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Pop Quiz: Words by Decade 1961-1970

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1.

Which is the name of the high and very carefully shaped hairdo which was popular in the late 50s and gradually faded in its importance during the 1960s?

bee-hive
honeycomb
toad-stool

2.

Which dance craze and style of music literally meant "new tendency" when translated into English?

Nueva Samba
Bossa Nova
Terra Incognita

3.

"If that's your bag." From which original sense of the word "bag" did the meaning of a particular person's interest or expertise actually derive?

From the notion of a bag being something you put things in.
From the notion of "bagging" or shooting something.
From the idea of cutting or "bagging" wheat.

4.

What did the name "Charlie" or "Charley" come to mean to U.S.A. troops during the 1960s?

The name given to a traitor or informer.
A member of the Viet Cong or a North Vietnamese soldier.
Ford Mustang

5.

Which two birds became the symbolic representations of hard-liners and peaceful negotiators during the 1960s?

Hawks and doves
Robins and cuckoos
Eagles and thrushes

6.

In the 1960s what was meant by an "empty-nester"?

A couple who are unable to have any children.
A couple whose children who had grown up and left home.
A young woman who used the pill to prevent pregnancy.

7.

What is the meaning of the Japanese word "shiatsu" which was borrowed into English and first recorded in its written form in 1967?

Tree growing
Room arrangement
Finger-pressure