General
A toy, named for the hip swaying motion of the Hawaiian hula dance, that evolved into a 1958 global craze.
What is the hulu hoop?
An American singer and actor known as "The King of Rock and Roll".
Who is Elvis Presley?
The TV show starring Lucille Ball as the lead character that ran from 1951-1957.
What is I Love Lucy?
An amusement park that opened in Anaheim, California in 1955.
What is Disneyland?
This individual's arrest sparked a year-long bus boycott from December 5, 1955 to December 20, 1956 in Montgomery, AL.
Who is Rosa Parks?
A popular pant style in the 1960s that became wider from the knee downward.
What are bell bottoms?
An American pop-rock band formed in Los Angeles in the mid-1960s named after an animal you would find in the zoo.
Who are The Monkees?
A 1960s TV family that was described as creepy and kooky, mysterious and spooky, and all together ooky.
Who is The Addams Family?
A television game show that first aired in 1956 (and is still running today) known for its catchphrase, "Come on down!"
What is The Price is Right?
The 49th and 50th states added to the union in 1959.
What are Alaska and Hawaii?
Brightly colored funkadelic shirts commonly worn by hippies in the 1960s.
What is tie dye?
Grammy-winning American singer and songwriter known for songs like "I Walk the Line" and "Ring of Fire" who served in the Air Force as a Morse code operator, becoming the first American to learn of Joseph Stalin's death in 1953.
Who is Johnny Cash?
A musical drama film released in 1965 (also a 1959 stage musical) based on the true story of the von Trapp family escaping Austria.
What is The Sound of Music?
A famous comic strip featuring a boy and his dog that debuted on October 2, 1950?
What is Peanuts (Charlie Brown and Snoopy)?
The first African American to play major league baseball. (hint: he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers)
Who is Jackie Robinson?
A sealed air packing material invented in 1957 that was originally intended to create textured wallpaper.
What is bubble wrap?
The instrument Chuck Berry, one of the pioneers of rock and roll music, is most known for playing.
What is the guitar?
A 1960s Japanese movie monster.
What is Godzilla?
A new style of music in the 1950s which drew inspiration from African American blues music and embraced themes popular among teenagers, such as young love and rebellion against authority.
What is Rock and Roll?
The president of the United States for the majority of the 1950s.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
The name of the first artificial satellite launched into space by the Soviet Union in 1957.
What is Sputnik?
The 1969 music festival held from August 15–18 on a dairy farm in Bethel, New York.
What is Woodstock?
A 1954 TV series that followsed the adventures of a female Collie dog.
What is Lassie?
A game, originally called "Pretzel", developed in 1964 where the people playing the game are the actual game pieces.
What is Twister?
The first AFL–NFL World Championship American football game played on January 15, 1967 in Los Angeles, California featuring the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs.
What is the first Super Bowl?