The Diner's Club was the first to issue these in 1950.
What is a credit card?
100
"I Love Lucy" premiered on this major tv network in 1951.
What is "CBS"?
100
1 million of these vegetable toys were sold in 1952.
What is Mr. Potato Head?
100
This common practice was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court case Brown vs. The Board of Education in 1954.
What is racial segregation in schools?
200
The average cost of a gallon of this item was 18 cents in 1950.
What is gas?
200
Swanson introduced this new food in 1954.
What is a TV Dinner?
200
Elvis released this hit song (his 1st) in 1956.
What is Heartbreak Hotel?
200
In 1952, an estimated 50,000 people contracted this disease.
What is polio?
200
The name given to the increase in babies born in the 1950s.
What is "The Baby Boom"?
300
1 lb. of this would set you back 53 cents in 1952.
What is ground beef?
300
In 1955, ___________ (a place) and the Mickey Mouse club were introduced to the world.
What is Disneyland?
300
In 1953, the first _______ television sets were sold for $1,175.
What is color?
300
In 1954, the cost of a ticket to this was 70 cents.
What is a movie?
300
This space program started in 1958.
What is NASA?
400
The average cost of this was $2,028 in 1952.
What is a house?
400
In 1955, this popular fast food chain was started.
What is McDonalds?
400
Don McLean's song "American Pie" is about the day that Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, & the Big Bopper died in a plane crash in Iowa. It's known as the day the ________ died.
What is music?
400
The Soviet Union tested the "H Bomb", which stood for _________ bomb, in 1953.
What is hydrogen?
400
These 2 states were the 49th and 50th to join the US in 1959.
What is Hawaii and Alaska?
500
In 1950, the average __________ was $3210 a year.
What is wage?
500
This circular toy was invented in 1958.
What is the hula hoop?
500
In 1950, Zenith created the first _____________. It was called "Lazybones".
What is the remote control?
500
In 1956, the first ______________ weighed one ton and was 16 square feet.
What is the computer?
500
In 1952, the average woman was married by the time she was ___ years old.