Exploring the 1960s: A Decade of Change Quiz - Test Your Knowledge

the anabolic steroid Methandrostenolone was prescribed to women in the 1960s as a tonic, until its masculinising effects were discovered.

the 1960s singing duo Paul & Paula inspired such pairings as Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell.

the U.S. movement toward small claims courts began in the early 1960s, as Justice of the Peace courts became increasingly archaic.

the field of island restoration is usually credited with having been started in New Zealand in the 1960s.

while Aleksandra Pakhmutova composed pieces for the symphony orchestra and a ballet, her fame in the former Soviet Union rests primarily on 400 songs she composed back in the 1960s and 1970s.

the first film to take advantage of the relaxation of communism in Czechoslovakia in the 1960s was The Sun in a Net.

in the 1950s and 1960s, some residents of mid-rise apartment buildings would sleep outside on their fire escapes during hot summers.

during the 1960s, Texas lawyer John Ben Shepperd worked to obtain the land for the creation of Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site along the Pedernales River.

Edgar Buchanan was a dentist before becoming an American actor with a long career in both movies and television, and is probably best remembered as Uncle Joe Carson from the Petticoat Junction and Green Acres television sitcoms of the 1960s.

earthquake lights, although described in 373 BC, were not convincingly documented until the 1960s.

Harvey Littleton, a former professor at the University of Wisconsin, pioneered the American studio glass movement in the 1960s and is responsible for training many prominent glass artists.

The Brady Bunch actress Maureen McCormick was one of the many people who voiced the 1960s toy Chatty Cathy.

The Patty Duke Show challenged the scope of special effects on television in the 1960s, with Patty Duke playing two roles.

American educator Septima Poinsette Clark, known as the "Grandmother of the Civil Rights Movement," worked for educational and civil rights for African-Americans decades before the rise of national awareness of inequality in the 1960s.

Exploring the 1960s: A Decade of Change

1 Cultural Revolution in China (1966–1976) - a period of widespread social and political upheaval in the People’s Republic of China which was launched by Mao Zedong, the chairman of the ________.

2 ________ releases their debut record The Piper at the Gates of Dawn.

3 ________ release the seminal concept album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in June 1967.

4 The Space Race between the United States and the ________ would dominate the 1960s.

5 President ________ (United States)

6 Bob Dylan's 1965 albums ________ and Highway 61 Revisited usher in album focused rock and the 'folk rock' genre.

7 Queen Elizabeth II (________)

8 The band cemented their position as a vital counterculture band when they performed at the ________.

9 See ________ for more details.

10 In motorsports, the ________ and Trans-Am series were both established in 1966.

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