Test your 1958-65 era knowledge

After viewing the 1958-65 Flashback pages , test yourself with this quiz.





Select one answer for each of the following ten questions. When your done, click the "get score" button below to have your quiz graded. Good luck!



1. What year was the "hula-hoop" invented?
1957
1958
1964

2. The group, "The Pendeltones" of 1961 would later change their name to:
The Turtles
The Animals
The Beach Boys

3. Marilyn Monroe died in what year?
1961
1962
1963

4. Diet Pepsi becomes available in what year?
1962
1964
1965

5. Alaska and Hawaii became states in what year?
1957
1958
1959

6. A first class postage stamp in 1960 cost how much?
2 cents
4 cents
5 cents

7. President Johnson signs a bill requiring cigarette makers to print health warnings on all cigarette packages about the effects of smoking in this year:
1963
1964
1965

8. VISA and American Express cards came out in what year?
1958
1959
1965

9. What percentage of Americans own a television by 1962?
70 percent
80 percent
90 percent

10. Touch tone phones were introduced when?
1959
1960
1963

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