Mid-Century Hit Tunes
“What a Wonderful World” is a forever memorable tune by this artist, whose nickname is Satchmo.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
This beloved side to sandwiches was created because of a customer’s complaint that the potatoes were too thick.
What are potato chips?
This shoe-free dance is usually held in a school gym
What is a sock hop?
This actress played two memorable caretaking roles—a magical nanny with an umbrella and a postulant-turned-governess in Austria.
Who is Julie Andrews?
This machine is used to play vinyl singles and albums
What is a record player or turntable?
He was president during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Who is President John F. Kennedy?
This variety TV host’s signature tune is “Everybody Loves Somebody.”
Who is Dean Martin?
This continent’s countries occupy the top four positions in chocolate product exports.
What is Europe?
This five-letter word that starts with T is one of the five senses, and it’s not taste.
What is touch?
This is the color of the brick road in The Wizard of Oz
What is yellow?
Before refrigerators, we used this appliance to keep food cold.
What is an icebox?
This is the color of the Beatles’ submarine.
What is yellow?
No one sings “Folsom Prison Blues” like this Tennessee performer who wrote it
Who is Johnny Cash?
This is the most widely eaten meat in the world
What is pork?
Ray Walston costars as the otherworldly character Uncle Martin in this 1960s sitcom
What is My Favorite Martian?
King Kong climbs this building in the 1933 film King Kong
What is the Empire State Building?
Before electric mixers, these gadgets were used to mix cake batter.
What is an eggbeater?
This spy franchise, authored by Ian Fleming, is one of the best-known of all time.
What is James Bond (007)?
A hit from 1962 is “I Left My Heart in” this city
What is San Francisco?
Chicken cordon bleu includes this generic kind of cheese.
What is Swiss?
On the large beads of the Catholic rosary, you say this prayer
What is the Lord’s Prayer?
This Alfred Hitchcock classic thriller is set largely in a courtyard and stars James Stewart as a globetrotting photographer.
What is Rear Window?
Before vacuum cleaners, we cleaned rugs with these.
What are sweepers?
This first American commercial jetliner model was the dominant aircraft of the 1960s.
What is Boeing 707?
This Henry Mancini classic tune had its film premiere in Breakfast at Tiffany’s and was one of two tunes included twice in the film.
What is “Moon River”?
This French blend consists of fennel, marjoram, parsley, rosemary, tarragon, thyme, and lavender.
What is herbes de Provence?
Of 2, 3, 5, 7,10, it’s the number that is not a prime number.
What is 10?
She plays opposite Cary Grant in His Girl Friday
Who is Rosalind Russell?
This spinning device was once used to remove water from laundered items.
What is a wringer?
This new dance came after Chubby Checker’s 1960 cover tune.
What is the twist?
“Mr. Tambourine Man” is performed by this artist with a distinctive, gravelly voice.
Who is Bob Dylan?
This nightshade was once considered poisonous.
What is a tomato?
This planet in our solar system has the most moons.
What is Saturn?
Before Disney renamed them for its 1937 animated film, these characters’ names in the 1912 Broadway play were Snick, Glick, Blick, Flick, Plick, Whick, and Quee.
Who are the Seven Dwarfs?
This mechanical device was used to spray fragrance into the air manually.
What is an atomizer?
This was the first major sporting event broadcast in color in England.
What is Wimbledon?