1950's History
This woman refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955.
Who is Rosa Parks?
The famous song sung by Doris Day was introduced in the 1956 Hitchcock thriller "The Man Who Knew Too Much".
What is "Que Sera Sera"?
This tv game show first aired in 1956 and is still running.
What is The Price is Right?
The lead actress in the 1961 movie "The Children's Hour".
Who is Audrey Hepburn?
This aspiring rock-and-roll singer appeared on the Ed Sullivan show in 1956 but could only be shown from the waist up.
Who is Elvis Presley?
The Royal family member became head of state in Great Britain in 1953.
Who is Queen Elizabeth II?
This smoky-voiced singer sang "Too Young" in 1951.
Who is Nat King Cole?
This young star died in an automobile accident in 1955.
Who is James Dean?
She played 'Marion Crane' in the 1960 horror movie Psycho.
Who is Janet Leigh?
The age of JFK when he was assassinated.
What is 46 years old?
He was a famous explorer who first climbed Mount Everest in 1953.
Who is Sir Edmund Hilary?
This famous 60's song has the lyrics "I've got so much honey the bees envy me. I've got a sweeter song Than the birds in the trees".
What is "My Girl"?
He is a famous boxer who goes by the name Muhammad Ali.
Who is Cassius Clay?
This was the highest grossing movie in 1963, but lost money due to it being so expensive to make.
What is Cleopatra?
This western debuted in 1955, lasted 20 seasons and was shown in B&W and color.
What is 'Gunsmoke'?
This was the year Disneyland first opened.
What is 1955?
This famous 60's song has the lines "My love is alive Way down in my heart Although we are miles apart".
What is "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"?
This English band arrived to the US in February of 1964.
Who are The Beatles?
This famous actor starred in Lilies Of The Field and Guess Who's Coming To Dinner.
Who is Sydney Poitier?
This was the year that famous singer-songwriter, also considered to be one of the greatest electric guitar players of all time, Jimi Hendrix, died.
What is 1970?
This is the disease Dr. Jonas Salk successfully created a vaccine for in 1952.
What is Polio?
This famous 60's song has the lyrics "Like a river flows surely to the sea Darling, so it goes Somethings are meant to be?".
What is "I Can't Help Falling in Love with You"?
She is former First Lady who got remarried to a Greek shipping tycoon in October of 1968.
Who is Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis?
This film won an Oscar for Best Picture in 1965.
What is 'The Sound of Music'?
This deadly disease struck a convention in Philadelphia in July 1976 and is named after the convention it struck.
What is Legionnaires Disease?