1950s
What is the Corvette?
He famously performed at Folsom Prison in 1968
Who was Johnny Cash?
This band's 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon spent nearly 18 years on the Billboard 200
What is Pink Floyd?
Incumbent president who lost the election of 1980 to Ronald Reagan
Who is Jimmy Carter?
Former British royal family member who died in 1997
Who was (Princess) Diana?
Former five-star general elected to the presidency in 1952
Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower?
24-hour endurance race, competition for whose title between Ford and Ferrari in the mid-60s was the subject of a 2019 movie
What is Le Mans?
This first FBI director died in 1972
Who was J. Edgar Hoover?
Guitarist and namesake of his own band who contributed the iconic solo on Michael Jackson's "Thriller"
Who is Eddie Van Halen?
Operation Desert Storm occurred as a part of this conflict
What is the Gulf War?
In 1956, a crisis ensued over the Egyptian nationalization of this waterway
What is the Suez Canal?
Civil rights activist and spokesman for the Nation of Islam assassinated in 1965
Who was Malcolm X?
The unidentified hijacker of Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 is known colloquially by this name
What is D.B. Cooper?
1987 debut from Guns N Roses
What is Appetite for Destruction?
Fear spread in the late 90s over this predicted computer crisis
What is Y2K?
What is Frisbee?
Betty Friedan's seminal 1963 feminist work
What is The Feminine Mystique?
Black Sabbath's first two albums, their eponymous debut and this, their best selling work, were both released in 1970
What is Paranoid?
What is Bleach?
Tennessee politician who took office as vice president in 1993
Who is Al Gore?
Elvis' 1956 debut on this show marked his transformation into a cultural icon. Years later, it would introduce The Beatles to a wider American audience.
What is the Ed Sullivan Show?
Lee Harvey Oswald's killer, a Dallas nightclub owner
The second of two vice presidents to resign from the position, after John C. Calhoun
Idi Amin, former dictator of this African nation, spent most of the 80s in exile in Saudi Arabia
What is Uganda?
Nick Saban became the head coach of this university's football team prior to the 1995 season. (Hint: they have a Greek-inspired mascot)
What is Michigan State University?