Brain test
1. In 1969 who became the first human to walk on the moon? 2. In 1967, South African Dr Christiaan Barnard performed a world first at the Groote Schuur Hospital. What was it? 3. What 1960s TV show featured the characters James Kirk, Scotty and Spock? 4. 1969 saw arguably the world’s most famous music concert. Name it. 5. Which band backed Cliff Richard in the 1960s? 6. Which musical genre that began in the US in the ’60s originates from a word synonymous with “body odour”? 7. According to the song in which year did Bryan Adams get his “first real six-string”? 8. It’s a device that generates an intense beam of coherent monochromatic light. What is the name of this popular 1960 invention? 9. Which team’s first and only World Cup finals win was in 1966? A) Argentina; B) Hungary; C) England; D) Soviet Union 10. Valerie Solanis shot which American artist in 1968? A) Dali, B) Picasso, C) Warhol, D) Pollock 11. Name the correspondent from World War 2 who won the 1961 literature Nobel Prize, but who eventually shot himself. 12. In 1996, Eddie Murphy played the role of the Nutty Professor, a remake of a 1960s film starring which actor in the lead? 13. What city, built in the ’60s, is the only South American capital named after its country? 14. Which of these historical South African events didn’t occur in the ’60s? A) Rivonia Trial; B) Murder of Hendrik Verwoerd; C) Sharpeville massacre; D) Adoption of the Freedom Charter 15. What was the name of the mobile carnivorous plant created by John Wyndham which featured in a 1963 film? 16. Complete the title of the Samuel Becket book from the 1960s, “Waiting for . . .” 17. Which country, in 1960, elected the world’s first female prime minister? A) Sri Lanka, B) New Zealand; C) Laos; D) Argentina 18. A song in the 1969 film “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” won an Oscar. Name this song. 19. Name the state that for 30 months unsuccessfully fought a war of independence in southeastern Nigeria in the 1960s. 20. Name the South African girl who in 1965 became the youngest-ever world record holder at the age of 12?
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