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Question no.1
Who of these is the odd-one out?

a) Cat Stevens
b) Reg Presley
c) Roy Wood
d) Adam Faith
e) Cliff Richard
f) Billy Fury

Please scroll here for the answer Roy Wood. That was his real name, unlike the others... Steven Georgiou - Cat Stevens Reg Ball - Reg Presley Terence Nelhams - Adam Faith Harry Webb - Cliff Richard Ronald Wycherley - Billy Fury

Question no.2
Can you say who was the oldest
& who was the youngest amongst these?

Mick Jagger, John Lennon, Pete Townshend,
Jeff Beck, George Harrison, Paul McCartney

Please scroll here for the answer John Lennon was the oldest and Pete Townshend the youngest Lennon - born 9 10 1940 McCartney - born 18 6 1942 Harrison - born 25 2 1943 Jagger - born 26 7 1943 Beck - born 24 6 1944 Townshend - born 19 5 1945

Question no.3
Which one of theseTV series is the odd-one out?

a) Danger Man
b) The Avengers
c) The Saint
d) The Prisoner
e) Z Cars
f) Randall & Hopkirk

Please scroll here for the answer All were made for ITV apart from Z Cars which was a BBC series.

Question no.4
Which one of these numbers is the odd-one out,
not having any significance in the 1960s, & why?

a) 451
b) 54321
c) 10538
d) 247
e) 2001
f) 1966

Please scroll here for the answer 10538 overture was 'odd' as it was a 1970s release for the ELO Fahrenheit 451 was a 1960s movie 54321 was a 1960s release by Manfred Mann 247 metres was the waveband for radio 1 in 1967 2001 was a classic 1960s movie 1966 was the year England won the soccer World Cup

Question no.5
Which Bond film is unique for two reasons to
do with plot and personnel and what are they?

a) Goldfinger
b) You Only Live Twice
c) Thunderball
d) Dr No
e) On Her Majesty's Secret Service
f) From Russia With Love

Please scroll here for the answer OHMSS. George Lazenby took over as Bond but only in one movie. He married in this movie - she was killed

Question no.6
Can you match the stars to their original jobs?

Please scroll here for the answer a) 4) b) 5) c) 3) d) 1) e) 2)

Question no.7
Which three did not appear on the
Sergeant Pepper album cover?

a) Tony Curtis
b) Mae West
c) Diana Dors
d) Oscar Wilde
e) Mick Jagger
f) Stan Laurel
g) William Shakespeare
h) Bob Dylan
i) John F. Kennedy
j) Lawrence of Arabia

Please scroll here for the answer e) g) and i)

Question no.8
Who of these is the odd-one out?

a) Kenny Everett
b) Tony Blackburn
c) Dave Cash
d) Johnny Kidd
e) Johnnie Walker

Please scroll here for the answer Johnny Kidd. His group were the pirates. The others were on pirate radio

Question no.9
Can you match the event to the year?

Please scroll here for the answer a) 2) b) 3) c) 1) d) 5) e) 4)

Question no.10
Which UK female singers had US number ones?

a) Lulu
b) Dusty Springfield
c) Petula Clark
d) Cilla Black
e) Sandie Shaw

Please scroll here for the answer a) To Sir With Love and c) Downtown & My Love

Question no.11
Match the real names to the stage names

Please scroll here for the answer a) 4) b) 1) c) 2) d) 3)

Question no.12
Which TV programmes do these phrases come from?

a) It's Friday, it's five to five and it's...
b) I'll give it five
c) The weekend starts here
d) Be seeing you
e) And now for something completely different

Please scroll here for the answer a) Crackerjack b) Thank Your Lucky Stars c) Ready Steady Go d) The Prisoner e) Monty Python's Flying Circus

Question no.13
Which famous people died on these dates?

a) 25th June 1968 - major comedian
b) 22nd December 65 - renowned broadcaster
c) February 1967 - pioneer music producer
d) 3rd July 1969 - R&B musician
e) 8th July 1968 - actress beauty
f) 12th August 1964 - spy writer

Please scroll here for the answer a) Tony Hancock b) Richard Dimbleby c) Joe Meek d) Brian Jones e) Vivien Leigh f) Ian Fleming

Question no.14
Which 4 British acts appear at number
1, 5, 8 and 20 of the top 20 most successful
acts in the 1960s US charts?

a) Beatles, Stones, Who, Kinks
b) Beatles, Stones, Herman's Hermits, Petula Clark
c) Beatles, Stones, Petula Clark, Dave Clark Five
d) Beatles, Stones, Who, Peter & Gordon
e) Beatles, Stones, Dave Clark Five, Herman's Hermits
f) Beatles, Stones, Donovan, Dave Clark Five

Please scroll here for the answer e) Beatles, Stones, Dave Clark Five, Herman's Hermits