Household Items
A blanket stitched together from small pieces of fabrics, usually in a geometric pattern.
What is a quilt?
Someone who takes care of children, not just babies, while their parents are out.
What is a Babysitter?
Plastic disk that became one of the most popular outdoor games and remains a favorite activity for the park or beach. Dogs love to chase, catch and chew on this toy.
What is a Frisbee?
Set in a Western state, this show is about the often turbulent relations between farmers and ranchers. This story is based on a play called "Green Grow the Lilacs"
What is Oklahoma!?
Comedian known as the Texaco Fire Chief.
Who is Ed Wynn?
A small electric tool that melts hard cylinders of glue for use in craft or small carpentry projects.
What is a glue gun?
Insulting description of someone who cries easily.
What is a cry baby?
Circle skirts with an applique of a certain "French" breed of dog that looked limp without a crinoline.
What is a Poodle Skirt?
This story takes place at the palace of the King of Siam in the 1960s. An english widow has been hired to tutor the royal children. At first the King and Anna have very different views but as the story unfolds they come to have very high regard for one another. Yul Brynner stars on broadway and in the movie.
What is The King and I?
Radio team famous for their "Who's on first" routine.
Who are Abbott and Costello?
A small couch having no back or arms; often used for resting your feet.
What is an ottoman?
A piano that is smaller than a concert grand and easier to fit in a home.
what is a baby grand?
Toy introduced by Wham-O at about $2.00 apiece. The idea was to keep them twirling around the waist, neck, knees and arms as long as possible.
What is a Hoola Hoop?
A con man attempts to swindle the parents in a small town in Iowa by implanting a dream of a great marching band. He plans to take their money for instruments and uniforms and then skip town. However, he turns honest and stays in town to teach the children after he falls in love with the librarian. Robert Preston stars on Broadway and in the movie.
Radio comedian who was married to Mary Livingstone and never aged past 39 yrs old.
Who is Jack Benny?
A magnifying lens worn in one eye.
What is a monocle?
A baseball great who played for the Yankees. His real name was George.
Who is Babe Ruth?
Small, shapely doll that was an instant success and remains so to this day. Little girls love the doll whether she is dress for a party, work, or play.
What is Barbie?
A gambler romances a salvation army volunteer on a bet and ends up falling in love with her. Based on a popular "Damon Runyon" story. Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, and Jean Simmons star in the movie.
What is Guys and Dolls?
Radio star who announced that he had insured his nose for $50,000. He also ended his program each night by saying "Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are"
Who is Jimmy Durante?
A hand tool that removes the skin from vegetables and fruit?
The big jump in the birth rate when the GIs came home from World War II.
What is the Baby Boom?
Shorter than pedal pushers, but longer than "short" shorts these are named for an island in the Atlantic Ocean. Early versions were often made of Madras cotton.
What are Bermuda Shorts?
Set in the early 20th century London. A professor of phonetics makes a bet that he can teach a poor flower girl to speak "the Queen's English" and behave like a Lady. The movie won Academy awards for Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Director in 1964.
What is My Fair Lady?
This radio star opened the show by singing "When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain"
Who is Kate Smith?