1950s history
This woman refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955
Who is Rosa Parks
This famous song sung by Doris Day was introduced in the 1956 Hitchcock thriller "The Man Who Knew Too Much"
What is "Que Sera Sera"
This tv game show first aired in 1956 and is still running
What is The Price is Right
The lead actress in the 1964 movie "My fair lady"
Who is Audrey Hepburn
This aspiring rock-and-roll singer appeared on the Ed Sullivan show in 1956 but could only be shown from the waist up
Who is Elvis Presley
This royal family member became head of state in Great Britain in 1953 and went on to become Queen.
Who is Queen Elizabeth II
This smoky-voiced singer sang "Too Young" in 1951
Who is Nat King Cole
This young star died in an automobile accident in 1955
Who is James Dean
He played Norman Bates in the 1960 horror movie Psycho
Who is Anthony Perkins
He was assassinated in November of 1963
Who is John F. Kennedy
Famous explorer, Sir Edmund Hillary, first climbed this famous mountain in 1953.
What is Mount Everest
This famous 60's song has the lyrics
"I've got so much honey
The bees envy me
I've got a sweeter song
Than the birds in the trees"
What is "My Girl"
He is a famous boxer who goes by the name Muhammad Ali
Who is Cassius Clay
This was the highest grossing movie in 1963, but lost money due to it being so expensive to make
What is Cleopatra
This western debuted in 1955, lasted 20 seasons and was shown in B&W and color
What is Gunsmoke
This was the year Disneyland first opened
What is 1955
This famous 60's song has the lines
"My love is alive
Way down in my heart
Although we are miles apart"
What is "Ain't no mountain high enough"
They are a famous English band who arrived to the US in February of 1964
Who are The Beatles
This famous actor starred in Lilies Of The Field and Guess Who's Coming To Dinner
Who is Sydney Poitier
This singer-songwriter, also considered to be one of the greatest electric guitar players of all time died in 1970
Who is Jimi Hendrix
This is the disease Dr. Jonas Salk successfully created a vaccine for in 1952
What is Polio
This famous 60's song has the lyrics
"Like a river flows
Surely to the sea
Darling, so it goes
Some things are meant to be?
What is "I can't help falling in love with you"
She is a former First Lady who got remarried to a Greek shipping tycoon in October of 1968
Who is Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
This film won an Oscar for Best Picture in 1965
What is The Sound of Music
This deadly disease struck a convention in Philadelphia in July 1976 and is named after the convention it struck
What is Legionnaires Disease