FASHION
What name was given to full skirts embellished with appliqué?
What is a Poodle Skirt
Which iconic rock and roll singer rose to fame in the 1950s with hits like “Heartbreak Hotel”?
What is Elvis Presley
What popular plastic toy, first sold in 1958, involved gyrating your hips?
What is the Hula Hoop
What was the name of the first animated feature film produced by Walt Disney in the 1950s, based on a fairy tale by Charles Perrault?
What is Cinderella
Which 1950s TV show featured a housewife who often got into comical misadventures with her friend Ethel?
What is I Love Lucy
Which type of hat, often worn tilted, was a staple accessory for fashionable women in the 1950s?
What is the Pillbox Hat
What new form of music exploded in popularity during the 1950s, blending blues, country, and rhythm & blues?
What is Rock and Roll
What kitchen appliance, popularized in the 1950s, was advertised as making “meals in minutes” but sometimes turned food into mush?
What is a Blender
Which movie monster made its debut in 1954 in Japan?
What popular TV show about a family with a talking horse debuted in 1959?
What is Mr Ed
“Bobby-soxers” typically wore what style of shoe?
What is Saddle Shoes
Who was the influential jazz musician and composer who recorded albums such as Kind of Blue, Birth of the Cool, and Sketches of Spain in the 1950s?
What is Miles Davis
What 1950s dance craze had people twisting and turning to songs like “The Stroll”?
What is The Hand Jive
Who was the actress and singer who starred in films such as The Wizard of Oz, Meet Me in St. Louis, and A Star Is Born in the 1950s and 1960s, and who was the mother of Liza Minnelli?
What is Judy Garland
What television game show, which premiered in 1956, is still running today?
What is The Price is Right
In the 1950s, what fashion accessory (jewlery), became a symbol of sophistication and elegance for women?
What is The Pearl Necklace
Which rock and roll song by Chuck Berry became famous in 1955?
What is Maybellene
What was considered the ideal number of children for a 1950s family? *its a range
What is 2-4 children
What was the name of the romantic comedy film, released in 1953, that starred Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn, and depicted a day in the life of a princess who escapes her royal duties and falls in love with a reporter in Rome?
What is Roman Holiday
Which TV quiz show was involved in a major scandal in the late 1950s?
What is Twenty One
Which Hollywood actress and fashion icon popularized the sweater set, a classic combination of a fitted sweater and matching cardigan?
What is Grace Kelly
Who was the legendary singer and actor who starred in films such as The King and I in the 1950s?
What is Yul Brynner
What became a symbol of suburban prosperity?
What is a well-manicured lawn
What was the name of the musical film, released in 1951, that starred Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron, and depicted an American artist who fell in love with a French dancer in Paris after World War II?
An American in Paris
Who played Superman on TV from 1952-1958?
What is George Reeves