Prices
Federal hourly minimum wage
What was $1.00/hour?
This famous musical (eventually turned into a film) first debuted on broadway November 16, 1959
What is the Sound of Music?
This popular fashion doll first came to the toy market March 9, 1959
What is Barbie?
The US President in 1959
Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower?
The price of gas per gallon
What cost 25 cents?
This famous show featuring various genres including fantasy, science fiction, suspense, horror, and psychological thriller first premiered October 2, 1959
What is the Twilight Zone?
This college team was crowned NCAA Football Champions in 1959 (hint: Tony went to school here!)
Syracuse University
What is Alaska?
Loaf of bread
What cost 20 cents?
This american sitcom based on the comic strip of the same name premiered October 4, 1959
What is Dennis the Menace?
The song "Big Hunk O'Love" performed by this American Singer premiered June 23, 1959
Who is Elvis Presley?
In 1959, this became the 50th state
What is Hawaii?
Chevrolet Kingswood station wagon
What cost around $2000?
This western television series about the adventures of a man and his sons first debuted on September 12, 1959
What is Bonanza?
In 1959, Volvo invented this modern style life saving device found in cars
What is a seat belt?
in 1959, this seaway that channels in Canada and the United States opened providing oceangoing vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes of North America
What is Saint Lawerence?
Postage stamp
This Major Music Awards Ceremony first debuted on May 4, 1959
What is the Grammys?
Robert Heft designed this current US symbol as a history project in 1958, which was adopted by the US Congress in 1959
What is the US flag?
This Cuban communist revolutionary and politician governed the Republic of Cuba as Prime Minister starting in 1959
Who is Fidel Castro?