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100

This red-haired actress played Lucy Ricardo on I Love Lucy

Who is Lucille Ball?

100

“You are my sunshine, my only ____.”

What is sunshine?

100

“Dungarees” are now called these.

What are jeans?

100

In 1969, humans first walked here.

What is the moon?

100

In 1960, a Canadian postage stamp cost about this many cents.

What is 5 cents?

200

The TV series The Golden Girls was set in this city.

What is Miami?

200

Elvis sang about a “Blue ____ Shoes.”

What are suede?

200

“Gramophone” is now called this.

What is a record player/turntable?

200

John F. Kennedy was assassinated in this city.

What is Dallas?

200

In the early 1950s, a loaf of bread cost about this much.

What is 14 cents?

300

Dorothy traveled to see this wizard in The Wizard of Oz.

Who is the Wizard of Oz?

300

The Beatles said “All you need is ____.”

What is love?

300

“Icebox” is now called this.

What is a refrigerator?

300

In 1955, this woman refused to give up her bus seat, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Who is Rosa Parks?

300

A gallon of gasoline in 1965 cost about this much.

What is 40 cents?

400

In Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart’s character was named this.

Who is Rick Blaine?

400

Chubby Checker invited us to “Do the ____.”

What is Twist?

400

A “jalopy” is an old, broken-down one of these.

What is a car?

400

This wall came down in 1989, symbolizing the end of the Cold War.

What is the Berlin Wall?

400

In 1970, a movie ticket in Canada was usually under this amount.

What is $1.50?

500

The TV show M*A*S*H took place during this war.

What is the Korean War?

500

This singer told us to “Wake Up, Little Susie.”

Who is Buddy Holly or The Everly Brothers?

500

A “fuddy-duddy” is someone who resists this.

What is change?

500

The first commercially successful color TV broadcasts began in this decade.

What are the 1950s?

500

The average house price in Canada in 1970 was around this amount.

What is $24,000?