1950s
Part 3
Part 3
Who wrote the 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye?
J.D. Sallinger
What year did World War II begin?
(clue, it wasnt in the 1940s)
1939
Who became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1940?
Winston Churchill
What date was called “a date which will live in infamy” by Franklin D. Roosevelt?
December 7, 1941
What actress starred in Casablanca with Humphrey Bogart?
Ingrid Bergman
The Tonight Show premiered in 1954. Who was its first host?
Steve Allen
Which iconic mystery author wrote And Then There Were None?
Agatha Christie
Which actress starred as Scarlett O’Hara in the movie Gone with the Wind?
Vivien Leigh
Which countries were known as the Axis Powers during World War II?
Germany, Italy, Japan
Who directed the iconic 1960 movie Psycho?
Alfred Hitchcock
Les Paul is associated with which instrument?
The guitar
Which actress became the first African American to win an Academy Award in 1940?
Hattie McDaniel
In which year was the microwave oven invented?
1945
These are the top 10 most popular baby names of the 40s
Linda, Mary, Patricia, Barbara, Sandra, James, Robert, John, William, Richard
What is the name of Dorothy’s dog in The Wizard of Oz?
Toto
The first official passenger flight over the North Pole was made from this U.S. city to Copenhagen.
(:Clue the 2028 Olympics will be held there)
Los Angeles
What surprise attack led to the U.S. becoming involved in WWII?
Pearl harbor
What was the actual date of the WWII beach invasion known as D-Day?
June 6, 1944
The was Time Magazine's Man of the Year in 1947
George Marshall
“Well, nobody’s perfect,” is the final line from which 1959 classic starring Marilyn Monroe?”
Some Like It Hot
This 13-year-old singer's record of I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus is released, selling 3 million records.
Jimmy Boyd's
What 1940 animated Disney movie was about a puppet whose nose grew when he lied?
Pinocchio
Who was the first African American baseball player to break the color line in Major League Baseball in 1947
Jackie Robinson
In 1947, the SS Grandcamp docked and loaded with over 7,000 tons of ammonium nitrate, exploded in the Port of Texas City, killing 581 and injuring over 5,000. The explosion was equivalent to 3.2 kilotons of TNT, making it the largest of this kind of explosion
The largest non-nuclear explosion in history.
Which actress played Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany’s?
Audrey Hepburn