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Quiz about 1950s and 1960s Hits by the Numbers

1950s and 1960s Hits by the Numbers Quiz

The 1950s and 1960s brought us some of the most memorable music from any decade. See if you can remember back that far and answer these "number" questions. (All songs and data are from the U.S. Billboard Charts)

A multiple-choice quiz by grand macaw 1. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
grand macaw 1

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
204,804

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. How many persons were "Sitting In The Back Seat" on Paul Evans and The Curls' 1959 Top 10 Hit? Hint

Seven

Eight

Five

Three

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who had the 1963 Top 40 hit song "Two Tickets To Paradise"? Hint

Eddie Money

Brook Benton

Johnny Cash

The Quarter Notes

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Question 3 of 10

3. The Beach Boys' song "409" was the "B-side" of what bigger hit? Hint

Surfin'

Surfin' Safari

Surfin' U.S.A.

Surfer Girl

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Question 4 of 10

4. How much money did Charlie put in his pocket before "he kissed his wife and family and went to ride on the M.T.A."? Hint

a nickel

a quarter

10 cents

a dollar

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Question 5 of 10

5. Multiply the number of Guitar Pickers by the number of Mothers in the song "Nashville Cats" by The Lovin' Spoonful. Hint

660,454

24,566

22,741,992

12,180,478

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Question 6 of 10

6. What was the Flight Number of the plane mentioned by the Everly Brothers in their 1961 Top 10 Hit "Ebony Eyes"? Hint

1203

853

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Question 7 of 10

7. How far away was the German Battleship Bismarck when it began firing on the H.M.S. Hood in Johnny Horton's 1960 hit "Sink The Bismarck"? Hint

10 miles

16 miles

12 miles

15 miles

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Question 8 of 10

8. Gene Pitney sang about being how far away from Tulsa in 1963? Hint

300 miles

20 kilometers

54 miles

24 hours

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Question 9 of 10

9. How many reasons did Connie Stevens give for loving you in 1960? Hint

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Question 10 of 10

10. The Ventures hit the Billboard Charts in early 1963 with a song about a bee that weighed how much? Hint

4 tons

60 pounds

2000 pounds

8 pounds

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How many persons were "Sitting In The Back Seat" on Paul Evans and The Curls' 1959 Top 10 Hit?

Answer: Eight

"Seven Little Girls Sitting In The Back Seat huggin' and a-kissin' with Fred."
That makes eight in the back seat! They certainly made cars bigger back in 1959!

2. Who had the 1963 Top 40 hit song "Two Tickets To Paradise"?

Answer: Brook Benton

If I would have told you that you didn't have to pay for the tickets would you have figured out the answer?

3. The Beach Boys' song "409" was the "B-side" of what bigger hit?

Answer: Surfin' Safari

Yes! Even "Surfin'" (the first Beach Boys record to make the Billboard Charts) outperformed "409". "Surfin'" made it to #75 and spent 6 weeks on the Chart while "409" only got to #76 and was on the Chart for only 1 week.

4. How much money did Charlie put in his pocket before "he kissed his wife and family and went to ride on the M.T.A."?

Answer: 10 cents

The Kingston Trio sang about the plight of Charlie and his ride on the "M.T.A." (Metropolitan Transit Authority of Boston). Does anyone know if Charlie returned?

5. Multiply the number of Guitar Pickers by the number of Mothers in the song "Nashville Cats" by The Lovin' Spoonful.

Answer: 22,741,992

1352 Guitar Pickers and 16,821 Mothers in Nashville.
I'll let you do the multiplication.

6. What was the Flight Number of the plane mentioned by the Everly Brothers in their 1961 Top 10 Hit "Ebony Eyes"?

Answer: 1203

A true "Two-sided" Hit! "Ebony Eyes" went to #8 and the B-side "Walk Right Back" went to #7 on the Billboard Charts!

7. How far away was the German Battleship Bismarck when it began firing on the H.M.S. Hood in Johnny Horton's 1960 hit "Sink The Bismarck"?

Answer: 15 miles

The 1960 movie "Sink The Bismarck" was the inspiration for this song.

8. Gene Pitney sang about being how far away from Tulsa in 1963?

Answer: 24 hours

The 60's Hits "Rubber Ball" , "Hello Mary Lou" and "He's A Rebel" were written by Gene Pitney.

9. How many reasons did Connie Stevens give for loving you in 1960?

Answer: 16

I was ony 7 years old in 1960 but I was "in love" with Connie! Before Connie became Cricket Blake on television's "Hawaiian Eye" she made her major acting debut in Jerry Lee Lewis' "Rock-a-Bye Baby" (1958).

10. The Ventures hit the Billboard Charts in early 1963 with a song about a bee that weighed how much?

Answer: 2000 pounds

Just think of the honey a 2,000 pound bee would produce! It would take the life's work of approximately 600,000 honey bees to produce 2,000 pounds of honey!

Source: Author grand macaw 1

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