1950s Television
What TV western featured the Cartwright family?
What is Bonanza?
Which singer's real name was Francis Albert Sinatra?
Who is Frank Sinatra?
What was the code name for the Allied invasion of Normandy?
What is Operation Overlord?
What baseball player was nicknamed "The Splendid Splinter"?
Who is Ted Williams?
A loaf of bread in the early 1950s often cost about this many cents.
What is about 15–20 cents?
What TV quiz show scandal rocked television in 1959?
What is the Twenty-One Quiz Show Scandal?
What song begins with the lyric "You ain't nothin' but a hound dog"?
What is Hound Dog?
Which U.S. General accepted Japan's formal surrender?
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
What actress married Joe DiMaggio in 1954?
Who is Marilyn Monroe?
What company introduced the first successful credit card in 1950?
What is Diners Club?
What puppet was frequently featured on the Howdy Doody Show?
Who is Howdy Doody?
Which singer was known as "The Tennessee Plowboy"?
Who is Eddy Arnold?
What was the name of the aircraft that dropped the first atomic bomb?
What is the Enola Gay?
Which president ordered troops to enforce school integration in Little Rock, Arkansas?
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
What toy introduced in 1957 became a national craze?
What is the Hula Hoop?
What was the name of the fictional town where Andy Taylor was sheriff?
What is Mayberry?
Which quartet sang "Sh-Boom"?
Who are The Chords?
What battle is considered the turning point in the Pacific War?
What is the Battle of Midway?
What famous aviator disappeared over the Pacific in 1937?
Who is Amelia Earhart?
What interstate highway system began under President Eisenhower?
What is the Interstate Highway System?
Which variety show launched many major performers and aired Sunday nights on CBS?
What is The Ed Sullivan Show?
Which singer had a hit with "Sixteen Tons" in 1955?
Who is Tennessee Ernie Ford?
What was the name of the U.S. program that provided aid to Allied nations before entering the war?
What is Lend-Lease?
Which senator became famous for anti-communist hearings in the 1950s?
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
Which fast-food chain opened its first franchised restaurant in 1955?
What is McDonald's?