Who Am I?
Who, in 1954, brought his guitar to a Memphis studio and only paid $4 to record two songs, and later became known as the "King of Rock"?
Who is Elvis Presley?
This was the most popular American sport in the 1950s.
This was Elvis Presley's first/biggest hit.
What was Hound Dog?
What popular plastic toy, shaped in a ring, was made by Wham-O in 1956 and is still popular today?
What is a hula-hoop?
This alliance was formed between the United States, the UK, and other Western nations in the case of a Soviet attack.
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
I was arrested on December 1, 1955 for refusing to give up my seat to a white passenger on the bus.
Who is Rosa Parks?
Who is the first African American to play major league baseball with the Dodgers and helped them win the World Series in 1955?
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This variety show invited a wide range of actors, artists, and musicians, becoming one of the longest-running and most popular TV series in US History.
What is the Ed Sullivan Show?
What is a drive-in movie theatre?
A proxy war began in this country in 1950 and saw US forces square off against Chinese forces before a ceasefire was called.
I was the commander of Allied forces in Europe during WWII, and in 1952, I was elected the 34th President of the United States.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
What widely read sports magazine hit the newsstands in 1954?
What is "Sports Illustrated"?
This popular genre of music was coined 'rockabilly' in the 1950s, but is now known as this.
What is country music?
This world-renowned Florida theme park opened for the first time in 1955.
What is Disneyland?
This German city was divided into the communist East and capitalist West and would not be reunited until almost 1990.
Where is Berlin?
I am an American actress, model, and singer who became a major influence on American culture.
Who is Marilyn Monroe?
Which football team won in the first coast-to-coast broadcasted football game against the New York Giants in 1958?
What music genre originated in black communities, fusing African and European music styles, and later became popular in the 1950's?
What is jazz?
What plastic toy, shaped as a potato, was invented in 1952?
What is Mr. Potato Head?
I became the leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953.
Who is Nikita Krushchev?
I was a Wisconsin Senator who served from 1947-1957. My name became synonymous with the Red Scare, or the fear of secret communists infiltrating American society.
Who was Joe McCarthy?
This famous undefeated boxer retired with a record of 49-0 in 1956.
Who is Rocky Marciano?
Bibbity-bobbity-boo comes from this movie featuring the second Disney princess, released in 1950.
What is Cinderella?
This famous blonde doll was first released by Mattel in 1959?
What are Barbie dolls?
This doctrine gave us the policy of Containment, which would attempt to keep communism from spreading to other countries around the globe.
What was the Truman Doctrine?