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100

Who delivered the famous "I have a dream" speech in 1963?

Martin Luther King Jr. 

100

Which famous song sung by Doris Day was introduced in the 1956 Hitchcock thriller, The Man Who Knew Too Much?

Que Sera Sera

100

Which aspiring rock and roll singer appeared on the Ed Sullivan show in 1956, but could only be shown from the waist up?

Elvis Presley

100

What is the name of the 50s skirt that had large appliques of dogs on them?

Poodle Skirt

100

This type of candy had the slogan, "Melts in your mouth, not in your hands.” 

M&Ms

200

What iconic anti-war novel did Joseph Heller publish in 1961?

Catch-22

200

Which smoky-voiced singer sang Too Young in 1951?

Nat King Cole

200

Which rising young star from the movie Rebel Without a Cause died in an automobile accident in 1955?

James Dean

200

What are the hairdos commonly associated with "greasers" called in the US?

Ducktail Hairdos

200

In what year did Disneyland open?

1955

300

Which president of the United States was in office from Jan. 20, 1953 to Jan. 20, 1961?

Dwight D. Eisenhower

300

Tony and Maria were the lead characters in what Broadway musical that premiered in 1957?

West Side Story

300

Which television game show first aired in 1956 and is still running today?

The Price is Right

300

What were the most common color(s) for saddle shoes?

Red & White

300

What was the name of Lucy's neighbour and friend in 'I Love Lucy'?

Ethel and Fred Mertz

400

What was the name of the first satellite launched into orbit by Russia in 1957?

Sputnik 

400

B.J. Thomas sang "I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You" in 1967. Who first recorded it in 1951?

Hank Williams Senior

400

What teen idol sang, "Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb?"

Edd "Kookie" Burns

400

Swanson introduced its famous TV dinners in 1954. They were designed to look like food served in which glamorous and relatively new industry?

Airlines

400

In 1957, this company made the first Japanese car ever to be sold in the United States.

Toyota

500

Which member of the royal family became head of state in Great Britain in 1953?

Queen Elizabeth II
500

Which group had a hit with Twilight Time in 1958?

The Platters

500

What famous cowboy of the 1950s was really named Leonard Slye?

Roy Rogers

500

In 1954 the coonskin cap craze began after being popularized on the "Davy Crockett" segment of the ABC television show "Disneyland." Which actor portrayed the famous American frontiersman associated with this headwear fad?

Fess Parker

500

The classic novel Animal Farm was written by whom?

George Orwell

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