Music
This jazz singer and trumpeter is known for the song "What a Wonderful World".
Who is Louis Armstrong
This character was played by Lucille Ball in "I Love Lucy".
Who is Lucy Ricardo
In 1957, Russia launched the first satellite into orbit, named this.
What is Sputnik
This member of the royal family became head of state in Great Britain in 1953.
Who is Queen Elizabeth II
This book was so popular it was the bestselling horror novel of the decade, featuring a possessed girl from Georgetown.
What is The Exorcist
This duo is famous for the song "Wake Up Little Susie" and other hits.
Who are The Everly Brothers
This sci-fi series starring William Shatner as Captain Kirk debuted in 1966.
What is Star Trek
In 1969, this historic event saw humans first walk on the Moon
What is the Apollo 11 Moon landing
This civil rights leader formed the Organization of Afro-American Unity after leaving the Nation of Islam in 1964.
Who is Malcolm X
This 1951 novel by J.D. Salinger follows Holden Caulfield, a cynical teenager.
What is The Catcher in the Rye
This musician known as "The King of Rock and Roll".
Who is Elvis Presley
This 1975 movie, directed by Steven Spielberg, featured a giant shark terrorizing a summer resort town.
What is Jaws
This popular dance craze of the 1960s had people twisting their bodies to the music of Chubby Checker.
What is the Twist
This feminist icon published “The Feminine Mystique” in 1963, helping to spark the second-wave feminist movement.
Who is Betty Friedan
In this 1960 novel by Harper Lee, a young girl named Scout Finch observes her father, a lawyer, defending a black man in a small Alabama town.
What is To Kill a Mockingbird
This trio performed the hit "Puff the Magic Dragon".
Who are Peter, Paul, and Mary
What 1959 film, which won 11 Academy Awards, is considered one of the greatest epics ever made?
What is Ben-Hur
Dr. Jonas Salk developed a vaccine for this crippling disease in 1952.
What is polio
This person originally hosted 'The Ed Sullivan Show' that debuted on CBS in 1950, and became the first successful variety show of its kind. What was its original host's full name?
Who is Arthur F. "Art" Fleming
This 1970 novel by Kurt Vonnegut is a science fiction satire that presents a different version of the life of a biblical figure.
What is God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
This song features a bullfrog named Jeremiah.
What is "Joy To The World" by Three Dog Night
The debut of this long-running police procedural was in 1951 and followed Sgt. Joe Friday.
What is Dragnet
The Watergate scandal, which began in 1972, ultimately led to the resignation of this U.S. president in 1974.
Who was Richard Nixon
This 1950s blonde actress and model was known for her beauty and became a big pop culture icon.
Who is Marilyn Monroe
This 1964 novel by John le Carré is a spy thriller that was later adapted into a successful film series.
What is The Spy Who Came in from the Cold