The Ultimate Year Quiz - 1964
Guess the answer to each question
Quiz created by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye
1. On January 8, 1964 during his first State of the Union speech, President Lyndon Johnson declared war on this?
(#) drug use
(#) poverty
(#) segregation
(#) obesity
2. What famous World War II American general passed away on April 5, 1964?
(#) Douglas MacArthur
(#) Dwight D. Eisenhower
(#) Omar Bradley
(#) George C. Marshall
3. Who was Barry Goldwater's running mate on the 1964 Republican Party ticket?
(#) George Romney
(#) William E. Miller
(#) William Scranton
(#) Nelson A. Rockefeller
4. What state's delegation to the 1964 Democratic National Convention was challenged by a group headed by Fannie Lou Hamer?
(#) Alabama
(#) Louisiana
(#) Mississippi
(#) Georgia
5. What was the top grossing film of 1964?
(#) The Carpetbaggers
(#) The Unsinkable Molly Brown
(#) Tom Jones
(#) It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
6. What Christmas special debut on December 6, 1964 on NBC?
(#) Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer
(#) The Grinch Who Stole Christmas
(#) Charlie Brown's Christmas
(#) Frosty the Snowman
7. What team won the 1964 NFL Championship?
(#) Baltimore Colts
(#) Cleveland Browns
(#) New York Giants
(#) Green Bay Packers
8. What song did Indiana Governor Matthew E. Welsh declare pornographic on February 1, 1964?
(#) (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction by the Rolling Stones
(#) The Twist by Chubby Checker
(#) I Want to Hold Your Hand by the Beatles
(#) Louie, Louie by the Kingsmen
9. What world leader was ousted from power in October of 1964?
(#) Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru
(#) South Korean President Park Chung Hee
(#) Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev
(#) Cuban leader Fidel Castro
10. What politician stated on July 16, 1964 that "extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice and moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue"?
(#) Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller
(#) Richard M. Nixon
(#) President Lyndon B. Johnson
(#) Senator Barry Goldwater
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