Eating in the ’50s
Today sugar comes in sealed packages in restaurants, but in the 1950s, it came in this shape and form.
What is cube or square?
His last words were “Et tu, Brute?”
Who is Julius Caesar?
Pigs are notorious for getting dirty when they roll in this.
What is mud?
Mama Cass sang about dreaming a little dream of this person.
What is me?
This dinner side dish contains lettuce and tomato.
What is tossed salad?
This is located north of 66°30‘.
What is Arctic Circle?
This fruit was used before today’s laxatives.
What is prune?
She really said, “Let them eat brioche.”
Who is Marie Antoinette?
If the ball you roll ends up in the gutter, you are doing this.
What is bowling?
This is the idiomatic reply when someone says they want something unlikely to happen, such as winning the lottery.
What is in your dreams?
When you can’t sleep at night, you toss and do this.
What is turn?
Name one country other than the United States and Canada that lies within this area.
What is Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, or Russia?
Today water comes in plastic bottles; in the 1950s it came from here.
What is the tap?
This British ocean liner was sunk by a German U-boat in 1915.
What is Lusitania?
When businesses make bad mistakes, people often say these will roll.
What are heads?
She is the female lead in I Dream of Jeannie.
Who is Barbara Eden?
Merriam-Webster defines this toss as “an even chance.”
What is toss-up?
During the summer, the area is called the land of this.
What is midnight sun?
No one in the 1950s communicated on one of these while eating dinner.
What is smartphone, tablet, device, or similar?
This “shot heard ’round the world” helped lead to World War I.
What is the assassination of Austria’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand (or any part of that answer)?
A rolling stone gathers none of this.
What is moss?
This early 1960s band most associated with summer fun recorded the tune “Your Summer Dreams” on the album Summer Dreams.
Who are the Beach Boys?
Politicians toss or throw this into the ring when they announce their candidacy.
What is hat?
This is the popular name for the aurora borealis.
What are northern lights?
Outside of Hawaii, it was a real treat to eat this fruit fresh. We got it mostly in cans, either cubed or in slices.
What is pineapple?
This longest-reigning Arab ruler was king of Jordan.
Who is King Hussein?
If a deceased person would be horrified by a survivor’s action, it is said the deceased would do this.
What is roll over in their grave?
During the ninth season of this nighttime TV soap opera, Pamala Barnes Ewing’s husband Bobby was dead.
What is Dallas?
This sitcom’s opening song talks about a tiny ship (the Minnow) getting tossed.
What is Gilligan’s Island?
The best time to view the northern lights is during this season.
What is winter?
This was one of the two favorite pastas of the 1950s.
What is spaghetti or macaroni?
“Better dead than red” was a slogan from this era.
What is Cold War or Soviet era?
When heads of state visit another country, this is often rolled out to the bottom of the airplane stairs.
What is red carpet?
This baseball movie starring Kevin Costner and James Earl Jones is titled this of Dreams.
What is field?
This toss determines which team gets the ball at the beginning of an NBA basketball game.
What is jump ball?
During the winter, the period when the sun doesn’t shine at all is known as this.
What is polar night?