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Do You Remember 1968? Trivia Quiz

1968. The year Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy were assassinated. The year Kubrick's '2001, a Space Odyssey' was released. A year of unrest in many countries and famine in Biafra. What do you know about 1968?

A multiple-choice quiz by minch. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
minch

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
25,369

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
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Avg Score
6 / 10

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Awards
Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Where were the 1968 Winter Olympics held? Hint

Innsbruck, Austria

St. Moritz, Switzerland

Sapporo, Japan

Grenoble, France

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who became Prime Minister of Canada in 1968? Hint

Brian Mulroney

Joe Clark

Lester B Pearson

Pierre Trudeau

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of these was new in 1968? Hint

Slinky toy

Pong Atari game

Jacuzzi whirlpools

G.I.Joe

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which rock musical opened on Broadway in 1968?

Answer: (One Word 'Age of Aquarius' was one of the hits.)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which U.S. ship was seized in international waters by North Korean gunboats in 1968? Hint

USS Maine

USS Stark

USS Vincennes

USS Pueblo

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which 1968 movie won the award for best picture at the 1969 Academy Awards ceremony?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Alexander Dubcek was the leader of a country invaded by Soviet troops. What was the country? Hint

Hungary

Czechoslovakia

Romania

Latvia

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Question 8 of 10

8. Finish the title of the very popular TV show which first aired in January 1968. Rowan and Martin's ?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Three of these writers died in 1968. Which one did NOT? Hint

Ernest Hemingway

Upton Sinclair

John Steinbeck

Edna Ferber

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Question 10 of 10

10. The Beatles made several trips visit Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Which country did they go to? Hint

Pakistan

Tibet

Nepal

India

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Where were the 1968 Winter Olympics held?

Answer: Grenoble, France

Innsbruck, 1964 and 1976, Sapporo 1972, St.Moritz 1928 and 1948' The 1968 Summer Olympics were held in Mexico City.

2. Who became Prime Minister of Canada in 1968?

Answer: Pierre Trudeau

Liberal leader Pierre Elliott Trudeau was Prime Minister from 1968 to 1979 and from 1980-1984. Conservative Joe Clark was Prime Minister from 1979 to 1980.

3. Which of these was new in 1968?

Answer: Jacuzzi whirlpools

G.I. Joe was introduced in 1964. Slinky toys have been around since 1945. Pong was put on the market in 1972.

4. Which rock musical opened on Broadway in 1968?

Answer: Hair

"Hair" was the first major rock musical and ran for 1,742 performances.

5. Which U.S. ship was seized in international waters by North Korean gunboats in 1968?

Answer: USS Pueblo

The USS Pueblo is now moored in North Korea on the Taedong river at the same spot where the General Sherman was burned in the late 1860's.

6. Which 1968 movie won the award for best picture at the 1969 Academy Awards ceremony?

Answer: Oliver

"Oliver!" which was based on Dickens' novel "Oliver Twist", starred Ron Moody as Fagin, Jack Wild as the Artful Dodger and Mark Lester as Oliver. It won five Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Music.

7. Alexander Dubcek was the leader of a country invaded by Soviet troops. What was the country?

Answer: Czechoslovakia

Dubcek's reforms infuriated Brezhnev who sent in the tanks. Hungary was invaded by Soviet troops in 1956.

8. Finish the title of the very popular TV show which first aired in January 1968. Rowan and Martin's ?

Answer: Laugh-In

This popular show ran from January 1968 to May 1973.

9. Three of these writers died in 1968. Which one did NOT?

Answer: Ernest Hemingway

Hemingway died in 1961.

10. The Beatles made several trips visit Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Which country did they go to?

Answer: India

Source: Author minch

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