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What was DuMont?
A TV Network, DuMont, the 'fourth network', was unable to compete with NBC, CBS and ABC and ceased operations in 1956.
The president of the United States who was in office from 1953 to 1961.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
An aspiring rock and roll singer appeared on the Ed Sullivan show in 1956, but could only be shown from the waist up.
Who is Elvis Presley?
A famous song sung by Doris Day was introduced in the 1956 Hitchcock thriller, The Man Who Knew Too Much.
What is Que Sera Sera?
The name of the woman who refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabamaln 1955.
Who is Rosa Parks?
Name the number 1 song on the Billboard Charts in 1951, sang by Mario Lanza
'Be My Love'
The disease Dr. Jonas Salk successfully created a vaccine for in 1952.
What is Polio?
A rising young star from the movie Rebel Without a Cause died in an automobile accident in 1955.
Who is James Dean?
A smoky-voiced singer who sang Too Young in 1951.
Who is Nat King Cole?
The state Senator Joseph McCarthy represented when he conducted a nationally televised hearing in 1954 to root out Communists in the government.
What is Wisconsin?
The first episode of a long-running family saga appeared in 1952. The sitcom involved two sons, one of whom was a "rock star" who died (in real life) in a plane crash in 1985. What television show was this?
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
The name of the first satellite launched into orbit by Russia in 1957.
What is Sputnik?
A television game show that first aired in 1956 and is still running today.
What is The Price is Right?
Tony and Maria were the lead characters in a Broadway musical that premiered in 1957.
What is West Side Story?
A famous cowboy of the 1950s who was really named Leonard Slye.
Who is Roy Rogers?
By today's standards, this magazine wouldn't have been considered particularly "racy". With a blonde movie bombshell starring on the first cover, what was this publication?
Playboy Magazine
She was on the cover of the first Playboy magazine.
Who is Marilyn Monroe?
The famous baseball player who married Marilyn Monroe in 1954.
Who is Joe DiMaggio?
They recorded Rock Around the Clock in 1955.
Who is Bill Haley and the Comets?
The name of the circular plastic 1950s toy that was placed around the waist and operated by gyrating the hips.
What is Hula Hoop?
In 1951, the Topps company first released what form of collectable items?
Baseball Cards
The year Disneyland opened.
What is 1955?
A type of live fish that became popular to eat in the 1950s.
What is Goldfish?
The name of the song the Coasters recorded in 1959 with the line "You're gonna need an ocean of Calamine lotion."
What is Poison Ivy?
Name the horror movie star who was buried in his Dracula cape in 1956.
Who is Bela Lugosi?