Showing posts with label 1960s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1960s. Show all posts

10/26/11

No Better Athlete



In the NBA logo, the silhouette is based on what actual NBA Player?
(Hints: Nickname "Mr Clutch"
Played from 1960-1974
Entire Career with the Lakers
and, not to get racial, but he was white)

4/11/11

Change the World in 1 Hour and 48 minutes.



Yuri Gagarin became the first human to do what (at least successfully) on April 12, 1961?

4/4/11

In Memory of MLK



What was the name of the assassin who shot Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968?

1/20/11

Notable Quote



This president (whose head is on the 50-cent piece) delivered what famous quote in his inauguration speech?

1/18/11

All-Time Scoring Champ (Pretty Good At Basketball, Too)


What former NBA player, known for scoring on and off the court, is the only player to ever score 100 points in a single game?

1/12/11

Trend Setter



On Jan 12, 1967, 73 year old James Bedford became the first not-so-alive person to do what?

10/28/10

Baseball question

(answer is not pictured)
In 1969, the height of what was lowered from 15" to 10"?

10/5/10

Scandalous

Separate beds? Then how did these two have a baby? (not the right answer, btw) 


What 1960's TV couple tore a page right out of history when they were the first man and woman to be shown in the same bed together on screen?


(Hint, the time period of the show was not contemporaneous with the time period the show was aired)

8/20/10

The Dots Keep Marching 1 By 1, Hurrah, Hurrah.



Designating a single point in a raster image (aka bitmap, aka continuos-tone image), the word "pixel" is a shortened version of what 2 word phrase?

7/20/10

One Small Question



What famous quote was uttered on July 20, 1969?