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100

This "king of rock and roll" sang "Hound Dog" and "Jailhouse Rock."

Who is Elvis Presley?

100

This actress lit up the screen in "Some Like It Hot" and sang happy birthday to a president.

Who is Marilyn Monroe?

100

This redheaded comedienne got into trouble every week on "I Love Lucy."

Who is Lucille Ball?

100

In 1969, this astronaut became the first person to walk on the moon.

Who is Neil Armstrong?

100

Dr. Jonas Salk successfully created a vaccine in 1952 for this disease.

Polio

200

This British band sparked "Beatlemania" when they landed in the US in 1964.

Who are the Beatles?

200

Born Marion Morrison, this actor became the face of the American Western.

Who is John Wayne?

200

The Beatles made their first US TV appearance on this variety show in 1964.

What is the Ed Sullivan Show?

200

This 35th US president was assassinated in Dallas in 1963.

Who is John F. Kennedy?

200

Overthrew Batista in 1959 to become dictator of Cuba.

Fidel Castro

300

This Motown group, fronted by Diana Ross, sang "Stop! In the Name of Love."

Who are the Supremes?

300

Judy Garland followed a yellow brick road in this 1939 classic.

What is the Wizard of Oz?

300

The Cartwright family ran the Ponderosa Ranch on this Western series.

What is Bonanza?

300

Built in 1961 and torn down in 1989, this wall divided a German city in two.

What is the Berlin Wall?
300

She refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955.

Rosa Parks

400

This crooner, nicknamed "Ol' Blue Eyes," sang "My Way" and "New York, New York."

Who is Frank Sinatra?

400

This actor played Rhett Butler in the Civil War epic Gone with the Wind.

Who is Clark Gable?
400

Alex Trebek began hosting trivia game show in 1984.

What is Jeopardy!?

400

This tense 13-day standoff in October 1962 brought the US and Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war.

What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?

400

Tony and Maria where lead characters in this 1957 Broadway Musical.

West Side Story

500

Nearly half a million people gathered at this 1969 music festival in upstate New York.

What is Woodstock?

500

"Here's looking at you, kid" comes from this 1942 wartime romance set in Morocco.

What is Casablanca?

500

Elizabeth Montgomery played a witch married to a mortal on this sitcom.

What is Bewitched?

500

Named for a Washington, DC building, this scandal forced President Nixon to resign in 1974.

What is Watergate?

500

This song contains the Lyrics "You're gonna need an ocean of Calamine lotion."

Poison Ivy (Coasters 1959)