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McClintock High School Class of 1970 - US History
1966-1970 Trivia

1. Who was the United States president in 1970
A - John F Kennedy
B - Lyndon Johnson
C - Hubert Humphrey
D - Richard Nixon
E - Spiro Agnew
F - Gerald Ford

2. Where were 4 students shot protesting against the American invasion of Cambodia.
A - Kent State
B - Kampuchea
C - Berkley University
D - Michigan State
E - University of California
F - Columbia University

3. Who was Lesley Hornby?
A - Lesley Uggams
B - Raquel Welch
C - Lesley Gore
D - George Harrison's wife
E - Twiggy
F - creator of the Ouija Board

4. What was the most prescribed medicine in the US.
A - Ritalin
B - Valium
C - Premarin
D - Claritin
E - Benadryl
F - Celebrex

5. Who was the Northern California serial killer who killed 4 men and 3 women?
A - The Mad Butcher
B - The Zodiac
C - John Wayne Gacy
D - Ted Bundy
E - Scott Lee Kimball
F - Leopold and Loeb

6. The Apollo 11 astronaut that did not walk on the moon.
A - Neil Armstrong
B - Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin
C - Charles Conrad
D - Richard Gordon
E - Michael Collins
F - Sam Shephard

7. Who pleaded guilty of leaving the scene of an accident that claimed the life of Mary Jo Kopechne?
A - Sigourney Weaver
B - Michael Caine
C - Shirley Bassey
D - Donovan
E - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy
F - Ralph Nader

8. Who was convicted of the assassination of United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy?
A - James Earl Ray
B - John Hinckley, Jr.
C - John Wilkes Booth
D - Lee Harvey Oswald
E - Sirhan Sirhan
F - Jack Ruby

9. Where did John and Yoko Ono stage their 'bed-in for peace'?
A - Washington DC
B - Amsterdam
C - London
D - ZĂ¼rich
E - NYC
F - Paris

10. Where was Martin Luther King Assassinated?
A - Ambassador Hotel
B - Capitol building in Montgomery
C - Morehouse College
D - Ebenezer Baptist Church
E - Lorraine Motel
F - on the streets of Atlanta

11. Who were the Chicago 7?
A - 7 defendants charged with conspiracy and inciting a riot related to protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention?
B - Billy Graham's 7-day Evangelistic Concert Tour in Chicago.
C - 7-day march on the capitol
D - 7 rivers that came together to flood the streets of Chicago
E - The original diameter in inches of the 45 record produced originally in Chicago
F - the stars of a sci-fi show

12. The Big Mac originally sold for how much?
A - 10¢
B - 15¢
C - 49¢
D - no such thing as a Big Mac until the 90s
E - included in the 'kids meal'
F - given away as a promotion for french fries

13. What does G, M, R, X represent
A - The film-rating system used by the Motion Picture Association
B - domain name for NASA
C - codes used at the '68 Olympics in Mexico
D - abbreviations for the cause of death in the military
E - Selective Service abbreviations for the draft
F - telephone prefixes

14. Name of the US Navy ship that was captured by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
A - USS Reuben James
B - USS Halyburton
C - USS John S. McCain
D - USS Nimitz
E - USS Pueblo
F - USS Enterprise

15. Who proclaimed 'Tune On, Tune In, Drop Out' at the Human Be-In at Golden Gate Park?
A - Joni Mitchell
B - Timothy Leary
C - Abbie Hoffman
D - George Harrison  
E - Joan Baez
F - George Carlin

16. Where did Elvis marry Priscilla Beaulieu?
A - Graceland
B - Niagra Falls
C - Las Vegas
D - Kauai
E - Florida Keys
F - Malibu Beach

17. Richard Speck was sentenced to death in electric chair for the murder of who on July 14, 1966
A - student nurses
B - post office employees
C - his estranged wife and her boyfriend
D - day-care children
E - member of The People's Temple
F - Branch Davidians

18. Who are the first U.S. astronauts to die in the line of duty?
A - Husband, McCool & Anderson
B - Smith, McNair & Jaravis
C - Scobee, Smith, McAuliffe, McNair, Onizuka,  Resnik & Jarvis
D - Grissom, White & Chaffee
E - Givens, Shepard, Mitchell &  Scott
F - Borman, Schirra & Collins

19. The first episode of Star Trek was called . . .
A - Return to Tomorrow
B - The Man Trap
C - Is There In  Truth No Beauty
D - United  Federation of Planets
E - The  Trouble with Tribbles
F - The Menagerie

20. The credit card that became available for consumer use in 1966 was called
A - Master Charge
B - Master Card
C - Diners Club
D - Visa
E - Bank of America
F - no credit cards were available to consumers until 1975

21. On Jan 20, 1969,  the US President’s salary rose to  $__
A - $50,000
B - $100,000
C - $200,000
D - $300,000
E - $500,000
F - $600,000
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