Free Quiz Questions on Entertainment up to and including 1969

1. During which decade did the BBC start radio broadcasts?

   1920s

2. What year was Elvis Presley born?

   1935

3. What year all these guys born: Ringo Starr, Tom Jones and Pele?

   1940

4. What Year? Fantasia was released at the movies and Tom Jones and Gary Glitter were both born.

   1940

5. What year: Barry White was born, so was Sylvester Stallone, and so was Roger Daltrey out of The Who?

   1944

6. What year: Rod Stewart was born, so was Bob Marley?

   1945

7. What year were all these people born: Stevie Wonder, Phil Collins and Sting?

   1950

8. What year were all these people born: David Hassellhoff, Michael Barrymore and Mister T?

   1952

9. What year were these people born: Jackie Chan, John Travolta and Oprah Winfrey?

   1954

10. What year did movie legend James Dean die?

    1955

11. What year were all these people born: American actress Michelle Pfeiffer, British comedian Dawn French and British musician Billy Bragg?

    1957

12. What year were these people born: singer Madonna, actor Gary Oldman and rapper Ice T.

    1958

13. What year: Elvis had a hit with Jailhouse Rock, famous musical South Pacific was out at the movies and famous TV lesbian Sandi Toksvig was born?

    1958

14. What year were these entertainers all born: Morrisey, Bob Mortimer and Julian Clary?

    1959

15. What year: The Magnificent Seven was out at the movies, The Shadows were Britain’s biggest selling band of the year and Carol Vorderman was born?

    1960

16. What year: Coronation Street was on TV for the first time, Spartacus was out at the movies (starring Kirk Douglas) and Bono out of U2 was born?

    1960

17. What year were all these comedians born: Harry Enfield, Eddie Murphy and Rory Bremner?

    1961

18. What year were all these people born: singer Boy George, singer KD.Lang and actor George Clooney?

    1961

19. What year: Marilyn Monroe died, Tom Cruise was born and John Lennon got married for the first time?

    1962

20. What year: 'Summer Holiday' starring Cliff Richard was out at the movies, Ringo Starr joined The Beatles and MC Hammer was born?

    1962

21. What year: The Beatles were rejected by Decca records, the instrumental record 'Telstar' was a huge hit for the Tornados and The Rolling Stones were formed in London?

    1962

22. What year were all of these people born: actor Brad Pitt, actor Johnny Depp and singer Tori Amos?

    1963

23. What year: The Great Escape was out at the movies, George Michael was born and The Beatles did their fist royal variety performance

    1963

24. What year were all these people born: Nicholas Cage, Bridget Fonda and Russell Crowe?

    1964

25. What year: Lulu had a hit with 'Shout' and Sean Connery starred as James Bond in 'Goldfinger'?

    1964

26. What year: The Beatles first had their waxworks in Madame Tussauds, BBC2 started broadcasting, and 'Mary Poppins' was out at the movies?

    1964

27. What year: the first episode of Top of The Pops was on TV, Mary Poppins was out at the movies, and top action movie star Nicolas Cage was born?

    1964

28. What year were these people born? DrDre, Brooke Shields and Slash out of Guns n Roses?

    1965

29. What year: Bjork and Steve Coogan were both born and 'The Sound of Music' was out at the movies?

    1965

30. What year? Bjork was born on an glacier, My Generation was a hit for The Who, and Bond movie 'Thunderball' was out at the movies?

    1965

31. What year? Ken Dodd had a number one single called 'Tears', and the word "fuck" was first said out loud on British TV?

    1965

32. What year: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly was out at the movies, Elizabeth Hurley was born, and The Beatles played their last ever live gig to a paying crowd (at Candlestick Park in San Francisco)?

    1966

33. What Year: John Lennon said the Beatles are more popular than Jesus, Patrick Troughton became the second Doctor Who and Janet Jackson was born?

    1966

34. What Year: Marti Pellow was born, Walt Disney died and The Good Bad Ugly was out at the movies?

    1966

35. What year: the first ever episode of Star Trek aired on TV, comedian Chris Rock was born and Beatles had a hit with Yellow Submarine?

    1966

36. What year: The original 'Alfie' movie with Michael Caine was out at the movies, the first episode of 'The Monkees' was on TV, and TV presenter Johnny Vaughn was born?

    1966

37. What year these people born: Noel Gallagher, Davina McCall and Pamela Anderson?

    1967

38. What year: The Jungle Book was out at the movies, The Beatles had a hit with the song All You Need Is Love, and Elvis Presley got married to Priscilla?

    1967

39. What year all of these people born: Kylie Minogue, Ricky Lake and wrestler Kurt Angle?

    1968

40. What year: Kylie Minogue was born, Carry on up The Khyber was out at the movies and George Best was European footballer of the year

    1968

41. What year: Elvis Presley performed his famous TV comeback special and Cliff Richard came second in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song 'Congratulations'?

    1968

42. What Year: Lulu the elephant shitted all over the Blue Peter studio and Austrlian singer Rolf Harris got to number one in the UK with his song 'Two Little Boys'?

    1968

43. What year were all these people born: Thom Yorke, Celine Dion, and Lucy Liu?

    1968

44. What year were all of these people born: Catherine Zeta Jones, Marilyn Manson and Jennifer Aniston?

    1969

45. What year: Beatles released their Abbey Road album, John Lennon married Yoko Ono and actress Rene Zellweger was born?

    1969

46. What year: the film 'Easy Rider' came out at the movies, The Beatles had their last number one hit single before they split up, and American singer Gwen Stefani was born?

    1969

47. What year: Last episode of the original series of Star Trek was aired on TV, 'The Italian Job' was out at the movies and Marilyn Manson was born?

    1969