Sweet Treats
This candy bar asked you to “give me a break” long before the 1980s jingle.
What is Kit Kat?
“You ain’t nothin’ but a ___, cryin’ all the time.”
What is a hound dog?
Judy Garland sang about a place located near a weather phenomena in this 1939 film.
What is The Wizard of Oz?
She sang "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"
In the 1950s, a gallon of this fuel cost around 25 cents.
What is gasoline?
In the 1950s, if something was really neat, you might have called it this body part.
What is hip?
Once called “nickel bars,” these chewy squares came in a rainbow of flavours like strawberry, lemon, and chocolate.
What is Tootsie Rolls?
This crooner invited you to “fly me to the moon.”
Who is Frank Sinatra?
Humphrey Bogart said, “Here’s looking at you, kid” in this 1942 classic.
What is Casablanca?
Before email, this small paper square originally cost just 3 cents to send a letter.
What is a postage stamp?
If someone told you to “burn rubber,” they wanted you to do this.
What is drive fast?
Long before bottled water, many a glass bottle of this was often shared at the drugstore counter.
What is Coca Cola?
The Beatles first appeared on this American TV variety show in 1964.
What is the Ed Sullivan Show?
Who played Atticus Finch in this adaptation of a Harper Lee novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird?"
Who is Gregory Peck?
Before smartphones, people dropped a dime into this street-corner device.
What is a pay phone?
“Don’t touch that dial” referred to this household device.
What is a television?
This treat, first made in 1896, was “on a stick” and billed as the world’s first modern lollipop.
What is a dum-dum?
This dance craze of the 1960s urged you to do this "and shout.”
What is The Twist?
This actress told the world, “After all, tomorrow is another day” in the final line of Gone with the Wind.
Who is Vivien Leigh?
A nickel could once buy you a cold glass of this chocolate-flavoured milk drink, once sold at lunch counters everywhere.
What is Yoo-hoo?
If you said you were going to “hit the hay,” you were really doing this.
What is going to bed?
Dubbed “a hole lot of fun,” this colourful candy roll came in flavours like Wint-O-Green and Cherry.
What are Life Savers?
This singer’s “Crazy” became a country classic in 1961.
Who is Patsy Cline?
This Marilyn Monroe comedy involved cross-dressing musicians hiding with an all-girls band.
In the 1950s, you could see a double feature in your car for less than a quarter. What was this type of theatre called?
What is a drive-in?
Before cell phones, this slang term referred to gossip passed around in a group, not a type of fruit plant.
What is the grapevine?