1950's History
This president was in office Jan 20, 1953 to Jan 20 1961.
Who Is Dwight D Wisenhower
This film won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1960.
What is The Apartment?
This aspiring rock and roll singer appeared on the Ed Sullivan show in 156, but could only be shown from the waist up.
Who is Elvis Presley?
He was the first African-American named Supreme Court Justice in 1967.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This song sung by Doris Day was introduced in the 1956 Hitchcock thriller, The Man Who Knew Too Much.
What is Que Sera Sera?
Dr. Jonas Salk successfully created a vaccine for this in 1952.
What is Polio?
This actor won the Oscar for Best Actor in his role in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird.
Who is Gregory Peck?
This television game show first aired in 1956 and is still running today.
What is The Price is Right?
This new tpe of telephone was invented in 1963.
What is Touch-tone?
Daily Double:
This singer had a hit with Sixteen Tons in 1955.
Who is Tennessee Ernie Ford?
This was the first satellite launched into orbit by Russia in 1957.
What is Sputnik?
DAILY DOUBLE:
This type of airplane appears in Dr. Strangelove.
What is a Boeing B-52?
This famous baseball player married Marilyn Monroe in 1954.
Who is Joe DiMaggio?
This iconic anti-war novel was published by Joseph Heller in 1961.
What is Catch-22?
This group had a hit with Twilight Time in 1958.
Who are The Platters?
He was the famous explorer to first climb Mount Everest in 1953.
Who is Sir Edmund Hillary?
This character landed at 17 Cherry Tree Lane in a well-known Walt Disney movie from 1964.
Who is Mary Poppins?
What is a Goldfish?
This was added by the US Postal Service in 1963, and is now a part of every address today.
What are ZIP codes?
This smoky-voiced singer sang Too Young in 1951.
Who is Nat King Cole?
This park opened in 1955.
What is Disneyland?
This 1968 movie co-starred a computer named H.A.L.
What is 2001: A Space Odyssey?
This famous cowboy of the 190's was really named Leonard Slye.
Who is Roy Rogers?
Israeli forces defeated Arab forces in this extremely short, but decisive war that took place in June 1967.
What is the Six Day War?
This Cleveland disc jockey first used the term "Rock N Roll" in 1951.
Who is Alan Freed?