Inventors and Inventions
The 1950's
Nursery Rhymes
Baby Animal Names
Legends & Lore
100

The communication device Alexander Graham Bell is credited with inventing.

What is The Telephone?
100

The American television sitcom starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez which premiered October 15, 1951.

What is "I Love Lucy"?

100

The nursery rhyme character who sat on a wall before having a great fall.

Who is Humpty Dumpty?

100

The name for a Baby Cow.

What is a Calf?

100

The masked former Texas Ranger who fought outlaws in the West with his Native American friend Tonto.

Who is the Lone Ranger?

200

The game invented by James Naismith played by such teams as the Chicago Bulls, Golden State Warriors, Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers, and New York Knicks.

What is Basketball?

200

The big plastic circle that was all the craze after its introduction in 1957.  A person would twirl it around their waist and keep it going using their hips for hours of fun.

What is a Hula Hoop?

200

The colors of the basket in the nursery rhyme "A Tisket, A Tasket".

What is Green and Yellow?

200

The name for a Baby Deer.

What is a Fawn?

200

The name given to the magical scatterer of apple seeds from sea to shining sea.

Who is Johnny Appleseed?

300

A machine invented by Elias Howe that simplified the making of clothing.  

What is the sewing machine?

300

The collectible item first released by the Topps Company in 1951.

What is a Baseball Card?

300

The number of bags of wool Baa Baa Black Sheep had.

What is Three?

300
The animal the name foal is used to describe their young.

What is a Horse?

300

The King who ruled Camelot with his Queen, Guinevere.  

Who is King Arthur?

400

The food used by George Washington Carver, an agricultural scientist and inventor, to develop hundreds of products.

What are Peanuts?

400

The Amusement Park that opened its gates in Anaheim, California in 1955.

What is Disneyland?

400

The person who was asked to blow their horn in "I've Been Working on the Railroad".

Who is Dinah?

400

The name of a baby goat.

What is Kid?

400

The name of the Blue Ox who accompanied Paul Bunyan.

Who is Babe?

500

The inventor of a system of reading and writing for use by the blind.

Who is Louis Braille?

500

The legendary radio newsman who brought America "See It Now" in 1951.

Who is Edward Murrow?

500

The animal that laughed to see such a sport in the nursery rhyme "Hey Diddle Diddle".

Who is The Little Dog.

500

The name for a baby kangaroo.

What is a Joey?

500

The name of the monk in the Robin Hood legend.

Who is Friar Tuck?