The 1963 quiz (Questions only)

1. Which lord led the inquiry into the 1963 Profumo affair?

2. Which oriental stew reached number one in the US music charts (number 10 in the UK charts) in 1963?

3. What took place on 8th august 1963 at Cheddington, Buckinghamshire?

4. Which 1963 film about Allied POWs starred James Garner and Steve McQueen?

5. Who wrote the story on which the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock film ?The Birds? was based?

6. Who was the first woman in space?

7. Who became US president in 1963 after the assassination of John F Kennedy? (Full name please)

8. Who was the only goalkeeper to win the title European Footballer of the Year?

9. Which weekly magazine, one of Ireland's bestselling magazines, was first published on April 26, 1963?

10. What island was created by volcanic activity off the south coast of Iceland in 1963?

11. Which notorious prison in America closed its doors to convicted felons in 1963?

12. Who became the first UK artist to record a Lennon and McCartney song when he recorded 'Misery' after Helen Shapiro had turned it down.It was released in July 1963 but failed to chart.

13. The founder of the Red Cross, Henry Dunant won the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901. How many times has The International Committee for the Red Cross won the Nobel Peace Prize (as of 2009)?

14. Which French president twice vetoed Britain's applications to join the EEC, in 1963 and 1967?

15. Who had a number 1 record in 1963 with Sweets For My Sweet?

16. Who was the Israeli Prime Minister from 1948 to 1963?

17. 1963 ? You’ll never walk alone

18. Which abnormally elevated mood was first coined by the Daily Mirror newspaper on the 2nd November 1963?

19. Who directed the 1963 film The Leopard?

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