Q 01/05

Which band made its first live US television appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964?

A) The Rolling Stones

B) The Kinks

C) The Dave Clark Five

D) The Beatles

Answer · why

D) The Beatles

The Beatles drew an estimated 73 million viewers; Sullivan is said to have booked them after seeing crowds of fans greet their return to Heathrow from...

Q 02/05

Whom did Cassius Clay beat in Miami Beach on February 25, 1964, to become heavyweight champion?

A) Floyd Patterson

B) Joe Frazier

C) Sonny Liston

D) Ernie Terrell

Answer · why

C) Sonny Liston

Sonny Liston, the heavy favourite, stayed on his stool when the bell rang for the seventh round, complaining of an injured shoulder.

Q 03/05

Which US state was struck on Good Friday 1964 by the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in North America?

A) Hawaii

B) Alaska

C) Washington

D) Oregon

Answer · why

B) Alaska

Alaska took the magnitude 9.2 shock, and the tsunamis it set off killed people as far away as the coast of California.

Q 04/05

Which Austrian city hosted the 1964 Winter Olympics?

A) Innsbruck

B) Salzburg

C) Klagenfurt

D) Bregenz

Answer · why

A) Innsbruck

Innsbruck was so short of snow that the Austrian army hauled in thousands of cubic metres of it and packed it onto the ski courses.

Q 05/05

Which city hosted the 1964 Summer Olympics, the first Games held in Asia?

A) Seoul

B) Tokyo

C) Beijing

D) Manila

Answer · why

B) Tokyo

Tokyo had its cauldron lit by Yoshinori Sakai, born in Hiroshima on the day the atomic bomb fell, a choice meant to show the country's recovery from t...