1950's
He won the Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1954 and 1955 for his work on The Jackie Gleason Show.
Art Carney
Diana Ross & …
The Supremes
This nearly 2000-year-old building in Rome was used for public spectacles, including gladiatorial contests, executions, and dramas based on classical mythology.
The Colosseum
This Canadian-American actor founded an organization dedicated to Parkinson’s Disease research nearly 25 years ago.
Michael J. Fox
Boston and Romaine
Lettuce
In 1957, the International Geophysical Year triggered an 18-month study of this continent by scientists from nearly 70 countries.
Antarctica
Gladys Knight & …
The Pips
This is the Russian word for “fortified building.” It’s often used to refer to the most famous one in Moscow, or to the government that is based there.
Kremlin
Brother of Tito, Jermaine, LaToya, Janet, and five other siblings.
Michael Jackson
Red Bliss and Fingerling
Potato
On 1950’s TV, what line came after, “Hey Kids, what time is it?”
“It’s Howdy Doody time!”
Les Brown & …
His Band of Renown
It makes sense that this building is depicted on the back of a US five dollar bill.
The Lincoln Memorial
He’s an ordained Baptist minister, was governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007, ran for president in 2008, and lost over 110 lbs. in 2003.
Mike Huckabee
Napa and Savoy
Cabbage
In 1951, Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn rode this dilapidated steamboat down the Ulanga River and into movie history.
The African Queen
Sly & …
The Family Stone
The CN Tower is the tallest freestanding structure in the western hemisphere, a symbol of Canada, and an icon of this city’s skyline.
Toronto, Ontario
In the 1987 movie, Glenn Close had a Fatal Attraction for this actor.
Michael Douglas
Bermuda and Pearl
Onion
According to The World Book Encyclopedia, there were about 6 million of these in American homes in 1950, and nearly 60 million by 1960.
Television sets
Frankie Valli & …
The Four Seasons
In this famous building, located in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood, both Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan won amateur talent contests in the 1940’s.
The Apollo Theater
He was born and raised in Boston, but he served as Mayor of New York City from 2002 to the last day of December in 2013.
Michael Bloomberg
Banana and Bell
Pepper