This president during the early part of the 1940s also led the country through the Great Depression.
Who is FDR
100
In 1947, this man became the first African-American professional baseball player. He played for the Dodgers with number 42.
Who is Jackie Robinson
100
This continent was discovered in 1945. One might find a lot of penguins there.
What is Antarctica
100
This jazz musician sang "What a Wonderful World." He is known for his trumpet playing in songs like "Hello, Dolly!"; "Stardust"; and "St. Louis Blues."
Who is Louis Armstrong
100
These were invented in the 1940s to save working mothers the time it would take to cook dinner. They included chicken, rice, beef, or peas and could be reheated quickly.
What is TV dinner (or frozen dinner)
200
This famous general led the Pacific troops in WW2 and was controversially fired by President Truman.
Who is Douglas MacArthur
200
This heavyweight dominated boxing in the 1940s. He is considered one of the best boxers of all time.
Who is Joe Louis
200
ENIAC was created in the 1940s. It is often considered the first example of one of these devices.
What is a computer
200
This comedian played a miser who couldn't play the violin. He had a long-running feud with Fred Allen, and Mary Livingston and Rochester van Jones also appeared on his show.
Who is Jack Benny
200
In 1941, this massive sculpture in South Dakota was finished. It has 4 presidents' heads carved into its massive cliff.
What is Mount Rushmore
300
World War 2 ended in this year. It was celebrated by V-E Day and V-J Day.
What is 1945
300
This famous baseball player of the 1940s, known as "Joltin' Joe," played for the Yankees and set a world record with his 56-game hitting streak.
Who is Joe diMaggio
300
This device was first developed in the Manhattan Project and tested in the desert of New Mexico in 1944. It was later used against the Japanese in WW2.
What is the atomic bomb
300
Fantasia, Dumbo, and Bambi were movies made by this entrepreneur in the 1940s, who later had multiple theme parks named after him. He is the creator of Mickey Mouse.
Who is Walt Disney
300
This event started in the 1940s. As a result of the end of WW2, many started having more babies, leading to this population increase.
What is the baby boom
400
In 1949, this half-Soviet, half-Western city was divided by a famous wall which did not come down until the 1980s.
What is Berlin
400
Because many men left for WW2, many women began to form professional associations to play this sport. Batter up!
What is baseball
400
The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care was published by this man, who changed child rearing and became a 1940s household name.
Who is Dr. Spock
400
This 1940s actor starred as Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon and Rick Blaine in Casablanca. He famously had an affair with Lauren Bacall, and said "here's looking at you, kid."
Who is Humphrey Bogart
400
This dance became very popular in the 1940s. It includes rotations, switches, and slides. It was named because it was thought that dancers looked like insects flittering around.
What is the jitterbug
500
This famous advertisement urged women to help on the home front during WW2. It featured a strong-looking woman saying, "We can do it!"
What is Rosie the Riveter
500
Babe Didriksen Zaharias, Patty Berg, and Byron Nelson played this sport in the 1940s. This sport is known for pars, fores, and holes in one!
What is golf
500
This antibiotic was discovered in the 1940s by Alexander Fleming. It comes from fungi and can treat many bacterial infections.
What is penicillin.
500
This 1940s comedy duo moved from radio to television. They performed the famous "Who's on First?" routine.
Who are Abbot and Costello
500
This man "was here" in a common piece of graffiti in the 1940s, which featured a picture of eyes and a nose written in many public places.