Rock Around the Clock
(the 1950s)
(the 1950s)
To the Moon Alice!
(the 1960's)
(the 1960's)
The "Me Decade"
(the 1970s)
(the 1970s)
Shoulder Pads and Perms
(the 1980s)
(the 1980s)
The World Wide Web
(the 1990s)
(the 1990s)
100
These calf-length trousers were popular during the 1950s
Peddle Pushers
100
On February 9, 1964, 73 million viewers tuned in to see this popular band made their infamous debut on American Television
The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show
100
What popular television show that aired from 1976-1981 opened each week with,
"Once upon a time, there were three little girls who went to the police academy..."
100
Tom Hanks first Academy Award nomination was in 1989 for this comedy
BIG
100
On August 31, 1997, this English Rose died from injuries sustained in a Paris France road tunnel car crash
Princess Diana
200
1956 was the first year Elvis Presley hit number one with what song?
200
1961's Best Picture Academy Award winner, West Side Story, wasn't always about the Sharks and the Jets.
Bringing home 10 Oscars, what was the original title of the romantic musical tragedy before it was made into the original Broadway musical?
East Side Story
West Side Story was originally East Side Story. When they first conceived the show in 1949, Robbins, Bernstein and Laurents set their story on the east side of Manhattan, and gave it the working title East Side Story. They planned to stage the conflict between rival Catholic and Jewish groups
200
This Olympian won the hearts of Americans as well as the gold medal in Innsbruck, Austria in 1976.
Her cute haircut became a pop culture sensation all of its own soon after. Who is she?
Dorothy Hamill
200
This show became one of the most watched television shows of all time. Ironic considering it was referred to as, 'the show about nothing'
200
On June 17, 1994, a record 95 million Americans tuned in to watch this famous NFL star drive for 75 miles on the LA Freeway and some local streets
OJ Simpson
300
This boxing champion held the heavy weight title from 1952-1956 and retired undefeated at age 31
Rocky Marciano
300
What 1962 non-fiction book by Helen Gurley Brown was written as an advice book that encouraged women to become financially independent and experience sexual relationships before or without marriage?
300
This 1977 film changed the mood of Bar-Mitzvahs and Senior Proms forever telling us ...
"You should be dancin'... yeah!'
Saturday Night Fever
300
What was referred to as the "Miracle on Ice"
The underdog US Hockey Team shocked the World defeating the Soviets for a Gold Medal at the 1980 Olympics
300
Considered one of the greatest films ever made, this 1997 epic was nominated for 14 Academy Awards, tying All About Eve (1950) for the most Oscar nominations ever. It won 11, including the awards for Best Picture and Best Director, tying Ben-Hur (1959) for the most Oscars won by a single film.
*note, The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003) has since added to the 3-way tied record with 11 Oscars
400
This iconic, and most recognized theme park in the world, opened in July of 1955. It was designed with the intent to be educational in addition to the amusement value to entertain adults as well as their children
Disneyland!
400
On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. gave the powerful speech now commonly known as the mantra he repeated many times
I Have a Dream...
400
This music making technology was introduced in 1979 by SONY
The SONY Walkman
400
August 1, 1981, this cable channel was launched
400
This popular TV sit-com that ran for a decade first aired on NBC on September 22, 1994. It's theme song became a number one song, the hairstyles and clothes became every day fashion and the cast propelled into icon stars
500
"Born" in March of 1959, this iconic American doll is simply known as Barbie. What is her last name?
Barbie Millicent Roberts is her full name
500
During the 1960s, this artist became one of the leading figures in the new art movement. His work defined the premise of "pop art" through parody. .
His work was influenced by popular advertising and the comic book style. This 1963 painting is called Drowning Girl
Roy Lichtenstein
500
In 1978, the first healthy test tube baby was born...
... what was her name?
Louise Brown
500
Nike launched this campaign slogan in 1988 with it's tough, 'take no prisoners' ads increasing profits from 18% to 43%, (from $877 million to $9.2 billion in worldwide sales) from 1988 to 1998
500
This American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware was founded in 1998
