1965 Trivia Quiz Questions and Answers
President Johnson proclaims his "Great Society" during his
what ?
A: State of the Union address.
Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in for his own full term as
what?
A: U.S. President.
The state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill takes place with
the largest assembly of statesmen in the world until what?
A: The 2005 funeral of Pope John Paul II.
A new red and white maple leaf design is inaugurated as the
what?
A: Flag of Canada, replacing the Union Flag and the Canadian Red Ensign.
Joan Rivers makes her what?
A: Tonight Show debut.
Gambia becomes independent from the what?
A: The United Kingdom.
Ranger 8 crashes into the Moon, after a successful mission
of doing what?
A: Photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts.
Who is assassinated in New York City?
Where does The Sound of Music premiere?
A: At the Rivoli Theater in New York City.
Some 200 Alabama State Troopers clash with 525 what?
A: Civil rights demonstrators in Selma, Alabama.
In Montgomery, Alabama, how many civil rights marchers
demonstrate at the Courthouse?
A: 1,600.
Cosmonaut Alexey Leonov, becomes the first person to what?
A: Walk in space.
Martin Luther King, Jr. leads 3,200 civil rights activists
in the third march from Selma, Alabama to where?
A: The capitol in Montgomery.
NASA launches the United States' first what?
A: 2-person crew (Gus Grissom, John Young) into Earth orbit.
Martin Luther King, Jr. and 25,000 civil rights activists
successfully end the what?
A: The 4-day march from Selma, Alabama, to the capitol in Montgomery.
At the 37th Academy Awards, My Fair Lady wins how many
Academy Awards?
A: 8.
What sports facility opens in
Houston?
A: The Astrodome.
Charlie Brown and the Peanuts Gang appear on the cover of
what magazine?
A: Time.
April 17 – The first Students for a
Democratic Society
march against the Vietnam War draws how many protestors to Washington, D.C.?
A: 25,000.
Teenage sniper Michael Clark kills 3 and wounds others
shooting at cars from a hilltop located where?
A: Along Highway 101 just south of Orcutt,
California.
Pianist Vladimir Horowitz returns to the stage after how
long?
A: After a 12-year absence.
The first skateboarding what is held?
A: Championship.
Muhammad Ali knocks out Sonny Liston in the first round of
their championship rematch with the "what", at the Central Maine Civic Center in
Lewiston?
A: The "Phantom Punch".
The first contingent of Australian combat troops arrives
where?
A: In South Vietnam.
Astronaut Edward Higgins White makes the first U.S. what?
A: Space walk.
Sonny & Cher release what song which would go on to #1 in
the US, UK & Canada and establish them as international icons?
A: I Got You Babe.
U.S. spacecraft Mariner 4 flies by Mars, becoming the first
what?
A: The first spacecraft to return images from the Red Planet.
The Maldives receive full independence from whom?
A: Great Britain.
What Beatles movie premieres?
A: Help!.
President Johnson signs what into law?
A: the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
What rock group debuts at the Matrix in
San Francisco and
begins to appear there regularly?
A: The rock group Jefferson Airplane.
The Beatles perform the first stadium concert in the
history of rock, playing before 55,600 persons at what venue?
A: Shea Stadium in New York City.
Who announces his retirement after 55 years in
baseball?
A: Casey Stengel.
Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches a what?
A: A perfect game in a baseball match against the Chicago Cubs.
The Tom and Jerry cartoon series makes its what?
A: World broadcast premiere on CBS.
Pope Paul VI visits what country?
A: The United States.
He appears for a Mass in Yankee Stadium and makes a speech
where?
A: At the United Nations.
Pope Paul VI announces that the ecumenical council has
decided that Jews are not what?
A: Collectively responsible for the killing of
Christ.
What soap opera debuts on NBC?
A: Days of Our Lives.
Craig Breedlove sets a new land speed record of what?
A: 600.601 mph (966.574 km/h).
A Charlie Brown Christmas, the first Peanuts television
special, debuts on CBS, quickly becoming what?
A: An annual tradition.
Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 perform the first what?
A: Controlled rendezvous in Earth orbit.