50s and 60s Pop Culture
What television show introduced the phrase, “To the moon, Alice!”?
Answer: The Honeymooners
What is the final spoken line in the movie Some Like It Hot?
Answer: “Nobody’s perfect!”
How many chambers does the human heart have?
Answer: Four
Which country is known as the birthplace of cricket?
Answer: England
Which novel is set on a dystopian farm led by animals overthrowing their human owner?
Answer: Animal Farm
What U.S. state was added as the 50th state in 1959?
Answer: Hawaii
What 1942 Disney film features a fawn as the main character?
Answer: Bambi
What is the largest organ of the human body?
Answer: Skin
Which sport uses the terms checkmate and stalemate?
Answer: Chess
What is the name of the painting known for its enigmatic smile, housed in the Louvre Museum?
Answer: The Mona Lisa
What popular musical instrument was widely associated with the British Invasion bands of the 1960s?
Answer: Electric Guitar
What iconic movie from the 1950s was set in the fictional town of Bedford Falls?
Answer: It’s a Wonderful Life
What gas is produced by plants during photosynthesis?
Answer: Oxygen
In which sport would you perform a slam dunk?
Answer: Basketball
Who painted The Persistence of Memory, featuring melting clocks?
Answer: Salvador Dalí
What famous toy was introduced in 1959 and became a cultural icon?
Answer: Barbie Doll
What movie star directed the acclaimed counterculture road movie Easy Rider?
Answer: Dennis Hopper
What is the largest living species of bird?
Answer: Ostrich
What sport is known as “the beautiful game?
Answer: Soccer
Who wrote the play Death of a Salesman?
Answer: Arthur Miller
What novel by Harper Lee, published in 1960, became an American classic?
Answer: To Kill a Mockingbird
What famous line is spoken by Humphrey Bogart’s character to Ingrid Bergman’s character in Casablanca?
Answer: “Here’s looking at you, kid.”
Which organ in the human body is responsible for filtering blood?
Answer: Kidneys
In which year did Michael Jordan retire for the last time?
Answer: 2003
What is the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s famous trilogy?
Answer: The Lord of the Rings