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100

Which girl's name was the most popular name from 1920s to 1970s?

Mary

100

What was special about the Rogers Centre's roof, home of Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jaus"

The roof was the first to retract

100

What soft drink product came in tables that dissolved in water?

Fizzies

100

This headlining singer visited Richard M. Nixon in the White House's Oval Office

Elvis

100

What type of ballet shoes wear to dance on their toes?

Point Slippers

200

What hairstyle for men was most popular in the 1950s: Ducktail, Zip Cut, Mullett, The Greaser

The Greaser

200

The ESPN sports network named Michael Jordan's final season. . . .

The Last Dance

200

What food product came in garden salad, Italian salad, seasoned tomato, and celery flavor for a brief time in the '60s?

Jello

200

Known as "The Living Saint," she created "The Missionaries of Charity."

Mother Teresa

200

What Christmas themed Tchaikovsky ballet accounts for nearly half the annual revenue of many dance companies?

The Nutcracker

300
Which director personified Jane Russell in the film "The Outlaw by creating sensuous lingerie: Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford, Otto Titslinger, Howard Hughes

Alfred Hitchcock

300

Steve Yzerman is a Detroit sports icon for which sport?

Hockey

300

What famous soup company sold Goofy Cream of Chicken, Mickey Mouse Cream of Tomato, and Donald Duck Chicken Vegetable?

Happy Soup

300

He went from being a Boy Scout to a mass murderer who found his prey on college campuses. . .

Ted Bundy

300

What dance company formed in St. Louis in 1925 became the greatest hit of New York in the 1930s to this very day?

The Rockettes

400

The "Beat Generation" was termed in the 1950s to described anti-confirmist rebels. Was their attire: a) fur hat, fur vest, round glasses, b) leather jacket, rolled cuff jeans, white t-shirt, c) Sunglasses, beret, goatee, or d) nehru jacket, brightly colored beads, full beard and fu manchu mustache?

c Sunglasses, beret, goatee

400

The T206 Honus Wagner card was considered the most valuable sports card throughout the 20th century. The sport did Honus Wagner play?

Baseball

400

Skippy added who ingredient to their 1960 peanut butter: Jelly, banana bites, Chocolate pieces, or bacon bits

bacon bits

400

What was England's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's nickname?

The Iron Lady

400

What dance movie has the famous line "no body puts Baby in the corner?"

Dirty Dancing

500

Swansons TV dinners were designed to look like food served in which industry:Four-star Hotels, NASA, Prisons, Airlines

Airlines

500

What 6-letter word names both a seed company and an exercise that combines a squat, pushup, and jump into the air?

Burpee

500

What chocolate syrup came in a plastic robot container?

Clanky Syrup

500

On March 28, 1979, the worst nuclear accident in American history happened where?

Three Mile Island, PA

500

What is the U.S. national cultural center that opened in 1971 and is home to frequent performances including jazz, folk music, theatre, dance, and orchestras?

The Kennedy Center

600

When did the "baby boom" happen: 1946-1964, 1955-1975, 1941-1971, or 1960 -1975

1946-1964

600

What is the world's second most popular sport in the world after soccer?

Cricket

600

What did General Mills cereals add to make do it yourself milkshakes?

Milkshake shakers

600

What music apparatus became popular in the 1970s to listen to cassettes and/or radio as you rode your bike or hiked?

The Walkman

600

What geometrically named dance is the official state dance of Illinois?

Square Dancing

700

In 1950s lingo, what did "deuce" refer to: Legendary hockey player Gordie "Deuce" Howe, a double date, a duo exxhaust pipe on a car, of a two-dollar bill

A two dollar bill

700

What is known as "The Run for the Roses?"

Kentucky Derby

700

Grownups hated this 1960s food product and kids loved them. What are they (they're still around)?

TV Dinners

700

Who was the newly installed Pope who had a heart for the world and held World Youth Day in Denver in 1993?

