50s and 60s Pop Culture
This animated TV family lived in the Stone Age town of Bedrock and became a 1960s classic.
Who are The Flintstones?
This 1939 movie followed Dorothy down the Yellow Brick Road.
What is The Wizard of Oz?
This crooner led the Rat Pack in the 1960s.
Movie fans were able to watch films from their cars at one of these in the 1950s and 60s.
What is a drive-in theater?
This is also known as the Red Planet.
What is Mars?
This British band caused screaming crowds and mass hysteria when they first toured America in 1964.
Who are The Beatles?
This 1952 musical showed Gene Kelly joyfully dancing with an umbrella.
What is Singin' in the Rain?
This early rock and roll star sang "Johnny B. Goode."
Who is Chuck Berry?
Before streaming services, families rented these from a store to watch movies at home?
What are VHS tapes?
The chemical formula for water.
What is H2O?
This 1950s sitcom featured a loveable New York City housewife whose plans never quite went the way she expected.
What is I Love Lucy?
This is Elvis Presley's very first movie, released in 1956.
What is Love Me Tender?
This Detroit group was famous for hits like "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" and "My Girl."
Who are The Temptations?
Families often gathered around these in the living room before televisions became common.
What is the radio?
This country is also known as "the Land Down Under."
What is Australia?
This 1969 event drew thousands of music fans to a muddy farm in New York.
What is Woodstock?
This 1962 film is about a trial in a small southern town, starring Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch.
What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
This Detroit-based record label produced hits by artists like Marvin Gaye and The Supremes?
What is Motown Records?
Many people used these to listen to music before cassettes and CDs.
What are vinyl records?
What is the blue whale?
This car model Ford introduced in 1964 became an instant American classic.
What is Mustang?
This 1942 film is set in a Moroccan city, starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman.
What is Casablanca?
This female singer was known as "The First Lady of Song" and was famous for her jazz vocals.
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
Thrifty shoppers cut these out of newspapers and magazines to save money.
What are coupons?
This U.S. state become the 50th state in 1959.
What is Hawaii?