Statistics for Events of 1962

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
This blonde starlet dies of an overdose of sleeping pills.	Marilyn Monroe	99%
This group releases its first single,“Love Me Do.”	The Beatles	92%
The Soviets build missile bases in this Western Hemisphere country.	Cuba	91%
This material is used in breast implants for the first time.	Silicone	85%
This artist paints a can of soup.	Andy Warhol	83%
Twelve East Germans escape through a tunnel under this structure.	Berlin Wall	82%
The first of this discount store chain opens in Rogers, Ark.	Wal-Mart	81%
This movie is released, starring Peter O’Toole, set in the middle East.	Lawrence of Arabia	77%
Albert Sabin develos an oral vaccine against this disease.	Polio	75%
This north-African country gains independence from France.	Algeria	69%
This star of “Ghost,” “G.I. Jane,” and “Striptease” is born.	Demi Moore	67%
This comic begins a 30-year reign as Tonight Show host.	Johnny Carson	66%
This sitcom premiers: “a story ‘bout a man named Jed [Clampett]”	Beverly Hillbillies	64%
This Ohioan becomes the first American in orbit.	John Glenn, Jr.	62%
This man (and jacket namesake) becomes leader of India.	Jawahar Lal Nehru	57%
Floods in northern Germany kill over 300 in this large city.	Hamburg	49%
Troops quell rioting at this state’s leading university as it integrates.	Mississippi	49%
The first store of this “blue-light special” chain opens in Michigan.	Kmart	46%
Members of this acrobatic family are killed when their pyramid collapses.	Wallendas	24%