Pop culture and US History '40s
Which movie starring Bogart and Bergman premiered in 1942?
Casablanca
What teen icon starred in “Rebel Without a Cause”?
James Dean
What show features a witch who wiggles her nose to do magic?
Bewitched
Who sang “White Christmas”?
Bing Crosby
Who broke MLB’s color barrier in 1947?
Jackie Robinson
What comic actor entertained troops with USO tours during WWII?
Bob Hope
What show starred Lucy and Ricky Ricardo?
I Love Lucy
What 1960s event became the iconic counterculture music festival?
Woodstock
Who was known as “The Voice” in the 1940s?
Frank Sinatra
What team moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in 1958?
The Dodgers
What attack brought the U.S. into WWII?
Pearl Harbor
What 1954 Supreme Court case ended school segregation?
Brown v. Board of Education
Who was president during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
John F. Kennedy
What singer was famous for “Que Sera, Sera”?
Doris Day
What baseball legend hit his 500th home run in 1956?
Mickey Mantle
What program encouraged women to work in factories with the slogan “We Can Do It”?
Rosie the Riveter / Women’s war workforce
Who became president in 1953?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
What law guaranteeing equal rights passed in 1964?
The Civil Rights Act
Who sang the hit “Respect”?
Aretha Franklin
Who won the men’s singles title at Wimbledon six times in the 1960s?
Rod Laver
Who became U.S. President after FDR died in 1945?
Harry S. Truman
What Cold War milestone occurred in 1957 with a Soviet satellite?
Sputnik launch
What event in 1969 accomplished the first moon landing?
Apollo 11
What folk singer wrote “Blowin’ in the Wind”?
Bob Dylan
What baseball team won the 1969 “Miracle” World Series?
The New York Mets