Theatre
The song 'With a Little Bit of Luck' is in which musical?
Answer: My Fair Lady'
Who formed the Rolling Stones, but died before the decade was over?
a. Mick Jones
b. Brian Jones
c. Ron Wood
Brian Jones
Which famous baseball player made his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, breaking the sport's color barrier?
Answer: Jackie Robinson
What was the name of the first successful artificial satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957?
Answer: Sputnik 1
This movie star singing cowboy and his horse, Champion, had his own TV on CBS from 1950 to 1956. Name that cowboy.
Gene Autry
Which iconic movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman was released in 1942?
Answer: Casablanca
The British Invasion began with the Beatles coming to America in:
a. 1962
b. 1966
c. 1964
1964
Who won the 1955 World Series?
A. Brooklyn Dodgers
B. New York Yankees
C. Red Sox
D. Milwaukee Brewers
A. Brooklyn Dodgers
Who invented the polio vaccine in the 1950s?
a. Dr. William Kolff
b. Dr. George Crile
c. Dr. Jonas Salk
Answer: Dr. Jonas Salk
Eating what type of live fish became popular in the 1950s?
Goldfish
Who won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1953 for her role in "Roman Holiday"?
Answer: Audrey Hepburn
Which American musician is known as "The King of Rock and Roll" and rose to fame in the 1950s?
Answer: Elvis Presley
Gordie Howe played for what NHL team?
A. New York Rangers
B. Detroit Redwings
C. Toronto Maple Leafs.
D Boston Bruins
B. Detroit Redwings
What was the nickname of the Berlin Wall that divided East and West Germany during the 1960s?
a. The Divider
b. The Iron Curtain
c. The Iron wall
Answer: The Iron Curtain
What famous baseball player married Marilyn Monroe in 1954?
Joe DiMaggio
Who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1940 for his role in "The Philadelphia Story"?
Answer: James Stewart
Which British rock band released the album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" in 1967?
Answer: The Beatles
Which MLB team won the most World Series throughout the 1950's?
A. Boston Red Sox
B. New York Yankees
C. Houston Astros
D. St. Louis Cardinals
B. New York Yankees
Who was the British monarch during the 1950s?
Answer: Queen Elizabeth II
To the nearest quarter, what was the average movie theater ticket price in 1950?
a. 25 cents
b. 50 cent
c. 75 cents
50 cents
Which William Shakespeare play does the line 'To be or not to be' come from?
Hamlet'
Mus Robert Allan Zimmerman was the real name of this singer who wrote many 1960s protest songs:
a. Pete Seeger
b. Woody Guthrie
c. Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Who won the first of four major golf tournaments in 1958?
A. Arnold Palmer
B. Ben Hogan
C. Sam Snead
D. Jack Nicklaus
A. Arnold Palmer
Which American president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957?
Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Which television game show first aired in 1956 and is still running today?
The Price Is Right