1940s Music
What popular Holiday song by Bing Crosby in 1941 has sold over 50 million copies worldwide?
White Christmas
What 1941 event in Hawaii is known as when the US entered World War II?
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
What is Elvis Presley's nickname?
The King of Rock n Roll
Who became the ruler of England in 1952?
Queen Elizabeth II
In "I Love Lucy", who played Lucy's husband Ricky?
Desi Arnaz
What famous jazz musician popularized the song "Take the A-Train" with his version in the early 1940s?
Duke Ellington
What brand of car was invented in 1940 and used both on the battlefield in WWII but also as an ambulance to carry wounded soldiers?
Jeep
What popular 1950s band sang " Rock Around the Clock"?
HINT: The name of the band includes another word for "meteorite"
Bill Haley and His Comets
What woman was associated with the famous Montgomery Bus Boycott from 1955-1956?
Rosa Parks
What TV was nicknamed "Toast of the Town" and featured celebrity guests such as Buddy Holly and the Crickets, Elvis Presley, and Harry Belafonte?
The Ed Sullivan Show
What popular girl group released songs such as "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" and "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree" during World War II?
The Andrew Sisters
Whose diary was first published in 1947 and has been translated into almost 70 languages?
Anne Frank
Finish this lyric: "When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie..."
That's amore
How long did the Korean War last?
3 years
Binghamton native Rod Sterling created what TV show that ran from 1959-1964?
The Twilight Zone
Ella Fitzgerald sang the duet "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" with which famous jazz singer and trumpet player?
Louis Armstrong
True or False: the first computer took two years to be built.
TRUE. The Electronic Numerical Integrator computer was built from 1943 to 1945.
Who sang the 1950s hit "Tutti Frutti"?
Little Richard
The launching of Sputnik, the world’s first artificial satellite, in 1957 triggered what race between the United States and the Soviet Union?
The Space Race
What Western television show first started as a radio program and then transitioned to TV in 1955?
Gunsmoke
What is the name of the informal group of singers in the late 1940s: including Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and Mickey Rooney among others?
The Rat Pack
What popular swim attire was first introduced in the 1940s?
The Bikini, although it didn't become a staple in the majority of women's wardrobe until the 1960s
Heartbreak Hotel
The first successful organ transplant occurred on December 23, 1954. What organ was the first to be transplanted successfully?
The Kidney
What superhero has his own TV show from 1952-1958?
Superman