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100
Rob Petrie’s boss was portrayed by this famous comedian?
Who is Carl Reiner
100
Bodega Bay features prominently in this Alfred Hitchcock classic film.
What is The Birds
100
This actor portrayed Marlon Brando’s brother in On the Waterfront.
Who is Rod Steiger
100
Mrs. Eisenhower’s first name.
What is Mamie
100
This novel by Anthony Burgess about a dystopian future where people speak a patois of English and Russian inspired a Stanley Kubrick film that drew an X rating when first released.
What is A Clockwork Orange
200
Adam, Hoss and Little Joe were characters in this 1960’s western.
What is Bonanza
200
This classic film featuring Sterling Hayden and Peter Sellers ends with Slim Pickens riding on a nuclear bomb like a bronco.
What is Dr. Strangelove
200
Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis portrayed fugitives in this 1958 classic film.
What is The Defiant Ones
200
This night club owner shot Lee Harvey Oswald.
Who is Jack Ruby
200
Before he became a Monkee, this child actor portrayed Corky in the series Circus Boy.
Who is Mickey Dolenz
300
This show centered on Dr. Kimble’s search for a one armed man.
What is The Fugitive
300
In this 1967 film, Sidney Poitier shares a meal with Spencer Tracy.
What is Guess Who's Coming for Dinner
300
In this 1950 classic, William Holden ends up floating in Gloria Swanson’s pool.
What is Sunset Blvd.
300
This 1960 GM product came to be known as unsafe at any speed.
What is the Corvair
300
The place where Ralph frequently threatened to send Alice.
What is The Moon
400
What would Laura Petrie say?
What is "Oh Rob"
400
In this 1960 thriller, Anthony Perkins confirms that a boy’s best friend is his mother.
What is Psycho
400
In Breakfast at Tiffany's, Holly Golightly sings this song while strumming a guitar on her fire escape.
What is Moon River
400
Federal marshals escorted this African America student through a mob at the University of Mississippi.
Who is James Meredith
400
This prominent democrat debated Estes Kefauver in the first televised presidential debate on May 21, 1956.
Who is Adlai Stevenson
500
He played Sergeant Saunders in the classic WWII TV series Combat.
Who is Vic Morrow
500
When he was not hustling Minnesota Fats, this actor was portraying a prisoner in the south who could eat 50 hard-boiled eggs in an hour.
Who is Paul Newman
500
This classic Nicholas Ray film about teenage angst featured Sal Mineo as Plato and Nathalie Wood as Judy.
What is Rebel Without a Cause
500
This grizzled cold warrior served as Eisenhower’s secretary of state between 1953 and 1959.
Who is John Foster Dulles
500
On February 20, 1962, this future senator from Ohio boarded the friendship 7 mercury capsule to become the first American in orbit.
Who is John Glenn
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