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What was the name of the satellite that was launched into space by Russia in 1954?
Sputnik
Which famous actress married Joe Dimaggio in 1954?
Marilyn Monroe
Who was assassinated in November, 1963
President John F. Kennedy
A "passion pit" was the slang for this in the 1950's
Drive-in Theatres
What tv sitcom was about an army hospital in Korea?
M*A*S*H
What kind of telephone was invented in 1963?
Touch-tone telephone
Micheal Jordan played which sport?
Basketball
Which woman made the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean?
Amelia Earhart
Which 1960s artist painted brightly colored portrayals of everyday items, like soup cans?
Andy Warhol
Single songs were printed on two-sided disks that were called by what number?
45
What do fire escapes, bulletproof vests, laser printers and windshield wipers all have in common?
They were invented by women!
Cassius Clay was a legendary boxer. What name did he eventually go by?
Mohammad Ali
Who did Time Magazine name as "Man of the Year" in 1938?
Adolf Hitler
What year did Disneyland open?
1955
Disco
In 1963, the US postal service added something to every address in the US, what was it?
zip codes
Jack Weinberger famously wrote in the San Francisco chronicle that you cant trust anyone over this age, which age is it?
30
This man's death in 1968 postponed the 1968 Oscars for 48 hours and led to civil unrest?
Martin Luther King Jr.
From 1947-1971, who hosted the most popular variety show on tv?
Ed Sullivan
Robert Di Niro's famous New Yorker line "You talkin' to me?" is from what 1976 movie?
Taxi Driver
What vaccine was invented by Dr. Jonas Salk in 1952?
The Polio Vaccine
What kind of accident paralyzed actor Christopher Reeves?
Horseback riding, he fell off his horse during an equestrian competition
Who was the first person to climb Mt. Everest in 1953?
Sir Edmund Hilary
Who was the popular 1950's TV figure, on the first nationally televised American children's TV program?
Howdy Doody
Who was the name of the Cleveland disc jockey who first used the term "Rock N Roll" in 1951?
Alan Freed