1950's Trivia
Les Paul was a 1950s pioneer of which instrument?
Answer: Guitar
What is the periodic symbol for oxygen?
Answer: O
Which angle is the ultimate square champ, flaunting its perfect 90-degree style?
Answer: Right Angle
Which crop failure caused a famine in Ireland between 1846 and 1851?
Answer: Potato
What religion was Einstein brought up as?
Answer: Jewish
Which group had a hit with 'Cry Cry Cry'?
Answer: Johnny Cash
What gives plants their color?
Answer: Chlorophyll
Which wizard behind the curtain conjured up the magical world of Harry Potter?
Answer: J.K. Rowling
Which of these is a major crop of both India and China?
a. Potatoes
b. Tomatoes
c. Tea
d. Kale
Answer: Tea
Who pushed Albert to learn the violin as a child?
Answer: His Mother
Which singer played Catwoman in the Batman TV series?
Answer: Eartha Kitt
What is the term for a lie detector?
Answer: Polygraph
What's the tiniest prime number that stands alone, leading the prime club?
Answer: 2
How was the agricultural blight of the 1930s in the USA known?
Answer: Dust Bowl
In 1880, the Einstein family moved to which German city?
Answer: Munich
Sam Cooke is often referred to as The King of, what?
Answer: Soul
What planet is closest to the sun?
Answer: Mercury
What nifty gadget keeps tabs on the mood of the atmosphere by measuring air pressure?
Answer: Barometer
If your soil has a pH of 4, what color are your hydrangea flowers most likely to be?
Answer: Blue
Which member of the Einstein family gave their permission for the removal and study of Einstein's brain after his death?
Answer: Son
Bertha Franklin shot and killed which 1950s star?
Answer: Sam Cooke
What do you call a shape with five sides?
Answer: Pentagon
Which historic parchment stands as the supreme law governing the United States?
Answer: The U.S. Constitution
What machine does a farmer use first in the year?
Answer: Plough
Einstein was visiting his family in which country when he wrote his first paper on ether and magnetic fields?
Answer: Italy