Show:
1950's Fads and Trends
1950's Films
1950's History
1950's Business and Economics
1950's Kids
100

Which fashion trend, often associated with teenage girls in the 1950s, featured wide, colorful skirts decorated with appliqués such as dogs?

What are poodle skirts?

100

Young star in 1945's National Velvet (she was also married to Richard Burton)

Who is Elizabeth Taylor.

100
War that began in 1950
What is the Korean War.
100
This iconic fast food franchise first opened in 1955.
What is McDonald's
100
This popular comic strip, debuting in 1950, featured a boy and his dog
What is Peanuts
200

What toy came out in 1957 that children use by circling it about their waist?

What are hula hoops?

200

This actor starred with Dorothy Lamour and Bing Crosby in "Road" shows such as Road to Bali and Road to Morroco

Who is Bob Hope?

200
X-15 is an example of this
What is a rocket aircraft.
200
Price of a 1st class stamp in 1950
What is 4 cents
200
This candy "melts in your mouth, not your hand"
What is M&M's
300

Which type of jacket, originally worn by athletes, became a fashionable item for both men and women in the 1950s?

Letterman/Varsity Jacket

300

This film is set in Rick's Cafe and starred Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman

What is Casablanca?

300
Russia's first man-made space satellite
What is Sputnik
300
The first American credit card
What is Diner's Card
300
Alvin, Simon, and Theodore
What is The Chipmunks
400

At the height of this 1950's fad, what kind of hat sold as many 5,000 per day. The hat was made popular by Fess Parker.

What is a Coonskin Cap?

400
The number of days it took David Niven to travel around the world
What is eighty days.
400
Political affiliation of the "John Birch Society"
What is anti-communist
400
The ads for this product claimed that it "writes the first time, every time"
What is Bic Pen
400
This cowboy spawned the lunch box craze in 1950
Who is Hopalong Cassidy
500

Warhol and Litchenstein showed that soup cans and comic strips were real art. Starting in the late 1950's what was their movement/genre called?

A. Corny Art

B. Pop Art

C. Misunderstood Art

What is Pop Art? (it began as a revolt against the traditional views on art)

500
This "Ben" won 11 Oscars in 1959
What is Ben Hur.
500
The FBI instituted this still-used crime-fighting innovation in 1950
What is the 10 Most Wanted List
500
Finish this famous TV commercial: "Look, ma!..."
What is no cavities
500
This character coined the term "cowabunga"
Who is Chief Thunderbird from Howdy Doody