You don't have to have been there and done that in 1968 to nail these questions, but it wouldn't hurt:
1. Which musical couple posed nude on an album cover?
a. Sonny & Cher
b. Ike & Tina Turner
c. John Lennon & Yoko Ono
d. The Carpenters
2. Which famous athlete was barred from his sport because of his conscientious-objector draft status?
a. Muhammad Ali
b. Joe Namath
c. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
d. O.J. Simpson
3. Plastics were a touchstone of what movie?
a. "2001: A Space Odyssey"
b. "The Graduate"
c. "The Night of the Living Dead"
d. "Planet of the Apes"
4. In a 2008 documentary, who called 1968 "probably the worst year in American history"?
a. Abbie Hoffman
b. Patrick Buchanan
c. Dan Rather
d. Grace Slick
5. Which 1968 book was considered the counterculture's bible?
a. "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test"
b. "Chariots of the Gods"
c. "Myra Breckinridge"
d. "The Whole Earth Catalog"
6. The Apollo 8 crew sent images of Earth taken from space while reading from:
a. "The Whole Earth Catalog"
b. "Chariots of the Gods"
c. "The Book of Genesis"
d. "The Right Stuff"
7. Which was not a popular Christmas present in 1968?
a. Typewriter
b. Swingin' Polaroid
c. Hot Wheels
d. Big Wheel
8. Who won the United States' only gold medal at the Winter Olympics?
a. Spider Sabich
b. The hockey team
c. Mary Lou Retton
d. Peggy Fleming
9. Hershey bars cost:
a. 5 cents
b. 10 cents
c. 15 cents
d. 20 cents
10. Which song on "The Beatles" became connected to the Manson Family's murder spree the next year?
a. "Happiness Is a Warm Gun"
b. "Rocky Raccoon"
c. "Helter Skelter"
d. "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?"
11. Which Minnesotan almost upset Lyndon Johnson in the New Hampshire primary?
a. Harold Stassen
b. Eugene McCarthy
c. Walter Mondale
d. Hubert Humphrey
12. Who pitched a perfect game against the Twins?
a. Catfish Hunter
b. Mudcat Grant
c. Blue Moon Odom
d. Vida Blue
[answers below]
1: c. John & Yoko
2: a. Muhammad Ali
3: b. "The Graduate"
4: b. Patrick Buchanan
5: d. "The Whole Earth Catalog"
6: c. "The Book of Genesis"
7: d. Big Wheel, which wasn't released until 1969
8: d. Peggy Fleming
9: a. 5 cents
10: c. "Helter Skelter"
11: b. Eugene McCarthy
12: a. Catfish Hunter
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