1950's Fashion
Ettiquette
American History
That's Amore
It Was Popular
100

Another name for a sweater in the 1950's was a...

Cardigan

100

While traveling..

 carry a large shawl, and if you will travel by night, or stop where it will be inconvenient to open your trunks, carry your night clothes, and what clean linen you may require, in a what?

Carpet Bag

100

John Davidson Rockefeller got rich in what industry?

Oil

100

A tragedy by William Shakespeare. Their love story is very tragic.

Romeo and Juliet

100

A Variety show for kids produced by Walt Disney, ran on national TV during the years 1955-1957

Mickey Mouse Club

200

This popular heel was referred to as a what heel?

Kitten Heel

200

When any adult entered the room children were expected to do what?

stand and greet their guest with a handshake and an introduction if they were meeting for the first time.

200

Canada sold what to the United States in 1885?

Niagara Falls

200

 Their love affair outraged the Romans who were wary of the growing powers of the Egyptians.

Cleopatra and Mark Antony

200

What was more popular then going to McDonalds in the 1950's. 

Going to Diners

300

These type of cropped pants for women were called..

Capri Pants

300

Children were never allowed to do these two things at the dinner table in the 1950's

 NEVER eat with their fingers or put your elbows on the table

300

Who won the Super bowl in 1989?

49ers

300

 Their stormy marriage reflects the surrounding Civil War battles. Very popular movie characters in a historic film.

 Scarlett O’Hara and Rhett Butler

300

A popular place guys would take their dates..

Drive in Movie Theater

400

 Pants were sometimes worn with a thin leather belt placed in the center of the waistband. Belts and belt loops were considered too masculine. A smooth, high waistband was more flattering on this style of pant

Cigarette Pants

400

Do you feel a woman public speaker must always wear a hat?

No-

Not if she’s in evening clothes. But “a veil, flowers or perhaps a velvet ribbon” would be a good idea.


400

What sport introduced the term southpaw?

baseball

400

Few couples understand sacrifice quite like this Greek pair. After being torn apart, they wait twenty long years to be reunited. 


Odysseus and Penelope

400

 the hair was slicked back along the sides of the head and a part was created running straight up the middle of the back of the head.

DA Haircut

500

These type of jackets were often called what...

Ivy league or preppy

500

No what... on the first date?


Kissing

500

What state were both Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull born in?

South Dakota

500


John and Abigail Adams

500

were informal dances usually held in high school gymnasiums, featuring the new Devil’s music—rock ‘n roll—sweeping the country. They got their name because the kids had to take off their shoes before twisting the night away so they wouldn’t scuff up the gym floor. What was the dance called?

Soc Hops

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