50s Music
Classical
Rock n Roll
Popular Movies
50s Celebrities
100
Who sang "Come Fly With Me"
Frank Sinatra
100
Which composer lost his hearing as he got older.
Hint: He was born in Germany and lived from 1770- 1827
Ludwig van Beethoven
100
Who was called the "King of Rock and Roll"
Elvis Presley
100
What is the movie released in 1965 and was based on the real life story of the Von Trapp Family singers?
The Sound of Music
The movie grossed $286 million worldwide and won many awards including the Academy Award for Best Picture.
100
Norma Jeane Mortenson was better known as..?
Marilyn Monroe
200
What is the title of the song by Jerry Lee Lewis that begins, “You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain”?
A.) “Great Balls of Fire”
B.) “All Shook Up”
C.) “Be-Bop-A-Lula”
D.) “Whole Lot of Shakin’ Going On”
A.) "Great Balls of Fire"
This song was a 1957 popular song that sold 1 million copies in the first 10 days.
The single went on to sell more than five million copies worldwide
200
What is the name of the Austrian composer who composed over 600 works.
This composer was a child prodigy and started playing musical instruments by age 3 and composed music by age 10.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
200
Which rock 'n' roll guitarist performed while doing the "Duckwalk"
Chuck Berry
200
Who played Bob Woodward in All the President’s Men?
Robert Redford
200
What is the name of the British-American actress who starred in films such as National Velvet (1944), A Place in the Sun (1951), Giant (1956)
Elizabeth Taylor
300
Who sang 'Little Things Mean a Lot'
Bonus: What year was this song released?
Kitty Kallen. This song was ranked #1 on the Billboard year-end top 30 singles of 1954
300
What is the name of this painting?
Bonus: Who painted this and what is it worth? 
The girl with a pearl earring was painted by Johannes Vermeer in 1665.
This painting is priceless! The work was lost for 200 years until a collector bought it for 2 guilders (old Dutch currency) and discovered it was a Vermeer once it had been cleaned. After his death in 1902, it was donated to the Mauritshuis in The Hague, where it is hung ever since.
The last publicly sold painting by Vermeer sold for $30 million. This is said to be a lot better...
300
What was the main instrument of early Rock and Roll?
In the earliest rock and roll styles, either the piano or saxophone was typically the lead instrument. These instruments were generally replaced or supplemented by guitar in the middle to late 1950s.
300
What are the two movies tied for the highest rating given by IMDb?
1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
2. Th Godfather (1972)
Both are tied with a rating of 9.2
300
What is the name of the individual who is both an Academy Award-winning actor and a Grammy Award-winning singer.
Hint: He was also called Ol' Blue Eyes
Frank Sinatra
He won the 1954 Best Actor award for his performance in From Here to Eternity
The Grammy awards started in 1958. Even though this was later in Sinatra's career. He was still able to win 11 awards.
400
What was the name of the single that stayed on top of the Billboard charts for seven weeks, making it the most popular song of the year 1956.
Hint: E.P
'Heartbreak Hotel' by Elvis Presley
400
What is the name of this painting?
Bonus: Who painted it?
American Gothic by Grant Wood (1930)
400
"Rock Around The Clock" was released by which band?
Bill Hailey and The Comets
400
What is the name of the famous movie, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Hint: The main characters name was Norman Bates.
Psycho released in 1960
400
What is the name of the actress who had her breakout role in the 1952 movie Singin’ in the Rain.
She is also Carrie Fisher's mother
Debbie Reynolds
500
Finish the lyrics:
I found my thrill...
On blueberry hill.
500
What was the name of the Italian painter also known for his talents as a painter, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect.
Leonardo da Vinci
He was a man of many talents. Surprisingly, he was largely self-educated and received no formal education beyond basic reading, writing and mathematics.
He also made significant contributions to science. He was the first to accurately draw the human spine. His interest in anatomy helped influence is paintings
500
This genre, popularized by Elvis, was Blues with a Country Beat?"
What is Rockabilly.
500
What was the highest grossing movie each year between 1980-1989?
1980:Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
1982: E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
1983: Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
1984: Ghostbusters (1984)
1985: Back to the Future (1985)
1986: Top Gun (1986)
1987: Three Men and a Baby (1987)
1988: Rain Man (1988)
1989: Batman (1989)
500
What was Doris Day's real name?
Doris von Kappelhoff