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1968: A Year That Revolutionized America and the World

From Vietnam to politics, how much do you know about the year that changed everything?

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Published June 06, 2018

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1968: A Year That Revolutionized America and the World

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  "question" : "This musical premiered on Broadway in April 1968.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "'Hair'",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "'Grease'",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "'Sweet Charity'",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "'Godspell'",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "The rock musical ran for more than 1,700 shows and caused controversy with its depiction of drugs and sex.",
  "hint" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "This series of battles may have marked the turning point in the Vietnam War.",
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    "answer" : "Gulf of Tonkin",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Tet Offensive",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Battle of Van Tuong",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Battle of Hamburger Hill",
    "correctAnswer" : false
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  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Although it was a defeat for North Vietnam, the offensive changed the perception of the war in the U.S.",
  "hint" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis by James Earl Ray on April 4. Ray fled the country and was arrested June 8 in this city.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Paris",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Berlin",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Rome",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "London",
    "correctAnswer" : true
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  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Ray was extradited to the U.S. and pleaded guilty to killing King. He died in prison in 1998.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "This man was convicted for the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Lee Harvey Oswald",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Charles Guiteau",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Sirhan Sirhan",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Leon Czolgosz",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Oswald killed John F. Kennedy, Guiteau killed James Garfield, and Czolgosz killed William McKinley.",
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}, {
  "question" : "Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce created a new microprocessor manufacturing company. What was it called?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "IBM",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Apple",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Microsoft",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Intel",
    "correctAnswer" : true
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  "explanation" : "The first name they selected and rejected was a combination of their last names: Moore Noyce.",
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}, {
  "question" : "This single from the Beatles was the first one issued on their Apple label.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "'I Want to Hold Your Hand'",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "'Revolution'",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "'Hey Jude'",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "'Come Together'",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "The song clocked in at more than 7 minutes and spent 9 weeks on top of the Billboard 100.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "The Democratic National Convention was held in which U.S. city?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Chicago",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "New York",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Dallas",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Los Angeles",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "The convention was marred by riots, protesters and fights on the convention floor.",
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  "hintLink" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "Arthur Ashe became the first black man to win a grand slam event at this tennis tournament.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Australian Open",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "French Open",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Wimbledon",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "U.S. Open",
    "correctAnswer" : true
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  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Ashe won an Australian Open title in 1970 and was the first black man to win at Wimbledon in 1975.",
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  "hintLink" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "'Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In' debuted on this broadcast network.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "ABC",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "CBS",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "NBC",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "FOX",
    "correctAnswer" : false
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  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Republican presidential candidate Richard Nixon made a cameo appearance on the show later in the year.",
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  "question" : "Americans Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their gloved fists from the awards podium during the national anthem at the Summer Olympics in this city.",
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    "answer" : "Rome",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Tokyo",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Mexico City",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Los Angeles",
    "correctAnswer" : false
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  "explanation" : "Smith (gold) and Carlos (bronze) were on the podium after medaling in the 200-meter dash.",
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