Birth Year Quiz

The 1967 quiz

70 questions in the archive mention 1967. Here are 20 of them; New mix gives another lot.

  • 70 questions mention 1967
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1966 1968

1. By what name was the republic of South Yemen known prior to 1967?

2. Name the 1967 psychedelic rock song made famous by singer Grace Slick and her band Jefferson Airplane:

3. What name was given to modern stamps from 1967 onwards because of the sculptors cameo bust of the queen?

4. In which year was colour television introduced to Britain? Was it 1965, 1966, 1967 or 1968

5. Which Argentinean revolutionary was killed in Bolivia in 1967?

6. In 1967 which golfer made the first televised hole in one?

7. What significant event happened at Groote Schuur Hospital in 1967?

8. Francis Chichester rounded Cape Horn in 1967 during a single-handed voyage around the world. What was the name of the second Englishman who also rounded the Cape alone in his yacht Lively Lady?

9. Who had a 1967 hit with the song Hi-Ho silver lining?

10. Which cruise ship sailed for the last time in 1967?

11. Which mega hit song from 1967 begins with the words "Seven-A"?

12. Polish sprinter Ewa Klobukowska was first to do what at Kiev in 1967?

13. Which English dramatist was murdered by his lover Kenneth Halliwell in 1967?

14. How were the 12 convicts recruited for a suicide mission known in the 1967 movie?

15. Which 2 outlaws cut a swathe through 30?s American Midwest in one of the big films of 1967?

16. Who was the actress Jane Asher engaged to between 1967 and 1968?

17. Which ex-Beatle starred in the 1967 anti-war film How I Won The War?

18. Robert Redford played opposite which leading lady in the 1967 film Barefoot in the Park?

19. Who had a Top Ten hit in 1967 with Edelweiss?

20. According to BBC Radio 2, which pallid hit single from the year 1967 has been the most played song in public places in the last 75 years?

ANSWERS

1. Aden

2. ?White Rabbit?

3. Machin Stamps

4. 1967

5. Che Guevara

6. Tony Jacklin

7. First heart transplant

8. Alec Rose

9. Jeff Beck

10. Queen Mary

11. Daydream Believer (Monkees)

12. Fail sex test - was later disqualified

13. Joe Orton

14. The Dirty Dozen

15. Bonnie Parker & Clyde Barrow

16. Paul McCartney

17. John Lennon

18. Jane Fonda

19. Vince Hill

20. Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade Of Pale"

Where these questions come from
  1. Geography Quiz 21
  2. Easter Bunny Quiz 2
  3. 1960s Quiz 1
  4. Colours Quiz 2
  5. 1960s Quiz 2
  6. Golf Quiz 1
  7. South Africa Quiz 1
  8. Exploration and Discovery Quiz 1
  9. Silver Quiz 1
  10. History Quiz 9
  11. Pauls Quiz 439
  12. Pub Quiz 7
  13. War Films Quiz 2
  14. Movie and Moviestars Quiz 13
  15. Pauls Quiz 314
  16. Movie Actors Quiz 1
  17. Pauls Quiz 482
  18. Flower Power Quiz 1
  19. Pub Quiz 136

Questions are chosen because they mention the year. Now and then one is only loosely about it: press New mix for another lot.