Pop Culture
What tv game show started in 1956 and is still running today?
The Price is Right
What pro baseball team saw their streak of 5 straight World Series titles end in 1953?
New York Yankees
He was President of the US in 1950
Harry Truman
How many people lived in the US in 1950 (within 1 million)
150,697,361
(149,697,361 - 151,697,361)
What disease did Dr. Jonas Salk create a vaccine for in 1952?
Polio
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a public bus in what Alabama city?
Montgomery
Who was the 1950 NFL Champion?
Cleveland Browns
This Wisconsin senator held public meetings to expose Communists in America in the early 1950's
Joe McCarthy
New York City was the biggest city in the world in 1950 with just over 12 million people. What world city was #2?
London England
What was the name of the first satellite put into space by the Russians in 1957?
Sputnik
A comic strip character that is best described as a lazy American solider
Beetle Bailey
Professional baseball star Joe DiMaggio got married in 1954. What Hollywood star did he marry?
Marilyn Monroe
The Russians sent a dog into space in 1957. What was the dog's name?
Laika
In the 1950's, there was a mass movement of people out of the inner cities. Where did they go?
Suburbs
Who became dicatator of Cuba in 1959?
Fidel Castro
What was the #1 song of 1950
The Tennessee Waltz by Patti Page
Name the first racehorse to earn over 1 million dollars
Citation
Who became President of the US in 1952?
Dwight Eisenhower
America sent soldiers to what Asian nation to help stop a Communist invasion sponsored by China?
Korea
What year did Disneyland open?
1955
This muscian got a big break performing on the Ed Sullivan TV show, even though he could only be shown from the waist up. Who was it?
Elvis Presley
Who won the Stanley Cup in 1950
Detroit Red Wings
In 1958, America created a space program to try to catch the Soviets. What was this organization called?
NASA (National Aeronautics Space Act)
Edmund Hillary was the first person to get to the summit of what place in 1953?
Mt Everest
England got a new monarch in 1952. Who was it?
Queen Elizabeth II (yes you need the II)