This 1960s Games Trivia Is Groovy, Baby!
1.
What popular game, released in 1966, uses the human body as a playing piece?
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Twister
2.
Wham-O created what high-bouncing ball made from Zectron in the 1960's?
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Superball
3.
The 1963 issue of Milton Bradley's "The Game of Life" featured what celebrity on its box?
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Art Linkletter
4.
What game company changed its name to Hasbro Industries in 1968?
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Hassenfeld Brothers
5.
What two 1960's Milton Bradley games were based on television shows?
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Jeopardy, Password
6.
What Parker Brothers game introduced in the 1960's was based on a card game from France?
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Mille Bornes
7.
Which company first produced "Instant Insanity" in the 1960's?
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Parker Brothers
8.
The object of what 1960's game for children was to build an insect out of the game parts?
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Beetle
9.
Which 1965 game allowed players to send other players back to the beginning of the game?
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Frustration
10.
Which game from 1967 had colored sticks, a plastic tube and marbles as the playing pieces?
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Kerplunk
11.
Which game, based on a TV game show, was introduced in 1962?
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Password
12.
The object of which 1960's game is to eliminate your opponents by occupying every territory?
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Risk
13.
Which game, released in 1960, rewards players for recycling their trash and learning CPR?
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The Game Of Life
14.
What 1964 game re-created General Rommel's WWII campaigns in North Africa?
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Afrika Korps
15.
What 1964 game involved making words from dice with letters on them?
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Arena
16.
The 1963 game "Flinch" used what kind of materials?
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Cards
17.
The game "Bash", released in 1965, included what tool?
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Hammer
18.
The 1962 game "Acquire" began with a theme of mergers of what?
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Hotel Chains
19.
The answers to what 1964 board game must be in the form of a question?
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Jeopardy
20.
What do you catch bats with in the "Bats In Your Belfry" game from 1964?
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Monster Claws
21.
How do you win the 1964 game "Alumni Fun"?
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Pass Five Subjects
22.
The 1968 "Jungle Book" game is a race from the Cave to where?
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The Man Village
23.
What 1964 event in New York did Milton Bradley capitalize on to issue a new game?
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World's Fair
24.
In the 1960's board game "Chancellorsville", what did game play center around?
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American Civil War
25.
When "Twister" made its debut on "The Tonight Show" in 1966, who did Johnny Carson play with?
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Eva Gabor
26.
In what year did Parker Brothers acquire the old-time game "Ouija"?
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1966
27.
How many points does a player need in order to win the 1966 game "The Rolling Moon"?
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5000
28.
Who published the 1969 board game "The Clairol Beauty Game"?
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American Publishing Corp.
29.
What 1967 game was the first to be designed for play on a television set?
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Chase
30.
In what 1967 game from Amherst Game Co. do you have to avoid a "Snow Job" and get "Truth Markers"?
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Credibility Gap
31.
Who bought out the long-lived game company Parker Brothers in 1968?
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General Mills
32.
Who designed Avalon Hill's 1968 game about World War I called "1914"?
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James Dunnigan
33.
Which 1960's Milton Bradley game involved the use of a pendulum?
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Kreskin's ESP
34.
Who published the 1963 "Candid Camera Game"?
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Lowell Toy Mfg.
35.
On what day in 1967 was the very first two-player TV game played?
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May 15th
36.
Which two companies both published a "Roger Maris Baseball Game" in 1962?
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Play-Rite And Pressman
37.
Who wrote the first video game designed to be played on a television set?
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Ralph Baer
38.
Who bought the Cadaco-Ellis game company in 1964?
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Rapid Mounting And Finishing Co.
39.
What color box did the original version of AMF's 1968 game "Getaway Chase" have?
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Red
40.
Who published the 1965 card game "Bambi"?
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Russell Mfg. Co.
41.
Which Cadaco-Ellis game was issued in 1964?
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The Comical Game Of Mother Hubbard
42.
According to the box, who played the 1966 Parker Brothers game "As the World Turns"?
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The Hughes Family
43.
What form of "Tiddlywinks" was patented by the E. S. Lowe Company in 1965?
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Tiddly Cardwinks
44.
What is the goal of the 1963 game "4 Alarm"?
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To Put Out The Fire First
45.
How many players are suggested for Parker Brothers 1966 game "Avalanche"?
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Two To Six
46.
Who published 1969's "The Archie Game"?
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Whitman
47.
Who published 1968's "Art Linkletter's House Party" game?
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Whitman
48.
What two types of pawns did players have in the 1968 game "Astro Blitz"?
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Yeoman And Explorer Satellites
49.
What did players try not to do in the 1969 game "Bang Box"?
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Burst Balloons
50.
What 1960's game is based on a novelty song of that era by Allan Sherman?
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Camp Granada
51.
In the 1964 game "Big Business", what did D.U. stand for?
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Development Units
52.
Five cards, five tiles, and five minutes all figure in what 1967 game?
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Facts In Five
53.
What 1960 game required players to buy a product in one state and sell it in another?
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Game Of The States
54.
What game released in 1962 was designed to teach fractions to children?
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Green Goblin
55.
What game released in 1962 had as its slogan "Live wire on the Bedrock exchange"?
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Pebbles Flintstone Game
56.
The 1969 game "Bark 'N' Bite" told players to "be quick as a flash, deliver..." what?
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The Mail
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