The 1969 quiz (Questions only)

1. In which 1969 film did Clint Eastwood sing?

2. What was unusual about the result of the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest?

3. In which year was the Woodstock festival?

4. Which coin was introduced in Britain in October 1969?

5. Which literature prize for fiction was first awarded in 1969?

6. What were the names of the two largest Open Air Concerts in the USA in 1969?

7. David Block and David Quayle founded which store in Southampton in 1969?

8. Who had a number 1 in 1969 with the song Sugar Sugar?

9. What is the captains reply in the song Hotel California to the wine request?

10. Who succeeded General De Gaulle as French president in 1969?

11. In which sporting event did Ann Haydon Jones score a rare British success in 1969?

12. How die Rocky Marciano die in 1969?

13. Who captained "Morning Cloud" in the 1969 Sydney to Hobart race?

14. What kind of "woman" was a number one single in both the UK and US music charts in 1969?

15. Although the cause was bizarre, what was the name of the bloody war fought between El Salvador and Honduras for a few days in June 1969?

16. The song Woodstock was a hit for Matthews Southern Comfort and CSNY in 1970. Which female wrote the song in 1969?

17. In 1960, Ceylon became the first country to do this. India was second, in 1966; followed by Israel in 1969 and Argentina in 1974. To do what?

18. Which sporting quiz show started in 1969?

19. For which football club has Christmas come early when they won the Intertoto Cup 2006, the first silverware since 1969?

20. Which female impersonator had a small hit record in 1969 with the song On Mother Kelly?s Doorstep?