Entertainment
The TV talk show “People Are Talking” helped launch the meteoric career of which renowned celebrity? Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey
Which beach destination became synonymous with surfing culture in the early '60s?
Malibu
What colour was the iconic telephone introduced in 1959?
Princess Pink
Which Pediatrician wrote the book "Baby and Child Care" who was very popular in the 1940's
Benjamin Spock
Which medical innovation became legal in 1960?
Birth Control Pills
Who penned the 2018 autobiography “Becoming”?
Michelle Obama
What car model did Ford introduce in 1964 that became a massive success?
Mustang
What popular toy building system was introduced in its modern form in 1958?
Lego
What musical instrument's name means "bells playing" in German?
Glockenspiel
Who Developed the Polio Vaccine in 1952?
Jonas Salk
Which Motown group had their first number-one hit with "Where Did Our Love Go"?
The Supremes
What hairstyle did Jackie Kennedy popularize in the early '60s?
The Bouffant
What famous baseball legend married Hollywood star Marilyn Monroe in 1954?
Joe DiMaggio.
What snack food's slogan was "Betcha can't eat just one"?
Lay's
What was the first Stethoscope made of?
Invented in 1815 by French physician René Laënnec, the first stethoscope was simply a rolled-up paper tube (later changed to a solid wooden cylinder). Laënnec invented it because he felt it was inappropriate to place his ear directly on a young female patient's chest to listen to her heart
Disc Jockey (DJ) who coined the term "Rock and Roll" and fought segregation by influencing white and black American kids to listen to the same type of music during the 1950s.
Alan Freed
What event was protested by NOW (National Organization for Women) in 1968?
Miss America
What Detroit record label founded by Berry Gordy Jr. in 1959 produced hits by The Supremes and Marvin Gaye?
Motown Records.
In what decade was the Social Security Act signed into law?
1930's
What Medical life saving invention was invented in 1947?
Claude Beck, a Cleveland cardiovascular surgeon
Which Latino Rock and Roll star died at 17 in a plane crash with Buddy Holly?
Richie Valens
A black American Olympic champion, considered the fastest woman in the world in the 1960s. She competed in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games. She overcame polio as a child.
Wilma Rudolph
Which TV show featured a gun-for-hire?
Have Gun - Will Travel (Western 1957)
What are Beatniks?
Group of young poets, writers and artists. They wrote harsh critiques of what they considered the sterility and conformity of American Life, the meaningless of American politics and the banality of popular culture.
Edward Jenner created the world's first smallpox vaccine in 1796, The word "vaccine" actually comes from vacca, which is the Latin word for what?
Cow - after observing that milkmaids who caught cowpox seemed immune to the deadly smallpox virus.