The Year Was What? Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Beatles have the #1 song on the U.S. charts with 'Can't Buy Me Love'

It was quite a year for The Beatles in 1964. At one point, the boys from Liverpool held the top FIVE places on the U.S. charts: #1 "Can't Buy Me Love", #2 "Love Me Do", #3 "Roll Over Beethoven", #4 "I Want To Hold Your Hand", and #5 "Please Please Me". The first Superbowl wasn't played until 1967, the same year Julia Roberts was born. "The Catcher in the Rye" was first published in 1951.

Answer: 'Back to the Future' is the year's highest grossing movie in America

Helping Michael J. Fox become one of the biggest stars of the 1980s, "Back to the Future" took moviegoers 30 years back in time to 1955. Marty McFly (Fox) not only has to find his way back to the 80s, but must also fix the timeline he inadvertently interrupts when he prevents his parents, who were teenagers in 1955, from falling in love. Iran and Iraq went to war in 1980, Indira Gandi was killed in 1984, and the Berlin Wall came down in 1989.

Answer: Members of the Heaven's Gate cult commit suicide

Led by Marshall Applewhite, the Heaven's Gate cult committed the largest mass suicide in the United States' history. Believing they would ascend to Heaven on UFOs traveling behind the Hale-Bopp comet, Applewhite and 38 other members of the cult put on black Nikes and took lethal doses of Phenobarbital and vodka.

Although Clinton's second term started in 1997, he was elected in November of 1996. Tiger Woods completed his Grand Slam in 2000, and "Titanic" won Best Picture Award in 1998.

Answer: President Ronald Reagan is shot by John Hinckley

Only two months into his presidency, Reagan walked out of the Washington Hilton Hotel to a waiting car when Hinckley began firing. One of the bullets lodged within inches of Reagan's heart, but doctors at George Washington University Hospital were able to remove the bullet and help the president to a quick recovery. Presidential Press Secretary James Brady, Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy, and police officer Thomas Delahanty were also shot during the attempted assassination.

The Orioles beat the Phillies in the 1983 World Series, the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979, and the United States invaded Grenada in 1983.

Answer: Rock star Janis Joplin dies of a drug overdose

Janis, along with her band Big Brother and the Holding Company, first captured the public's attention at The Monterey International Music Festival. Her rough voice and poetic lyrics not only made her popular in the late 1960s and early 70s, but also turned her into a rock music legend.

While still in high school, she was a classmate of former Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins head coach Jimmy Johnson. The Giants traded Willie Mays to the Mets early in the 1972 baseball season, Jackie Kennedy married Aristotle Onassis in 1968, and Apollo XI landed on the moon in July 1969.

Answer: The Atlanta Braves Hank Aaron hits his 500th homerun

"Hammerin" Hank Aaron hit his 500th homerun off the San Francisco Giants Mike McCormick in 1968. Six years later, he would hit number 715, breaking Babe Ruth's all time homerun record. He ended his career in 1976 with 755 homers. Hurricane Betsy hit Louisiana and Florida in 1965, the first baby was born on Alcatraz on July 20th, 1970, and EPCOT didn't open until 1982.

Answer: The Susan B. Anthony dollar coin is issued in the United States

The Susan B. Anthony dollar never caught on with the American public, mostly due to the fact that its size and appearance was to close to that of a quarter. The Phillies beat the Royals in the 1980 World Series, which was also the year the United States boycotted the Olympics.

Answer: All of these things happened in 1995

All three of the things listed happened in January 1995. The "Far Side", by cartoonist Gary Larson, first appeared in newspapers in 1980. The often quirky, often strange, always funny strip led to calendars, t-shirts, and various other items that remained popular long after it last appeared in newspapers. On his third attempt in 1978, Newt Gingrich was elected to the U.S. Congress as a representative of Georgia.

After helping topple Jim Wright from the House Speaker's seat in 1989, Gingrich rose to that position himself in 1995. "The Late Late Show", executive produced by David Letterman, went on air in 1995. With the show, Tom Snyder was back in the 12:30 eastern time slot he filled years earlier with NBC's "Tomorrow", replaced in 1982 with, oddly, "Late Night" with David Letterman. Snyder left "The Late Late Show" in 1999 and was replaced by Craig Kilborn.

Answer: Jaws

Credited with being the first "summer event" movie, "Jaws" grossed $260 million in 1975, an incredible amount of money at the time. In 1977, "Star Wars" would eclipse that mark, but both of these movies would be surpassed in later years. "Grease" was released in 1978 and "The Exorcist" hit theaters in 1973.

Answer: Actor/dancer Gene Kelly dies

Gene Kelly died on February 2, 1996. Kelly, one of the world's most famous dancers, appeared in 47 feature films including "An American in Paris", "Anchors Aweigh", and the classic "Singin' in the Rain". The Alamodome opened in 1993, Clinton lifted the trade embargo on Vietnam in 1994, and the Coit Tower, a memorial to firefighters, was dedicated in 1933.