The 1962 quiz (Questions only)

1. Benjamin Britten?s war Requiem was first performed at the consecration of which Cathedral in 1962?

2. Which song from a British musician was the first to top both the US Hot 100 and the Easy Listening charts in 1962?

3. Which hit song from 1962 incorporated 'the man of a thousand voices', Warner Brothers cartoon legend Mel Blanc?

4. Taking inflation into account, which 1962 film was the most expensive film ever made in black and white ?

5. Watson, Crick and Evans won the Nobel prize for medicine in 1962. For which discovery are they associated?

6. What event in Cuba in 1962 was said to have almost started World War Three?

7. Who's song did the Beatles sing on their first TV appearance back in 1962?

8. England and West Ham football (soccer?) legend Sir Geoff Hurst played one first-class cricket match. For which county?

9. Which soundtrack album was the best selling album of the year in the US charts in both 1962 and 1963?

10. Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck and Martin Balsam all starred in the 1962 original & the 1991 remake of which film?

11. In what year did Marilyn Monroe die?

12. Which ex-statesman, born in Umtata, in 1918, was imprisoned in Robben Island Prison, Cape Town from 1962 to 1990?

13. Who was the astronaut, now an American senator who found himself out of this world in February 1962?

14. Which photographic process was first demonstrated in 1962?

15. In what year did US pilot Chuck Yeager become the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound - 1947 or 1962?

16. Which American singer had a hit in 1962 with Ramblin Rose?

17. In 1962 Britain and France signed an agreement which led to co-operation in building what?

18. Which record company rejected the Beatles after a January 1, 1962 audition with the explanation "guitar groups are on the way out"?

19. Who had a hit in 1962 with the song it might as well rain until September?

20. Who Did Sonny Liston Beat To Win The World Heavyweight Boxing Title?