Music
Which group had a hit with Twilight Time in 1958?
The Platters
In 1950, war broke out when South Korea was invaded by which country?
North Korea
What children’s toy was first sold in 1950?
Silly Putty
Which aspiring rock and roll singer appeared on the Ed Sullivan show in 1956, but could only be shown from the waist up?
Elvis Presley
In 1955, a woman in Alabama, U.S.A was arrested for violating the segregated seating laws on a bus. What was her name?
Rosa Parks
Which famous song sung by Doris Day was introduced in the 1956 Hitchcock thriller, The Man Who Knew Too Much?
Que Sera Sera
Which charismatic rebel leader defeated the dictator of Cuba, turning it into a communist state in 1959?
Fidel Castro
Which character did NOT appear in the first Peanuts Cartoon Strip, which appeared in October 1950?
Snoopy
Which television game show first aired in 1956 and is still running today?
The Price Is Right
What was the name of the first satellite launched into orbit by Russia in 1957?
Sputnik
Tony and Maria were the lead characters in what Broadway musical that premiered in 1957?
West Side Story
Who announced the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA in 1953?
Crick and Watson
What amusement park opened its gates in 1955?
Disneyland
Which of the Golden Girls actresses was named the honorary Mayor of Hollywood in 1955?
Betty White
What government agency was created in 1958 to explore the regions beyond the Earth's atmosphere?
NASA
Who originally sang That'll Be the Day? in 1957?
Buddy Holly
What baseball team won the 1950 World Series?
The New York Yankees
1951: In this year, the Topps company first released what form of collectable items?
Baseball cards
Who was the host of “The Twilight Zone”, the classic science fiction television show that first aired in 1959?
Rod Serling
Who became Premier of the Soviet Union in 1958?
Nikita Khrushchev
Which smoky-voiced singer sang Too Young in 1951?
Nat King Cole
In the U.S, which newspaper tycoon died in 1951?
William Randolph Hearst
What children's book by Theodore Geisel was first published in 1957 as a children’s reading primer?
The Cat In The Hat
In what classic cop show that started in 1951 did Jack Webb star as Joe Friday, a straitlaced policeman who caught criminals by the book?
Dragnet
Which president of the United States was in office from Jan. 20, 1953 to Jan. 20, 1961?
Dwight D. Eisenhower