British band sensation sings this song with the following lyrics: "With a love like that, you know you should be glad"
What is "She Loves You"?
100
The Oscar-winning "Best Motion Picture" of 1950 starring Bette Davis. This movie portrays the vicious side of Hollywood's movies as the main character "Margo Channing" is backstabbed by the up-and-coming actress "Eve Harrington".
What is "All About Eve"?
100
Sworn in during 1933, this President of the United States was the last to be inaugurated on March 4..
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
100
Nazi Germany invades this country in 1939 starting World War II.
What is Poland?
100
This popular board game was introduced during the Great Depression in 1935 by the Parker Brothers.
What is Monopoly?
200
Singers of the famous song "Stop In the Name of Love"
Who is Diana Ross and The Supremes?
200
1950: Disney's first "all-action" feature film starring Robert Newton and Bobby Driscoll.
What is "Treasure Island"?
200
The name of FDR's "relief, recovery, and reform" plan.
What is the "New Deal"?
200
The US and Britain participated in this famous "airlift", which lasted from June 24 1948 to May 12, 1949. Pilots would fly around the clock to provide food, supplies, and fuel to the people.
What is the "Berlin Airlift"?
200
Though originally invented and designed in 1850, this "Automatic, Continuous Clothing Closure" did not gain popularity until the 1930's when it the general public began using it on its clothing.
What is the "zipper"?
300
These lyrics came from what famous song by the king of Rock n' Roll: "For my darling, I love you, and I always will...Tell me you are mine. I'll be yours through all the years, till the end of time."
What is "Love Me Tender"?
300
1951 Academy Award winning film starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn as Samuel and Rose Sayer. Bogart and Hepburn play brother and sister British Methodist missionaries in the village of Kungdu in German East Africa in 1914 during World War I.
What is "The African Queen"?
300
President FDR was the first president to advocate for the elderly by signing this act in 1935, providing benefits for retirees and the unemployed. (Still in effect today)
What is the Social Security Act?
300
The first place that the atomic bomb was dropped on Japan.
Where is Hiroshima?
300
This type of dance became popular at the beginning of the 1940's. It is said to be the only dance in two centuries that allowed for "individual expression".
What is the "Jitterbug"?
400
Sung by Jim Reeves "Tell me do you love me true, or is he holding you the way I do?". Was second on the top 100 hits of 1960.
What is "He'll Have to Go"?
400
The Academy Award winning film of 1960 about a slave who leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman empire,starring Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Charles Laughton, Tony Curtis, Jean Simmon. (Hint: The slave's name is the name of the movie)
What is "Spartacus"?
400
The successful use of this antibiotic revolutionized medicine in 1941 and helped military personnel survive war wounds.
What is penicillin?
400
This three people in history are referred to as the "Big Three". They were major figures during WWII.
Who are Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin?
400
This material was unavailable to the general public in the 1940's, so women would draw a line on the back of their leg to resemble this type of stocking.
What is silk?
500
This musical group sang the song "(Love is Like A) Heat Wave"?
Who is Martha Reeves and The Vandellas?
500
1959 film starring Charlton Heston as a Jewish prince who is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend, and when he regains his freedom, returns for revenge.
What is "Ben-Hur"?
500
This US general commanded the troops in Europe during WWII and later became President of the United States.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
500
This conference was held from February 4-11, 1945 to discuss the recovery of WWII aftermath.
What is the Yalta Conference?
500
This type of suit for men was highly popular until the War Production Department began limiting the amount of fabric that could be used in clothing. Its key characteristics were a suit with high-waisted, wide-legged, tight-cuffed, pegged trousers, and a long coat with wide lapels and wide padded shoulders.