Chinese leader that was supported by the U.S during the Cold War
A) Mao Zedong
B) Kim Dae-Jung
C) Chiang Kai-Shek
D) Ngo Dinh Diem
Who is Chiang Kai-Shek
100
A influential African American baseball player in the 50s
Who is Jackie Robinson
100
Rock n' Roll King in 1950s
Who is Elvis Presley
100
The man that invented the polio vaccine
Who is Jonas Salk
100
Resturant that sold hamburgers for $0.15.
Hint: Its catch phrase on commericals is "Im Lovin it"
What is McDonalds
200
This was created to fly supplies into West Berlin
What is the Berlin Airlift
200
Most interesting golfer in the 50s.
A) Tiger Woods
B) Phil Mickleson
C) Arnold Palmer
D) Dwight Eisenhower
Who is Dwight Eisenhower
200
Explosion in population in the 1950s
What is the Baby Boom
200
Decade that the transistor was invented
What is the 1950s
200
Aircraft that Francis Gary Powers flew.
What is the U-2
300
WWII hero that was fired by Harry Truman
Who is Douglas MacArthur
300
Joe Dimaggio played baseball for this team
A) Milwaukee Brewers
B) Boston Red Sox
C) Chicago Cubs
D) New York Yankees
What is the New York Yankees
300
The latest toy that kids swung around their hips
What is a Hula Hoop
300
DAILY DOUBLE
A name for money in 1950s
What is Pound, Shilling, Bread or Pence
300
This basball player played for the New York Yankees
A) Yogi Berra
B) Jackie Robinson
C) Ryan Braun
D) Ted Williams
Who is Yogi Berra
400
The date of the H-Bomb test
A) December 1, 1952
B) March 1, 1953
C) August 2, 1953
D) November 1, 1952
What is November 1, 1952
400
This baseball player married Marilyn Monroe
A) Yogi Berra
B) Jackie Robinson
C) Babe Ruth
D) Joe DiMaggio
Who is Joe DiMaggio
400
These kinds of movies were very popular in the 50s
What is Science Fiction
400
Type of movie made in the 50s
What is 3D
400
The first credit card
A) Diners Club
B) VISA
C) Red Box
D) First National Bank
What is Diners Club
500
Hungarian Communist leader who actually was democratic and ordered all Soviet Union troops out of his country
A) Gordon Bajnai
B) Imre Nagy
C) Nikita Khrushchev
D) Laszlo Solyom
Who is Imre Nagy
500
College football team that won 47 games in a row from 1953-1957
A) Penn St.
B) Oklahoma
C) Alabama
D) Florida
What is Oklahoma
500
Swimwear for girls that pushed boundaries in the 50s
What is the Bikini
500
The first car to have a fiberglass body in 1953
What is a Corvette
500
FINAL JEOPARDY
This female movies star was a role model to young women in the 50s