1968 Trivia Quiz - Questions With Answers About The Year 1968
Who is chosen as the leader of the Communist Party in
Czechoslovakia?
A: Alexander Dubček.
The Green Bay Packers defeat what team by the score of
33-14 in Super Bowl II at the Miami Orange Bowl?
A: The Oakland Raiders.
An earthquake in Sicily kills and injures how many people?
A: It kills 380 and injures around 1,000.
A U.S. B-52 Stratofortress crashes in Greenland,
discharging 4 what?
A: Nuclear bombs.
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In debuts on what TV network?
A: NBC.
North Korea seizes the USS Pueblo, claiming the ship
violated what?
A: Its territorial waters while spying.
Where are the 1968 Winter Olympics held?
A: In Grenoble, France.
What leaks from the U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground near
Skull Valley, Utah?
A: Nerve gas.
The United States Congress repeals the requirement for a
what?
A: Gold reserve to back U.S. currency.
Joan Baez marries what activist?
A: David Harris in New York.
The film 2001: A Space Odyssey premieres in what location?
A: Washington, D.C.
What happens to Martin Luther King, Jr. ?
A: He is shot dead at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis,
Tennessee.
President Johnson signs what?
A: The Civil Rights Act of 1968.
The musical Hair officially opens on what?
A: Broadway.
What happened to Braniff Flight 352?
A: It crashes near Dawson, Texas, killing all 85 persons on board.
What happens to the U.S. nuclear-powered submarine
Scorpion?
A: It sinks with 99 men aboard, 400 miles southwest of the Azores.
Helen Keller dies at what age?
A: At 87 years old.
What happens to U.S. presidential candidate Robert F.
Kennedy?
A: He is shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles by Sirhan Sirhan, and dies
the next day.
Who is arrested for the assassination of Martin Luther
King, Jr.?
A: James Earl Ray.
The film Rosemary's Baby premieres in what country?
A: The U.S.
The soap opera One Life to Live premieres on what
television network?
A: ABC.
What semiconductor company is founded?
A: Intel.
The first International Special Olympics Summer Games are
held at Soldier Field in Chicago, Ill, with about how many athletes attending?
A: 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities.
Pope Paul VI publishes the encyclical entitled Humanae
vitae, condemning what?
A: Birth control.
Arenal Volcano erupts in what country for the first time in
centuries?
A: Costa Rica.
The Republican National Convention in Miami Beach,
Florida
nominates who for U.S. President and Spiro Agnew for Vice President?
A: Richard Nixon.
France explodes its first what?
A: Hydrogen bomb.
John Gordon Mein, US Ambassador to Guatemala, is
assassinated where?
A: On the streets of Guatemala City, making him the First US Ambassador
assassinated in the line of duty.
Detroit Tiger Denny McLain becomes the first
baseball
pitcher to win what?
A: 30 games in a season since 1934. He remains the last to accomplish the feat.
What TV cop show debuts on CBS, and eventually becomes the
longest-running crime show in television history, until Law & Order overtakes it
in 2003?
A: Hawaii 5-O.
What TV show debuts on CBS and is still on the air as of
2014?
A: 60 Minutes.
At Paine Field, near Everett, Washington in the United
States, Boeing officially rolls out its new what?
A: 747 for the media and the public.
Detroit Tigers win the 1968 World Series, defeating what
team?
A: St. Louis Cardinals 4 games to 3.
The Games of the XIX Olympiad are held where?
A: In Mexico City, Mexico.
Equatorial Guinea receives its independence from what
country?
A: Spain.
Led Zeppelin makes their first live performance where?
A: At Surrey University in England.
Former U.S. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy marries whom?
A: Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis on the Greek island of Skorpios.
Yale University announces it is going to do what?
A: Admit women.
The Farmington Mine disaster in Farmington,
West Virginia,
kills how many men?
A: Seventy-eight.
The Beatles release their self-titled album popularly known
as the what?
A: White Album.
The 12th episode of Star Trek 3rd season is aired,
featuring the first-ever what on U.S. national television?
A: Interracial kiss. It was between Lieutenant Uhura and Captain James T. Kirk.
David Eisenhower, grandson of former U.S. President Dwight
D. Eisenhower, marries whom?
A: Julie Nixon, the daughter of U.S. President-elect Richard Nixon.
Led Zeppelin makes their American debut in what city?
A: Denver, CO.