1. Which culinary question was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic in 1961?

2. In which year was the Berlin Wall built?

3. Which record gave Acker Bilk a Top Ten hit in 1961?

4. Which Scot played for Torino in 1961-62?

5. How many Dalmatians starred in the 1961 Disney film?

6. Who in 1961 made the first space flight?

7. The title of which 1961 Joseph Heller novel has passed into common usage as a phrase meaning a no-win situation?

8. Where in Cuba did the USA sponsor an abortive invasion in 1961?

9. Who had a 1961 No.1 hit with Michael?

10. Which US submarine-launched 2 stage intermediate range ballistic missiles were first operational in 1961?

11. The title of which 1961 Hollywood romantic comedy is also a 1996 No 1 UK hit single (number 5 in the US)?

12. In 1961 who became the first man named John (NOT Johnny or Johnnie) to top the UK singles chart?

13. Which famous Russian city was called Tsaritsyn between 1598 and 1925?

14. Which commander warned both the US and the world of the dangers of a 'Military Industrial Complex' in a speech in 1961?

15. What colour were five pound notes before 1961?

16. The inhabitants of which island in the Atlantic were evacuated to Britain in 1961 after a volcanic eruption?

17. The teenage singing idol James Darren played a role in which big budget 1961 war film?

18. Which American singer had his first British hit in 1961 with Rubber Ball?

19. Recorded in Hamburg, who sang lead vocals on the Beatles first commercially released record in 1961?

20. Which gamblers institution was legalised in may 1961?

ANSWERS

1. Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavour (On The Bed Post Over Night?) Lonnie Donegan

2. 1961

3. Stranger On The Shore

4. Dennis Law

5. 101

6. Yuri Gagarin

7. Catch 22

8. Bay of Pigs

9. The Highwaymen

10. Polaris

11. Breakfast At Tiffany's (Deep Blue Something)

12. John Leyton - With the single 'Johnny Remember Me'

13. Volgograd (was also called Stalingrad between 1925 and 1961)

14. President Eisenhower.

15. Black And White

16. Tristan da Cunha

17. The Guns of Navarone

18. Bobby Vee

19. Tony Sheridan (My Bonnie)

20. Betting Shops