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100
True or False: Playdoh was invented on accident.
TRUE!
Play-Doh modeling compound started out as wallpaper cleaner
100
What famous space organization was formed in 1958?
NASA.
100
Name at least 2 cartoon Disney movies creeated in the 1950s.
Peter Pan, Alice in Woderland, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Treasure Island.
100
What was the famous over-seas war after WWII from 1950-1953?
Korean War.
100
What famous CEO was born in 1955?
Steve Jobs.
100
In 1955 an amusement park was opened in California; what was it called?
Disneyland
100
What famous sattelite was launched in 1953?
Hint: Launched by Soviet Union
The Sputnik.
100
What famous fashion doll was created and introduced by Mattel Inc in the 1950s?
Barbie
100
Who was President during the Vietnam War in 1950?
President Truman.
100
Name one Marilyn Monroe movie.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), The Seven Year Itch(1955), Some Like it Hot (1959).
100
What was a famous way to eat in the 1950s?
Drive-in resteraunts.
100
What network broadcasted the first television commercial in color?
CBS, 1951.
100
Which famous actor and singer is responsible for the world's best-selling single "White Christmas"?
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr.
100
What is the use of the charge of communism to discredit political ideas, cultural values, and individual lives and reputations called?
McCarthyism.
100
What famous child actress retired in 1950?
* There´s a drink named after her as well.
Shirley Temple.
100
Who is the author of these famous books If I Ran the Zoo (1950), Cat in the Hat, (1957), and How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1957) that came out in the 1950s.
Dr Suess
100
Which president was interested in paying back the national debt, and balancing the budget?
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
100
Name at least two famous Elvis Presely songs of the 1950s.
Jailhouse Rock, Hound Dog, A Big Hunk o' Love, and Love me Tender.
100
What country was America feeling threatened by?
The Soviet Union
100
What helical structure was discovered in 1953?
DNA.
100
What famous Microsoft programmer was born?
Bill Gates, 1955.
100
This designer began in 1954 to produce boxy suit jackets trimmed in braid, paired with slim skirts, made of highly textured tweeds and worn with ropes of pearls. The style remains a classic.
Coco Chanel
100
How is a drama series that follows the adventures of a female Rough Collie and her companions, human and animal called?
Lassie
100
To push for civil rights who decided to not give up their seat on a bus?
Rosa Parks
100
What famous Rebel With a Cause actor died in 1955?
James Dean, age 24.