General Knowledge
True/False
1950s
Food
100

This planet is known as the Red Planet.

Mars

100

The Beatles first appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964.

True

100

This children’s show starring Buffalo Bob and a marionette named Howdy premiered nationally in 1952.

Howdy Doody

100

What is the rarest M&M Color?

Brown

200

This is the largest ocean on Earth.

Pacific Ocean


200

John F. Kennedy was the first Catholic president of the United States.

True

200

Families built these in the 1950s incase of a nuclear attack

Bomb Shelter

200

What is the common name for dried plums?

Prunes

300

This famous painting of a woman with a mysterious smile hangs in the Louvre.

Mona Lisa

300

The first Walmart store opened in the 1950s.

False

300

This cowboy star wore a white hat and rode a horse named Trigger.

Roy Rogers

300

What is the hottest world's chilli pepper?

Carolina Reaper

400

This bird is the only one that can fly backwards.

hummingbird

400

One of the popular 1950s hairstyle for men was called the “ducktail” or “DA.”

True


400

This drive-in favorite snack – corn dogs on a stick – got its trademark name “Pronto Pup” in the 1950s.

Corndog

400

Which country invented ice cream?

China, as far back as 200:B.C.

500

This is the hardest natural substance on Earth.

What is diamond?

500

A new car in 1955 usually cost less than $2,000.

True


500

This 1950s dance craze, popularized by Chubby Checker in 1960, actually exploded from a 1959 Hank Ballard B-side.

What is the Twist?

500

Which country does Swiss Cheese Originate?

Switzerland

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