50's
What generation started in these years?
Baby boomer
One of the biggest assassinations in dallas around 1963-1964?
John F. Kennedy
Name some of the music gender on the 70s
Funk,blues, jazz, and psychedelic rock, disco music
Name one pop artist of the 80s
Pop artists such as Michae Jackson, Whitney Houston, Duran Duran, Prince, Cyndi Lauper and Madonna...
one of the best communication technologies of the century still in use today
WWW, internet
The "rat pack" a famous group of friends and performers, originated in the 1950s, led by its "pack master"
A) Peter Lawford
B) Frank Sinatra
C) Aerosmith
Frank Sinatra
The arrival of British Band to USA getting to meet Bob Dylan.
The Beatles
in world history, focusing especially on the economic upheavals that followed the end of the postwar economic boom What name was given?
a) the fall B) pivot of change c) wallstreet crash
"pivot of change"
What are some of the few thing that advance on the 80s decade?
technology and a worldwide move away from planned economies and towards laissez-faire capitalism. advances in genetic and digital technology.
The biggest selling single of 1992, Whitney Houston's 'I Will Always Love You' was taken from the soundtrack of which film starring Houston and Kevin Costner?
The Bodyguard
in the mid-1950's rock and roll became a sensation. Who is tis popular legendary artist well-known in the genre?
Elvis Presley
Name some terms to describe the 60s_
counterculture and revolution in social norms about clothing, music, drugs, dress, sexuality, formalities, and schooling
The mid-1970s also saw the rise of __________, which dominated during the last half of the decade with bands bands like the Bee Gees, Chic, ABBA
a) Funk b) jazz c)disco music d)rock music
disco music
“Every now and then I get a little bit nervous that the best of all the years have gone by.” These are lyrics from which 1983 hit?
Total Eclipse of the Heart – Bonnie Tyler
Who was "Livin' La Vida Loca" in 1999?
Ricky Martin
Name on of the wars That started in the 50s?
Korean War, Cuban Revolution, Vietnam War
Music from 1960 -1969. The rise of the counterculture, particularly among the youth, created a huge market for what kind of music gender?
rock, soul, pop, reggae and blues, drug-culture influenced bands
What was the highest-grossing film of the 1970s?
Star Wars
In the United States, which TV program then channel was launched and music videos began to have a larger effect on the record industry.
MTV
Which Canadian singer had 1999 biggest selling album with 'Come on Over'?
a) Bryan Adams b) Shania Twain c) Justin Bieber b) Shania Twain
Shania Twain
Disneyland opened in what year?
1950
1952
1954
1955
1955
Roger Daltrey was lead singer of which group?
The Who.
Which company, now one of the world's most valuable, was founded on April 4, 1975?
Microsoft
Who were Blinky, Inky, Pinky and Clyde?
The ghosts in Pac-Man
Which group released the single 'Barbie Girl' in 1997?
a) Aqua b) Vengaboys c) Eiffel 65
Aqua