Statistics for Newsmakers of the 1960's.

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Youngest person ever elected president.	John F. Kennedy	100%
Cuban dictator who came to power in 1961 and remained so until 2008, making him the longest serving head-of-state in history.	Fidel Castro	94%
Singer/trumpeter who, at sixty-three, had a number one hit with the title song from the above mentioned musical.	Louis Armstrong	91%
Original name of the boxer who won a light-heavyweight gold medal at the 1960 Olympics.	Cassius Clay	89%
Guitarist who closed the legendary "Woodstock" festival.	Jimi Hendrix	89%
Television emcee who introduced The Beatles to 73 million American and Canadian viewers.	Ed Sullivan	85%
Frank Sinatra hosted a televison special for him after he was discharged from the army.	Elvis Presley	85%
Began his thirty-year career as host of the "Tonight Show" in 1962.	Johnny Carson	81%
After losing California's gubernatorial race he famously said "You won't have _____ to kick around anymore because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference"	Richard M. Nixon	80%
Animated caveman who became prime time television's first animated superstar.	Fred Flintstone	76%
India's longest serving Prime Minister. No relation to the famous liberator.	Indira Gandhi	72%
Civil rights leader who took the name el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz prior to his 1965 assasination.	Malcolm X	72%
Elected president of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) in 1969.	Yasser Arafat	69%
Made his thirty-ninth uncredited cameo in the film "Topaz".	Alfred Hitchcock	67%
The second man to step onto extra terrestrial soil.	Buzz Aldrin	63%
Prolific record producer who launched the careers of The Supremes, The Four Tops, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder and many others.	Berry Gordy	61%
Won the Academy Award for "Cactus Flower" while appearing on "Laugh-In".	Goldie Hawn	61%
New York Yankee who retired in 1968 with 536 career home runs and seven world championships.	Mickey Mantle	56%
This Italian film-maker created a self portrait with film number "8 1/2".	Federico Fellini	50%
She tied with Katharine Hepburn for an Oscar in 1969.	Barbra Streisand	24%
Author of "The Feminine Mystique" and later one of the founding members of the Women's LIberation movement.	Betty Friedan	24%
For "The Apartment" this director won his second Oscar for directing and his third for screenwriting.	Billy Wilder	20%
Played Catwoman in the 1966 film version of "Batman", but not the campy TV show on which it was spun-off.	Lee Meriwether	9%
Republican presidential candidate who was booed at the '64 convention. Needless to say he didn't get the nomination.	Nelson Rockefeller	9%
This "abominable showman" produced eight plays and musicals during Broadways 1963 to 1964 season, including the years biggest hit, "Hello Dolly!".	David Merrick	4%