The 1950s
In 1955, this Alabama woman refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus, helping spark a major civil rights movement.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This narrow waterway separates Europe from Africa and connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Strait of Gibraltar?
The opening of The Sound of Music introduces Maria against the mountains surrounding this Austrian city.
What is Salzburg?
This bird of prey is the national bird of the United States and appears on the Great Seal.
What is the Bald Eagle?
The capital city of Australia, located between Sydney and Melbourne, has this name.
What is Canberra?
This singer's 1954 recording of “That's All Right” is often cited as one of the moments that helped launch rock 'n' roll.
This ancient city on the Mediterranean coast was the legendary home of the goddess Aphrodite and is now part of modern Turkey.
What is Troy?
The 1959 thriller North by Northwest sends Cary Grant's character across the country before bringing him to this famous New York City landmark.
What is Mt. Rushmore?
The largest living species of penguin gets its name from its impressive size and its home in this cold southern region.
What is an Emperor Penguin?
This is the only continent that lies in all four hemispheres.
What is Africa?
This 1956 film starring James Dean, Natalie Wood and Sal Mineo became an enduring portrait of troubled American teenagers.
What is Rebel Without a Cause?
This island nation in the central Mediterranean is home to the ancient temples of Ħaġar Qim and Mnajdra and lies south of Sicily.
What is Malta?
In The Third Man, Joseph Cotten searches the shadowy streets of this European capital, including its famous underground sewer system.
What is Vienna?
This New Zealand bird, unable to fly and active mostly at night, has become an emblem of the country.
What is the Kiwi?
Completed in 1889 for the World's Fair, this Paris landmark was initially intended to be temporary.
What is the Eiffel Tower?
This novel by J.R.R. Tolkien, published in 1954, introduced readers to Middle-earth and a hobbit named Frodo Baggins.
What is the Lord of the Rings?
This Phoenician city on the coast of modern Lebanon was so closely associated with purple dye that its name gave English the word for that color.
What is Tyre?
In Lawrence of Arabia, the vast desert landscapes stand in for the Arabian Peninsula, with much of the filming taking place in this country.
What is Jordan?
This enormous flightless bird of New Guinea and northeastern Australia has a reputation for being dangerous and has a distinctive helmet-like structure on its head.
The Arctic Tern?
This is the only mammal capable of sustained powered flight.
What is a bat?
This American author published The Naked and the Dead in 1948, but his 1957 novel The Deer Park became notorious for its frank treatment of Hollywood.
Who is Norman Mailer?
This island off the coast of modern Tunisia was the center of a powerful ancient empire whose most famous general crossed the Alps with elephants.
What is Carthage?
In The Bridge on the River Kwai, British prisoners of war are forced to build a bridge in this Southeast Asian country.
What is Burma? (Myanmar)
This is the only bird known to fly backward
What is the hummingbird?
This is the only letter that does not appear in the name of any U.S. state.
What is Q?