Pope John Paul II

700

What Disney film came out in the 1940s and was a dancing cartoon led by a prima ballerina?

Fantasia

800

In 1954, who made the coonskin cap craze popular?

Fess Parker from the then popular TV show Davy Crockett

800

Blades is a large brown bear mascot of a Boston professional sports team?

Boston Bruins

800

What was the first frozen pizza brand: Red Baron, Totino's, Jeno's, Tony's

Totinos

800

Who were the two sworn enemies President Jimmy Carter united during the Camp David Accords that were signed 12 days after their secret meetings?

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Minister Menachem Begin

800

What was African American dancer, Bill Robinson's nick name?

Bojangles

900

Who was the famous Hungarian-born actor who portrayed Dracula and asked to be buried in his Dracula cape in 1956 

Bela Lugosi

900

What hotel and casino in Las Vegas is home to the Azilo Pool and Chickie & Pete's Sports Bar?

Sahara Las Vegas

900

What food product added a toy in 1958: Rice A Roni, Kraft Mac n' cheese, Peter Paul Almond Joy, Fritos Corn Chips

Rice A Roni

900

Do you remember the name of the first test tube baby that was born July 25, 1978?

Louise Brown

900

Who danced her way to fame starting in her 1935 film "The Little Colonel?"

Shirley Temple

1000

What liquor company published it "Book of World Records" in 1955?

Guinness. . .as in Guinness World Book of Records

1000

What San Francisco sport team has a seal mascot named Lou Seal?

San Francisco Giants

1000

What company introduced nonfat dry milk? Pet Milk, Nestle's, Carnation, General Food

Carnation

1000

What dance craze swept the nation in the 1970s?

Disco

1000

Who danced her way to fame with Fred Astaire? 

Ginger Rogers

1100

What controversial book, published in 1951, became so popular that it was reprinted 8 times in its first two months?

"The Catcher in the Rye"

1100

The Presidential Physical Fitness test consisted of 6 exercises: curl-ups, pull-ups, chin up, one mile run, sit ups and ???????

Push ups

1100
What's the recipe for beany weanies?

canned kidney beans and hot dogs

1100

What video game was released in September 1977 to play video games on your TV? It begins with an "A"

Atari

1100

What's the name of the lively Irish dance? 

The Jig

1200

What sweet treat U.S. company (that created the Dilly Bar and Mr. Misty), was the first to franchise across the U.S. and Canada?

Dairy Queen

1200

In Tom Hanks' movie, Castaway, Tom's character befriends a sports ball he named Wilson. What sport did Wilson represent?

Volleyball

1200

What brand of soda was added to lime jello and cottage cheese?

7-Up

1200

What man proclaimed, "The King," died on August 16, 1977

Elvis Presley

1200

What musical genres were poplar in the 1940s: Big Band, swing, jazz or patriotic

All of them

1300

What classification of music did The Platters, Dion and the Belmomts, and The DelVikings play: R&B, Doo-Wop, Rock, Blues

Doo-Wop

1300

Canada wildly supports two sports; hockey and ?????

Lacrosse

1300

What soda did people drink hot?

Dr. Pepper

1300

What movie, that started with "In a galaxy far, far, away" came to movie theaters on May 25, 1977

Star Wars

1300

Who was the most popular singer in the 1940s?

Bing Crosby

1400

Which country music singer(s) were the most popular in the 1950s: Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, or Patsy Cline

All three

1400

Okay Bronco fans, who was the Super Bowl winning quarterback winning Superbowls for the Colts and the Broncos?

Peyton Manning

1400

What was the first name of the salad that contained pistachio pudding, pineapple, marshmallows, walnuts, and candied cherries

Watergate salad
1400

What TV special, that aired 5 nights in a row and was watched by more than half of the U.S. population in 1977, was about an African boy sold into slavery in America and followed generations of his family

Roots

1400

Who was the most popular band in the 1940s?

Glenn Miller Orchestra

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