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CLASSIC TV
US GEOGRAPHY
CANDY
1950s
100

A structure extending alongshore or out from the shore into a body of water, to which boats may be moored.

Dock

100

A very popular sitcom that ran from 1952 to 1966 was “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet,” starring what real life “N” family?

Nelson family

100

Which is the least populated US state?

Wyoming

100

What candy bar is known for its chewy nougat and caramel filling covered in chocolate?

Milky Way

100

Who was the US president at the beginning of the 1950s?

Harry S. Truman
200

A person who acts as a guide, typically on a voluntary basis, in a museum, art gallery, or zoo.

Docent

200

The running joke that the TV family was so wholesome they never used the bathroom started because the network wouldn’t allow a toilet to be shown on screen. What was the title of the groovy 1969 sitcom?

The Brady Bunch

200

What is the flattest state in the US?

Florida

200

What color is the wrapper of a Butterfinger candy bar?

Yellow

200

Snoopy, Charlie Brown and Lucy van Pelt are all characters from which 1950s cartoon strip?

Peanuts

300

A brand of pants.

Dockers

300

A statue outside New York's Port Authority bus station honors Jackie Gleason's irascible bus driver from what classic TV program?

The Honeymooners

300

Which US state has the largest number of rivers?

Minnesota

300

Which chocolate bar is often paired with campfire s’mores?

Hershey's

300

What was the name of the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth, which was launched by the USSR in 1957?

Sputnik 1

400

A calendar of the cases awaiting action in a court.

Docket

400

“The Twilight Zone”, the classic science fiction anthology that originally ran from 1959 to 1964, was created, hosted, and largely written by what “S” TV writer with a wordy wit and a penchant for deep voiced narration….in “The Twilight Zone?”

Rod Serling

400

Two states do not border any other states, what are they?

Alaska and Hawaii

400

"Nobody better lay a finger on my __________.”

Butterfinger

400

Which 1959 Broadway musical tells the story of the Von Trapp family and their governess Maria?

The Sound of Music

500

He was the lead doctor in M*A*S*H*, played by Alan Alda.

Captain Benjamin Franklin 'Hawkeye' Pierce

500

What 1964-1966 sitcom, starring John Astin and Carolyn Jones as an eccentric married couple?

The Addams Family

500

Which US state has the largest number of rivers?

Nebraska

500

What candy, made of malted milk, was originally marketed as a health food?

Whoppers

500

Which novel by J.D. Salinger, published in 1951, became a controversial bestseller and a classic of American literature?

Catcher in the Rye

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