Name that Price
How much did a candy bar cost in the 1950's?
a.$1.00 b.$0.13 c.$0.05
b. $0.13
What was the common name for country music in the 1950's?
a.southern blues b.cowboy tunes c.rockabill
c. rockabilly
What popular plastic toy, shaped in a ring, was made by Wham-O in 1956 and is still popular today?
hula-hoop
What were the most popular TV shows to watch in the 1950's?
a. Sitcoms b. Soap Opera c. Reality TV
a. Sitcoms
Who is the first African American to play major league baseball with the Dodgers and helped them win the World Series in 1955?
Jackie Robinson
How much did a gallon of gas cost in the 1950's?
a.$0.30 b.$2.11 c.$1.25
a. $0.30
Who, in 1954, brought his guitar to a Memphis studio and only paid $4 to record two songs, and later became known as the "King of Rock"?
Elvis Presley
Where was a popular place to watch movies in the 1950s?
a. In one's home b. Drive-in movie theaters c. On the computer
Drive-in movie theaters
What was the famous sitcom released in 1951 starring Lucille Ball?
a."Bonanza" b."Father Knows Best" c."I Love Lucy
"I Love Lucy"
What widely read sports magazine hit the newstands in 1954?
"Sports Illustrated"
How much did a movie ticket cost in the 1950's?
a.$4.50 b.$2.75 c.$0.50
b. $2.75
What music genre originated in black communities, fusing African and European music styles, and later became popular in the 1950's?
jazz
What activity was the idea of squeezing as many people into a small place as possible and was popular in the 1950's?
a. Cramming b. Body building c. Stuffing
c. Stuffing
What famous 1950's sitcom series was written from the point of the child and was originally viewed on CBS, but then switched to ABC family?
a. "Leave It to Beaver" b. "The Aldrich Family" c."The Ed Sullivan Show" c.
a. "Leave It to Beaver."
Who was known as the "Home Run King," in 1952, who surpassed Babe Ruth's record by forty home runs
Hank Aaron
How much did a coast-to-coast plane ticket cost in the 1950's?
a.$350 b.$73 c.$110
c. $110
What famous song was by Bill Haley and the Comets?
"(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock"
What plastic toy, shaped as a potato, was invented in 1952?
Mr. Potato Head
What popular show in 1955 was staged in the Wild West?
a. "Rawhide" b. "Gunsmoke" c. "The Rifleman"
"Gunsmoke"
Who is the famous undefeated boxer that retired with a record of 49-0 in 1956?
Rocky Marciano
How much did a 1956 Cadillac Series 62 cost in the 1950's?
a.$4,711 b.$9,967 c.$15,549
a. $4,711
What famous Elvis Presley song was released in 1956
a. Hound Dog b. heartbreak Hotel or c. Love me Tender
b. "Heartbreak Hotel"
What activity became popular in the 1950's, that included painting on a canvas with a numbered outline?
painting by number
What popular TV show in 1950 was a game show where people asked yes or no questions to guess the unusual occupation?
"What's My Line?"
Which football team won in the first coast-to-coast broadcasted football game against the New York Giants in 1958?
Baltimore Colts