First Picture:Girls fashion from the 1960’s
Second Picture: The hub of 1960’s fashion Carnaby Street.
Here we go again the annual trivia quiz, hope you enjoy it.
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These first few are railway based
1. In which city was a brick sculpture called ‘Train’ unveiled in June 1999?
2. About which train did the Reverend W Awdry write?
3. In which classic of 19th Century literature is the heroine killed by a train?
4. With which train was Oliver Postgate associated?
5. In which 1945 film does Celia Johnson meet Trevor Howard?
6. ‘Sitting in a railway station with a ticket for my destination’ is a line from which song?
Now for the Roads
7. The Roman Road Ermine Street ran from London to where?
8. What is the name of the emblem on the front of a Rolls Royce?
9. What is the name of the famous road that runs from Chicago to Los Angeles?
10. In what year was the wearing of Crash Helmets made compulsory?
11. Which is the most expensive road on a British Monopoly board ?
12. In which street would you have found ‘Big Bird’?
Life Like That!
13 What is the colour of the black box in a commercial airplane?
14 How long was the 100 years war?
15 Which country makes Panama hats?
16 From which animal do we get cat gut?
17 In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?
18 What is a camel's hair brush made of ?
19 The Canary Islands are named after what animal?
20 What was King George VI's first name?
21 What colour is a purple finch?
22 From which country do Chinese gooseberries come?
We cannot do without the traditional 1960’s trivia
23 Which orchestra-leader, born in Italy but based in Britain, became the first artist to sell a million stereo albums ?
24 She was the best-known female folk-singer of the 1960s but her only British top ten hit that decade was "There But For Fortune" in 1965; who was she ?
25 Lesley Gore had a top 5 US hit in 1963 with "Judy's Turn To Cry"; what number 1 was it the sequel song to?
26 In 1960 the Shadows' reached number 1 with their first release without Cliff, what was its title?
27 Which girl group had a worldwide hit in 1964 with "Chapel of Love"?
28 Who wrote the musical "Oliver" as well as Cliff Richard's hit "Living Doll"??
29 Whose real name was Charles Weedon Westover?
30 Who took “Three Steps to Heaven” to number one in 1960?
Well how did you do? The answers are in the ‘You Write’ section
Pam and I wish you all a very Merry Christmas
Peter
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You Write:
THE QUIZ ANSWERS
1. Darlington
2. Thomas the Tank Engine
3. Anna Karenina
4. Ivor the engine
5. Brief Encounter
6. Homeward Bound
7. York
8. Spirit of Ecstasy
9. Route 66
10. 1973
11. Park Lane £350
12. Sesame Street
13. Orange,
14. 116 years
15. Ecuador
16. Sheep and Horses
17. November
18. Squirrel fur
19. Dogs
20. Albert
21. Crimson
22. New Zealand
23. Mantovani
24. Joan Baez
25. "It's My Party"
26. "Apache"
27. The Dixie-Cups
28. Lionel Bart
29. Del Shannon.
30. Eddie Cochran.
News and Views:
On the 7th December Edmundo Ross, the famous 1950's band leader celebrated his 100th birthday!!!!!
On this day 19th December 1960-1965
the number one single was It's Now Or Never - Elvis Presley and the number one album was South Pacific Soundtrack. The top rated TV show was Knight Errant (Granada) and the box office smash was Psycho. A pound of today's money was worth £13.68 and Tottenham Hotspur were on the way to becoming the Season's Division 1 champions.
On 19/12/1960
On 19/12/1961the number one single was Tower of Strength - Frankie Vaughan and the number one album was Another Black & White Minstrell Show - George Mitchell Minstrels. The top rated TV show was Coronation Street (Granada) and the box office smash was One Hundred and One Dalmations. A pound of today's money was worth £13.25 and Ipswich Town were on the way to becoming the Season's Division 1 champions.
On 19/12/1962the number one single was Return to Sender - Elvis Presley and the number one album was West Side Story Soundtrack. The top rated TV show was Coronation Street (Granada) and the box office smash was Lawrence of Arabia. A pound of today's money was worth £12.89 and Everton were on the way to becoming the Season's Division 1 champions.
On 19/12/1963the number one single was I Want to Hold Your hand - The Beatles and the number one album was With the Beatles - The Beatles. The top rated TV show was Coronation Street (Granada) and the box office smash was The Great Escape. A pound of today's money was worth £12.64 and Liverpool were on the way to becoming the Season's Division 1 champions.
On 19/12/1964the number one single was I Feel Fine - The Beatles and the number one album was Beatles For Sale - The Beatles. The top rated TV show was Coronation Street (Granada) and the box office smash was Dr Strangelove. A pound of today's money was worth £12.24 and Manchester United were on the way to becoming the Season's Division 1 champions.
On 19/12/1965the number one single was Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out - The Beatles and the number one album was The Sound of Music Soundtrack. The top rated TV show was Coronation Street (Granada) and the box office smash was The Sound of Music. A pound of today's money was worth £11.69 and Liverpool were on the way to becoming the Season's Division 1 champions.
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