1960's
This "sitcom" debuted on September 30, 1960. One of the more iconic scenes was the main character getting in his car and using his feet to propel himself. Name the show.
The Flintstones
This band released "Let It Be" on May 8th, 1970, one month after they announced their break up. Who were they?
The Beatles
1984 - the song Do They Know It's Christmas is released to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. Name the band
Bandaid
1990 - he was released from prison after 27 years. Who was he?
Nelson Mandela
2001 - this device was released for the first time putting the walkman mostly out of business. What is it?
the iPod
in 1961 he broke Babe Ruth's single season home run record by hitting his 61st home run on the last day of the season. Who is he?
Roger Maris
The companion to the "Happiest Place on Earth", it opened in October 1971. What is it?
Disney World
1986 - This nuclear reactor melts down in what was then the USSR
Chernobyl
The summer Olympics are held in the southern US for the first time in 1996. What city hosted?
Atlanta
2002 - she won the first American Idol. Who is she?
Kelly Clarkson
Candle in the Wind was written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, who died August 5, 1962, eleven years before the song was released. Who was she?
Marilyn Monroe
Jaws was this director's first hit movie. It debuted in 1975 (making the movie almost 50 years old). Name the director
Steven Spielberg
January 21, 1986 - a teacher named Christa McAuliffe died in a disaster that shocked the world. What happened?
The Challenger shuttle disaster
1993 - NAFTA is signed into law. What does NAFTA stand for?
North American Free Trade Agreement
2003 - he won an Oscar for best original song for the movie 8 Mile.
Song or singer?
song - Lose Yourself
singer - Eminem
Alcatraz closed on March 21, 1963, apparently due to high operating costs. What was the nick name for this notorious prison?
The Rock
May 25, 1975 - it all started with the words "In a galaxy far, far away"
Name the movie
Star Wars
1989 - this is torn down at the end of the cold war. What is it?
The Berlin Wall
This song topped the Billboard year-end hot 100 singles chart in 1999 as the #1 single for the year.
The singer was 53 years old at the time and it was the fourth decade that the singer had charted at #1.
Singer or song?
Believe
Cher
August 29, 2005 - when the levees broke. What was the event
Hurricane Katrina
1969 - Neil Armstrong did something and said something to put him in the history books. What did he do and what did he say?
He walked on the moon.
"One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"
July 25, 1978 - Louise Brown is born.
What makes this a significant birth?
1981 - MTV launches. What was the first song they ever played?
Video Killed the Radio Star - The Buggles
1997 - Dolly is "born". What is she?
The world's first cloned sheep.
Michael Jackson passed away June 25, 2009. Where did he live?
The Neverland Ranch