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Celebrate the Century: 1960s Answers

1. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin spent a total of two and a half hours on the moon's surface.
2. The words to the Negro spiritual are "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"
3. Jack Kilby was with Texas Instruments; Robert Noyce cofounded Intel Corporation.
4. In 1968, Barbie talked for the first time. The Talking Barbie said six different phrases in English or Spanish.
5. Dealers sold 100,000 Mustangs in four months.
6. Maya Ying Lin, an architectural student who was just 21 at the time, designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
7. Peace Corps members do not serve in Indonesia.
8. The Packers beat the Chiefs 35 to10.
9. Seven Life magazine covers have featured members of the Beatles.
10. Many people didn't want to see anybody break the old home run record set by Babe Ruth.

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