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The Ultimate Year Quiz - 1962

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Quiz created by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye

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1. Who did Pope John XXIII excommunicate on January 3, 1962?

Che Guevara
Fidel Castro
Ngo Dinh Diem
Anastasio Somoza

2. The first of these retail stores was opened on July 2, 1962?

Dollar Tree
Walgreens
Best Buy
Wal-Mart

3. What term was first mentioned by the media on November 3, 1962?

the internet
personal computer
automated banking
cellular telephone

4. Who won the 1962 World Series?

New York Yankees
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Francisco Giants
Cincinnati Reds

5. Who won the 1962 NFL Championship?

Green Bay Packers
Chicago Bears
Baltimore Colts
New York Giants

6. What was the top grossing film of 1962?

Spartacus
Lover Come Back
West Side Story
El Cid

7. Who did Walter Cronkite succeed as anchorman on The CBS Evening News on April 16, 1962?

John Daly
Lowell Thomas
Douglas Edwards
Eric Severeid

8. What was the name of the spacecraft that John Glenn was in when he became the first American to orbit the Earth on February 20, 1962?

Sigma 7
Mercury-Atlas 7
Aurora 7
Friendship 7

9. What African country gained its independence from France on July 5, 1962?

Ivory Coast
Algeria
Tunisia
Libya

10. Who sang "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" at a televised birthday party for President John F. Kennedy on May 19, 1962?

Frank Sinatra
Marilyn Monroe
Bing Crosby
Jacqueline Kennedy

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<h1>The Ultimate Year Quiz - 1962</h1><p>Guess the answer to each question</p>
<p>Quiz created by: <a href="http://www.amiwrong.com/authors/mrbadgerhawkeye.shtml">Mr. Badger Hawkeye</a></p><br>1. Who did Pope John XXIII excommunicate on January 3, 1962?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Che Guevara</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Fidel Castro</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Ngo Dinh Diem</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Anastasio Somoza</div>
<br>2. The first of these retail stores was opened on July 2, 1962?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Dollar Tree</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Walgreens</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Best Buy</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Wal-Mart</div>
<br>3. What term was first mentioned by the media on November 3, 1962?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) the internet</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) personal computer</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) automated banking</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) cellular telephone</div>
<br>4. Who won the 1962 World Series?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) New York Yankees</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Los Angeles Dodgers</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) San Francisco Giants</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Cincinnati Reds</div>
<br>5. Who won the 1962 NFL Championship?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Green Bay Packers</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Chicago Bears</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Baltimore Colts</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) New York Giants</div>
<br>6. What was the top grossing film of 1962?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Spartacus</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Lover Come Back</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) West Side Story</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) El Cid</div>
<br>7. Who did Walter Cronkite succeed as anchorman on The CBS Evening News on April 16, 1962?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) John Daly</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Lowell Thomas</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Douglas Edwards</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Eric Severeid</div>
<br>8. What was the name of the spacecraft that John Glenn was in when he became the first American to orbit the Earth on February 20, 1962?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Sigma 7</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Mercury-Atlas 7</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Aurora 7</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Friendship 7</div>
<br>9. What African country gained its independence from France on July 5, 1962?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Ivory Coast</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Algeria</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Tunisia</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Libya</div>
<br>10. Who sang "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" at a televised birthday party for President John F. Kennedy on May 19, 1962?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Frank Sinatra</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Marilyn Monroe</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Bing Crosby</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Jacqueline Kennedy</div>
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