How much did a candy bar cost in the 1950's?
a.$1.00
b.$0.13
c.$0.05
b. $0.13
100
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.
100
What was the common name for country music in the 1950's?
a.southern blues
b.cowboy tunes
c.rockabilly
c. rockabilly
100
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.
100
What were the most popular TV shows to watch in the 1950's?
a. Sitcoms
b. Soap Opera
c. Reality TV
a. Sitcoms
200
How much did a gallon of gas cost in the 1950's?
a.$0.30
b.$2.11
c.$1.25
a. $0.30
200
What widely read sports magazine hit the newstands in 1954?
What is "Sports Illustrated".
200
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.
200
Where was a popular place to watch movies in the 1950s?
a. In one's home
b. Drive-in movie theaters
c. On the computer
b. Drive-in movie theaters
200
What was the famous sitcom released in 1951 starring Lucille Ball?
a."Bonanza"
b."Father Knows Best"
c."I Love Lucy
c. "I Love Lucy".
300
How much did a movie ticket cost in the 1950's?
a.$4.50
b.$2.75
c.$0.50
b. $2.75
300
Who was known as the "Home Run King," in 1952, who surpassed Babe Ruth's record by forty home runs?
Who is Hank Aaron.
300
What music genre originated in black communities, fusing African and European music styles, and later became popular in the 1950's?
What is jazz.
300
What activity was the idea of squeezing as many people into a small place as possible and was popular in the 1950's?
a. Cramming
b. Body building
c. Stuffing
c. Stuffing
300
What famous 1950's sitcom series was written from the point of the child and was originally viewed on CBS, but then switched to ABC family?
a. "Leave It to Beaver"
b. "The Aldrich Family"
c."The Ed Sullivan Show"
c.
a. "Leave It to Beaver."
400
How much did a coast-to-coast plane ticket cost in the 1950's?
a.$350
b.$73
c.$110
c. $110
400
Who is the famous undefeated boxer that retired with a record of 49-0 in 1956?
Who is Rocky Marciano.
400
Which singer played Catwomen in the Batman TV series?
Eartha Kitt
400
What plastic toy, shaped as a potato, was invented in 1952?
What is Mr. Potato Head.
400
What popular show in 1955 was staged in the Wild West?
a. "Rawhide"
b. "Gunsmoke"
c. "The Rifleman"
b. "Gunsmoke"
500
How much did a 1956 Cadillac Series 62 cost in the 1950's?
a.$4,711
b.$9,967
c.$15,549
a. $4,711
500
Which football team won in the first coast-to-coast broadcasted football game against the New York Giants in 1958?
Who are the Baltimore Colts.
500
Which singer and his band had a hit with “Cry Cry Cry”
Johnny Cash
500
What activity became popular in the 1950's, that included painting on a canvas with a numbered outline?
What is painting by number.
500
What popular TV show in 1950 was a game show where people asked yes or no questions to guess the unusual occupation?