Remembering the 60s - 1969 Americana Quiz

Answer: Aerosmith

Aerosmith did perform at Woodstock '94 along with veterans from the original concert, The Band; Crosby, Stills and Nash; Joe Cocker; Country Joe McDonald; and, of course, the durable Santana.

Answer: all of these

Tate was a beautiful young actress, who was pregnant with her and her husband movie director Roman Polanski's first child. On the evening of August 9, 1969 she and several others had the fatal misfortune of meeting members of the Charles Manson family.

Answer: Dan and Dick

Dan Rowan and Dick Martin's "Laugh-In" was intended to be a one-time television special. It premiered in January, 1968 as a regular series and became the number one rated program in its first two full seasons. 1968 presidential candidate Richard Nixon appeared on the show and delivered the line "Sock it to me".

Answer: Weapons discussions

Beginning in November of 1969, the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks between the U.S. and the Soviet Union sought to freeze at existing levels the number of strategic ballistic missile launchers of each country. In 1972, President Nixon and General Secretary Brezhnev signed the ABM Treaty and the Interim Agreement on strategic offensive arms.

Answer: Mary Jo

Mary Jo Kopechne made the fatal mistake of getting into a car with a member of the tragedy-prone Kennedy family. After partying on Chappaquiddick Island, Mary Jo got into an Oldsmobile with Senator Edward Kennedy for a return trip to Martha's Vineyard. They never made it, as the car plunged off the narrow Dike Bridge into the ten foot deep Poucha Pond. Mary Jo Kopechne suffocated in the car while Senator Kennedy swam ashore. Strangely, it was ten hours before Kennedy reported the accident to the police.

Answer: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Strange as it may seem, actor Jack Lemmon turned down the role of the Sundance Kid that was made famous by Robert Redford.

Answer: London

While the Beatles last stage concert was on August 29, 1966 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, their last 'appearance' together was on the roof of their recording company's offices. On January 30, 1969 the Fab Four played together for the last time atop their Apple Corporation's headquarters at 30 Savile Row in London.

Answer: Vicky

Over 45 million viewers watched as Miss Vicki Budinger wed Herbert Butros Khaury also known as Tiny Tim on December 17, 1969. Most noted for his falsetto version of "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" that reached #17 on the U.S. charts, Tim's basic claim to fame was his numerous guest shots on "Laugh-In" and "The Tonight Show". 85% of households watching television viewed his nuptials.

Answer: Star Trek

The original "Star Trek", which spawned numerous movies and spin-offs, never finished higher than 52 in television ratings. What NBC executives failed to appreciate was that it had a huge following in viewers aged 16 to 39. This was - and is - the age group most coveted by advertisers.

Answer: 2525

A fitting tribute to the end of perhaps a revolutionary decade, the haunting lyrics of the song foretold man's next hundred centuries. The last verse was:
"Now it's been 10,000 years
Man has cried a billion tears
For what he never knew
Now man's reign is through
But through the eternal night
The twinkling of starlight
So very far away
Maybe it's only yesterday ..."

My "Remembering the 60's" series has been a bittersweet journey through a period that molded and shaped a generation of 'baby boomers'. Thanks to all the good 'Funtrivia' people who sent kind words of encouragement.