Baby Boomers Quiz

Questions

Which art teacher from Telford wrote to the BBC to complain about the performance of "My Ding-a-ling" on Top of the Pops?
Who lives down in Louisiana, close to New Orleans, way back up in the woods among the evergreens?
Which country had an uprising that lasted for 12 days in November 1956?
In which year did the Apollo 11 mission land the first humans on the Moon?
Which song was written by Paul McCartney for John Lennon's 5-year-old son?
What was the name of the boxer who retired undefeated in 1956?
Who played the role of Georgy Parkin in the 1966 British black-and-white film Georgy Girl?
In which English city did Roger Bannister break the four-minute mile?
Which film was noted for the character of Johnny Strabler, portrayed by Marlon Brando?
What family lived upstairs in "Upstairs, Downstairs"?
What European city hosted the Summer Olympics in 1952?
What was billed as a tribal love-rock musical?
Clint Eastwood starred as Rowdy Yates in which TV series?
Who became President of France in 1974 at the age of 48?
Which country became the first and only communist government in the Western Hemisphere?
What group backed up Georgie Fame?
Name the granddaughter of a legendary publishing magnate who participated in a 1974 San Francisco bank robbery?
Which country invaded Egypt with Israel and the United Kingdom in late 1956?
Which BBC Radio programme was broadcast between 1957 and 1969 and hosted by Brian Matthew?
Which English queen died in 1953?
Which cartoon character is actually a Geococcyx californianus?
By what name was entertainer, stripper, and actress Rose Louise Hovick better known?
The Soviet version of Concorde was the Tupolev-144, which was given the nickname the "Communist" what?
American cult leader Jim Jones died in a remote jungle commune at Jonestown in which South American country?
Which 59-year-old author declined the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964?
British Catholic priest Bruce Kent was an activist with which organisation?
The name of which American rock band was commonly abbreviated as CCR?
Elizabeth Montgomery was best known for portraying Samantha Stephens in which television series?
Bud Shank was well known for playing which instrument on the song "California Dreamin'"?
The 1959 Alfred Hitchcock film "North by Northwest" features which famous landmark?

Answers

Mary Whitehouse
Johnny B Goode
Hungary
1969
Hey Jude
Rocky Marciano
Lynn Redgrave
Oxford
The Wild One
The Bellamy family
Helsinki
Hair
Rawhide
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
Cuba
The Blue Flames
Patty Hearst
France
Saturday Club
Mary of Teck
Roadrunner
Gypsy Rose Lee
Concordski
Guyana
Jean-Paul Sartre
CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament)
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Bewitched
Alto flute (accept flute)
Mount Rushmore