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Quiz Questions
- Recorded on 17 October 1963, which Beatle's song was their first American number-one hit?
- Who was host of Sunday Night at the London Palladium from 1965 to 1967?
- Which designer is credited with introducing the miniskirt?
- Who did Twiggy say was her greatest influence and considered her to be the world's first supermodel?
- Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien was one of the most successful British female performers in the 60s. By what name is she better known?
- What was the occupations of Terence Donovan, Terry O'Neill and Brian Duffy?
- Which 200-metre long street was known as the birthplace of Swinging London in the 1960s?
- Which cockney actor, a well known face on the London party scene, made his film debut in a 1962 film adaptation of Billy Budd?
- "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" is a 1966 song by which British band?
- Cathy McGowan and Keith Fordyce were the best known presenters of which music television programme?
- Which actress and icon of the Swinging Sixties became internationally known after the 1965 film Darling?
- Which 1966 film starred Jane Asher as Annie and Julia Foster as Gilda?
- Which British hairstylist created the bob cut hairstyle?
- Who married George Harrison in 1966?
- Which fictional character did Diana Rigg play in the television series The Avengers?
- Which road was famous for its many boutiques and where the miniskirt first appeared in the window of London's "Bazaar" shop?
- During the years of Beatlemania, the Beatles appeared in their first two films both directed by American Richard Lester. Can you name both?
- Who did French actress Catherine Deneuve marry in 1965?
- HOw was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from late 1964 to 1970?
- Which Bradford born artists was one of the leading influencers in the 1960's pop art movement?
Answers
- I Want to Hold Your Hand
- Jimmy Tarbuck
- Mary Quant
- Jean Shrimpton
- Dusty Springfield
- Photographers
- Carnaby Street
- Terence Stamp
- The Kinks
- Ready Steady Go!
- Julie Christie
- Alfie
- Vidal Sassoon
- Pattie Boyd
- Emma Peel
- King's Road
- A Hard Day's Night (1964) and Help! (1965)
- Photographer David Bailey
- Harold Wilson
- David Hockney