👵 Grandma's Era
This decade is often remembered for poodle skirts, sock hops, and the rise of rock and roll.
The 1950s
This group sang the famous Motown hit "My Girl."
The Temptations
This sitcom followed a family living at 1232 North Harlem Avenue in Chicago and starred Isabel Sanford and Sherman Hemsley.
The Jeffersons
This woman refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955.
Rosa Parks
What has hands but cannot clap?
A Clock
This popular dance craze of the 1960s was performed to Chubby Checker's hit song of the same name.
The Twist
This legendary singer was known as the "Queen of Soul."
Aretha Franklin
This sitcom featured the Evans family and became famous for the character J.J. saying "Dy-no-mite!"
Good Times
This civil rights leader delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington, D.C., in 1963.
Martin Luther King Jr.
A rooster lays an egg on top of a roof. Which way does the egg roll?
Roosters don't lay eggs!
This 1970s fashion trend involved colorful bell-bottom pants that became popular among young people.
Bell-Bottoms
Known as the "King of Pop," this singer released the album Thriller.
Michael Jackson
This sitcom followed a working-class family in Queens and starred Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker.
All in the Family
This woman became the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress in 1968.
Shirley Chisholm
You have one match and enter a dark room containing a candle, a lamp, and a fireplace. What do you light first?
The Match
This 1980s music television network helped turn music videos into a major part of popular culture.
MTV
This singer-songwriter's 1971 album What's Going On became one of the most influential albums in soul music.
Marvin Gaye
This television variety show, hosted by Flip Wilson, featured the popular character Geraldine Jones.
The Flip Wilson Show
This author wrote the acclaimed 1982 novel The Color Purple.
Alice Walker
A man is 20 years old but has only had five birthdays. How is this possible?
He was born on February 29
This 1969 event brought hundreds of thousands of people together for three days of music and culture in New York.
Woodstock
This singer starred in the movie The Bodyguard and recorded "I Will Always Love You."
Whitney Houston
This 1970s sitcom starred Esther Rolle as Florida Evans before she later appeared in another famous sitcom set in Harlem.
Good Times
This 1954 Supreme Court case ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
Brown v. Board of Education
You have three switches downstairs. One controls a light bulb upstairs. You may manipulate the switches however you want, but you can go upstairs only once. How do you determine which switch controls the bulb?
Turn one switch on for a few minutes, then turn it off. Turn a second switch on and go upstairs. If the bulb is on, it's the second switch. If it's off but warm, it's the first switch. If it's off and cool, it's the third switch.