Classic TV
Who was Shirley Temple?
(Hint: She sang “On the Good Ship Lollipop.”)
✅ Answer: A child movie star from the 1930s.
What famous band released “Love Me Do” in 1962?
✅ Answer: The Beatles
In the 1960s, this wall symbolized the divide between East and West.
Answer: What is the Berlin Wall?
In the 1980s, if something was “radical,” it meant:
Answer: What is awesome or cool?
What handheld toy became a craze in 1974 with colored squares to twist and match?
🅐 Etch-A-Sketch
🅑 Rubik’s Cube
🅒 Lite-Brite
🅓 Simon
B – Rubik’s Cube
Who lived in a small town called Mayberry?
🅐 The Cleavers
🅑 The Bradys
🅒 The Taylors
🅓 The Jetsons
✅ Answer: C – The Taylors (The Andy Griffith Show)
Who is known as the “Queen of Country”?
✅ Answer: Dolly Parton.
Neil Armstrong walked on the moon in:
a) 1965
b) 1969
c) 1972
Answer: b) 1969
In the 1950s, a “cool cat” was:
a) A jazz lover
b) A mean person
c) A silly kid
Answer: a) A jazz lover
This board game, invented in 1935, uses paper money and tiny houses.
Answer: What is Monopoly?
In the 1964 Disney movie Mary Poppins, this actress played the magical nanny.
a) Julie Andrews
b) Audrey Hepburn
c) Debbie Reynolds
Answer: Who is Julie Andrews?
Billie Holiday was a legend in:
a) Jazz and blues
b) Opera
c) Folk music
Answer: a) Jazz and blues
This U.S. president resigned in 1974.
Answer: Who is Richard Nixon?
In the 1990s, saying “talk to the hand” meant this.
Answer: What is I’m not listening
The Sony Walkman, invented in the 1970s, played:
a) CDs
b) Cassettes
c) Records
Answer: b) Cassettes
In The Wizard of Oz, what color were Dorothy’s slippers?
🅐 Blue
🅑 Red
🅒 Gold
🅓 Silver
✅ Answer: B – Red
What Motown singer performed “My Girl”?
🅐 The Temptations
🅑 The Supremes
🅒 The Four Tops
🅓 Smokey Robinson
✅ Answer: A – The Temptations
Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech in what city?
a) Washington, D.C.
b) Atlanta
c) New York City
Answer: a) Washington, D.C.
What popular dance style had people swinging and flipping across the dance floor?
🅐 The Charleston
🅑 The Jitterbug
🅒 The Hustle
🅓 The Twist
✅ Answer: B – The Jitterbug
What popular family car debuted in 1958 with fins and chrome to spare?
🅐 Ford Edsel
🅑 Chevrolet Impala
🅒 Cadillac Coupe DeVille
🅓 Plymouth Fury
Answer: B – Chevrolet Impala
This children’s TV host always wore a red sweater and spoke gently.
Answer: Who is Mister Rogers?
Who sang “Take Me Home, Country Roads”?
🅐 Johnny Cash
🅑 John Denver
🅒 Willie Nelson
🅓 Bob Dylan
✅ Answer: B – John Denver
Which U.S. state grows the most pumpkins?
🅐 Illinois
🅑 Ohio
🅒 Maine
🅓 Washington
✅ Answer: A – Illinois
In the 1990s, “bling” referred to:
a) Jewelry and flashiness
b) A fast car
c) A funny dance move
Answer: a) Jewelry and flashiness
This game console, launched in the 1980s, featured Mario and Luigi.
a) Atari
b) Nintendo
c) Sega
Answer: b) Nintendo