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1. Which 1961 movie, based on an adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet", featured rival street gangs the Sharks and the Jets?

Answer: West Side Story

"West Side Story", directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise, starred Natalie Wood as Maria and Richard Beymer as Tony. Tony is leader of the Jets street gang and his girlfriend Maria is the sister of Bernardo, leader of rival gang the Sharks .
Elvis Presley was director Wise's original choice to play Tony and Audrey Hepburn was offered the part of Maria, but refused the role as she was pregnant at the time.
"West Side Story" won ten Academy Awards including Best Picture.

2. According to the lyrics of a 1960 hit from Johnny Tillotson: When he saw his baby what did he see?

Answer: Poetry in motion

"Poetry In Motion" was the first in a string of international hits for Johnny Tillotson. This was followed with "It Keeps Right On A Hurtin", "Without You", "Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On" and many more. Johnny's music was a mixture of county and pop. He had graduated in 1959 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Journalism and Communications.
"Poetry In Motion", written by Paul Kauffman and Mike Anthony, topped the UK singles chart peaking at #2 in the US.

3. The popular detective series "77 Sunset Strip" was on our TV screens until the mid-sixties. It featured Stuart Bailey and Jeff Spencer, two woman-chasing detectives. Another of the show's popular character's was Gerald Lloyd Kookson III, better known as "Kookie". Kookie had a particular habit. He become famous for doing what?

Answer: Combing his hair

"77 Sunset Strip" starred Efram Zimbalist Jr. as Stuart Baily, Roger Smith as Jeff Spencer and Edd Byrns as the perpetual-hair-combing Kookie. Indeed, he became so famous for this habit that Edd Byrns, along with Connie Stevens, recorded the 1960 novelty hit song "Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb".
"77 Sunset Strip" ran for 206 episodes between 1958 and 1964.

4. Director John Schlesinger has made many memorable movies. Which of Schlesinger's sixties offerings featured a conman character known as "Ratso" Rizzo?

Answer: Midnight Cowboy

John Schlesinger said, "What I tend to go for, and what interests me, is not the hero but the coward...not the success, but the failure." This 1969 movie "Midnight Cowboy" is a fine example of his philosophy. The movie starred Dustin Hoffman as Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing down on his luck hustler and Jon Voight as "cowboy" Joe Buck trying to make their way in the urban jungle of New York.
Hoffman put pebbles in his shoe while filming to create Ratso's shuffling limp.
Bob Dylan wrote "Lay Lady Lay" for the movie, but it was completed too late for inclusion.
"Midnight Cowboy" received Oscars for "Best Director" and "Best Picture".

5. These lyrics are heard on which sixties Elvis Presley track? "I gave a letter to the postman, he put it his sack. Bright and early next morning, he brought my letter back."

Answer: Return To Sender

Elvis "The King of Rock 'n' Roll" Presley rocked up the charts "Return To Sender" in 1962.
The single, written by Otis Blackwell and Winifred Scott, topped the charts in both the US and UK.

6. Space travel had caught the public's imagination and became a reality in the sixties. To cash-in on this enthusiasm CBS commissioned "Lost in Space". The programme featured the Robinson family and a stowaway doctor, an enemy agent out to sabotage the family's mission. What was the evil doctor's name?

Answer: Zachary Smith

This mid-sixties series was set in the futuristic world of 1997. The Earth was becoming overpopulated and the Robinson family's mission was to establish a colony on the Alpha Centauri star system. Enemy agent Dr. Zachary Smith had reprogrammed the ship's robot and was bent on destroying the mission. The series was originally titled "Space Family Robinson", but CBS changed it to avoid confusion with Disney's film "Swiss Family Robinson".
Many of the props, computers and weapons etc, featured in "Lost in Space" were also used other productions, "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea", "The Time Tunnel" and "Land of the Giants".
"Lost in Space" ran for 83 episodes between 1965 and 1968.

7. Which "dreamy" classic sixties single opened with the following words? "A candy-coloured clown they call the sandman Tiptoes to my room every night Just to sprinkle star dust and to whisper Go to sleep, everything is all right"

Answer: In Dreams

Roy Orbison had a string of around 30 hit singles in the 1960s. "In Dreams", which was sung and written by the "Big O", made the grade in 1963. "In Dreams" peaked at #7 in the US, and #6 in the UK. Roy Orbison, who died in 1988, had won awards in the "Grammy Hall of Fame", "Songwriters" and "Rock and Roll" Halls of Fame.

8. One of the sixties classic films was the road movie "Easy Rider". Which of these actors did NOT appear in this sex and drugs and rock 'n' roll extravaganza?

Answer: Clint Eastwood

"Easy Rider" tells the story of two LA bikers, Dennis Hopper as Billy and Peter Fonda as Wyatt, who set-off on their chopper motorcycles for New Orleans and the Mardi Gras.
Phil Spector appears in the movie as a drug dealer and Fonda's daughter Bridget is seen briefly in a crowd scene. Of the four motorcycles used in the movie, one was burned and the other three were stolen before the end of filming. Hopper, who also directed the movie, got around this by filming a later scene around a campfire.
"Easy Rider" and its director both won awards at the Cannes Film Festival

9. In a 1960s hit single Lesley Gore sang about the events at her party. She was suspicious about the relationship between her boyfriend, Johnny, and party guest Judy. What was the outcome, according to this song, of this triangle of love?

Answer: Johnny gave a ring to Judy

"It's My Party" was a hit for Lesley Gore in 1963. The song's final verse tells of the outcome of this three-way romance.

"Judy and Johnny just walked through the door
Like a queen with her king
Oh what a birthday surprise
Judy's wearin' his ring."

"It's My Party" was a chart topper in the US, peaking at #9 in the UK singles chart.

The other "outcome" was the subject of her follow-up hit called "Judy's Turn To Cry".

10. Many sixties TV catchphrases caught-on with the public and became common parlance. One catchphrase that became popular as an expression of happiness or pleasure was "Yabba-Dabba-Do". Which TV cartoon character was famous for uttering this phrase?

Answer: Fred Flintstone

"The Flintstones" was set in the stone age town of Bedrock and featured the adventures of neighbouring families, the Flintstones and the Rubbles. The pilot episode of this William Hanna and Joseph Barbera series was titled "The Flagstones". Many of today's modern conveniences were given a stone age twist, most of which were animal powered with the exception of the family car which was foot-powered by its driver and passengers. Fred Flintstone was voiced by actor Alan Reed, and Barney Rubble by Mel Blanc. Following a serious car crash Mel Blanc recorded several episodes from his sickbed, surrounded by cast and crew.
"The Flintstones" held the record for the longest running primetime cartoon, this was later claimed by "The Simpsons" in the 1980s. "The Flintstones" ran for 166 episodes between 1960 and 1966.

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Source: Author musicmonkeyman

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That's Entertainment - Swinging 60's Style #3 Quiz

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