when he performed it at the Rainbow Club in New Jersey.

Answer: William Hartnell

"Doctor Who" is a British science fiction television series which was first aired in 1963 with William Hartnell playing the part of Doctor Who. His time machine was called a Tardis (T)ime (a)nd (R)elative (D)imension (i)n (S)pace, which was a blue police box.

At that time the blue police boxes was used by the British police to provide a telephone link directly to the main police station. Who knows where they got the idea to use it in the series?!

Answer: Pepper

"Pepper" was the name of Tammy's little sister. The "Tammy Doll" was created in 1962 by the Ideal Toy Company and was inspired by the movie "Tammy and the Bachelor" which starred Debbie Reynolds and was the first of the four "Tammy" films. The "Tammy Doll" was a short lived gimmmick which was discontinued in 1966.

Answer: The Dick Van Dyke Show

The show aired from 1961 till 1966 on CBS, winning 15 Emmy awards. The two main characters in the show where played by Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore. In a way the show illustrated the life of its producer Carl Reiner, when he previously worked as a television writer.

Answer: Jimmy Little

Regarded as the grandfather of Aboriginal music, Jimmy Little sadly passed away on the 2nd of April 2012. His music was greatly influenced by Nat King Cole and Jim Reeves, throughout his career he produced many top albums and singles. He was named a Living Treasure of Australia, as well as being made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2004.

Answer: The Mavis Bramston Show

Inspired by the BBC's "That Was The Week That Was", The "Mavis Bramston Show" won the 1965 Logie Award for "Best New Show". The Mavis Bramston Show was cancelled during 1968. Such a pity as it was a wonderful satirical show taking off people from all walks of life.

Answer: Carnaby Street

The '60s fashions were born in Britain and Carnaby Street, located in the Soho district of London, was the place in then for many fashion designers notably Mary Quant and John Stephen. Harry Fox and Henry Moss opened the first ladies boutique in Carnaby Street called "Lady Jane" in 1966.

Answer: The Flintstones

The Flintstones premiered in September of 1960, it was the first cartoon animated series that was slot in prime time, as it was aired at 8:30pm on Friday nights in the United States. The series ran for six seasons airing 166 episodes, with the last one aired on April 1st 1966. The show originally was going to be called the Flagstones, but in the last minute the name was changed by Hanna-Barbera.

Answer: Funny Girl

"Funny Girl" the film premiered on the 18th of September 1968 at the Criterion Theatre in New York. Barbra Streisand played the role of Funny Girl on Broadway and later on London stages from 1964 to 1966, before she got the lead role in the movie which they started filming in 1967. Streisand won the Academy Award for Best Actress, and the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, it was the top grossing film of 1968.

Answer: Spirograph

The Spirograph was developed by Denys Fisher a British engineer in 1965. The toy that kept children entertained hours on end, was comprised of plastic circles and rings as well as different shapes with ridged edges that resembled gears. You could make some amazing unique designs by using coloured pens and tracing the inside of the plastic ridged shapes. It became so popular that it won the Educational Toy of the Year award for three years running from 1965 to 1967. Due to its popularity Spirograph designs started appearing in the world of fashion as well as in Op Art.