1950s Trivia
Which girl's name was the most popular name from 1920s to 1970s?
Mary
What was special about the Rogers Centre's roof, home of Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jaus"
The roof was the first to retract
What soft drink product came in tables that dissolved in water?
Fizzies
This headlining singer visited Richard M. Nixon in the White House's Oval Office
Elvis
What type of ballet shoes wear to dance on their toes?
Point Slippers
What hairstyle for men was most popular in the 1950s: Ducktail, Zip Cut, Mullett, The Greaser
The Greaser
The ESPN sports network named Michael Jordan's final season. . . .
The Last Dance
What food product came in garden salad, Italian salad, seasoned tomato, and celery flavor for a brief time in the '60s?
Jello
Known as "The Living Saint," she created "The Missionaries of Charity."
Mother Teresa
What Christmas themed Tchaikovsky ballet accounts for nearly half the annual revenue of many dance companies?
The Nutcracker
Alfred Hitchcock
Steve Yzerman is a Detroit sports icon for which sport?
Hockey
What famous soup company sold Goofy Cream of Chicken, Mickey Mouse Cream of Tomato, and Donald Duck Chicken Vegetable?
Happy Soup
He went from being a Boy Scout to a mass murderer who found his prey on college campuses. . .
Ted Bundy
What dance company formed in St. Louis in 1925 became the greatest hit of New York in the 1930s to this very day?
The Rockettes
The "Beat Generation" was termed in the 1950s to described anti-confirmist rebels. Was their attire: a) fur hat, fur vest, round glasses, b) leather jacket, rolled cuff jeans, white t-shirt, c) Sunglasses, beret, goatee, or d) nehru jacket, brightly colored beads, full beard and fu manchu mustache?
c Sunglasses, beret, goatee
The T206 Honus Wagner card was considered the most valuable sports card throughout the 20th century. The sport did Honus Wagner play?
Baseball
Skippy added who ingredient to their 1960 peanut butter: Jelly, banana bites, Chocolate pieces, or bacon bits
bacon bits
What was England's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's nickname?
The Iron Lady
What dance movie has the famous line "no body puts Baby in the corner?"
Dirty Dancing
Swansons TV dinners were designed to look like food served in which industry:Four-star Hotels, NASA, Prisons, Airlines
Airlines
What 6-letter word names both a seed company and an exercise that combines a squat, pushup, and jump into the air?
Burpee
What chocolate syrup came in a plastic robot container?
Clanky Syrup
On March 28, 1979, the worst nuclear accident in American history happened where?
Three Mile Island, PA
What is the U.S. national cultural center that opened in 1971 and is home to frequent performances including jazz, folk music, theatre, dance, and orchestras?
The Kennedy Center
When did the "baby boom" happen: 1946-1964, 1955-1975, 1941-1971, or 1960 -1975
1946-1964
What is the world's second most popular sport in the world after soccer?
Cricket
What did General Mills cereals add to make do it yourself milkshakes?
Milkshake shakers
What music apparatus became popular in the 1970s to listen to cassettes and/or radio as you rode your bike or hiked?
The Walkman
What geometrically named dance is the official state dance of Illinois?
Square Dancing
In 1950s lingo, what did "deuce" refer to: Legendary hockey player Gordie "Deuce" Howe, a double date, a duo exxhaust pipe on a car, of a two-dollar bill
A two dollar bill
What is known as "The Run for the Roses?"
Kentucky Derby
Grownups hated this 1960s food product and kids loved them. What are they (they're still around)?
TV Dinners
Who was the newly installed Pope who had a heart for the world and held World Youth Day in Denver in 1993?
Pope John Paul II
What Disney film came out in the 1940s and was a dancing cartoon led by a prima ballerina?
Fantasia
In 1954, who made the coonskin cap craze popular?
Fess Parker from the then popular TV show Davy Crockett
Blades is a large brown bear mascot of a Boston professional sports team?
Boston Bruins
What was the first frozen pizza brand: Red Baron, Totino's, Jeno's, Tony's
Totinos
Who were the two sworn enemies President Jimmy Carter united during the Camp David Accords that were signed 12 days after their secret meetings?
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Minister Menachem Begin
What was African American dancer, Bill Robinson's nick name?
Bojangles
Who was the famous Hungarian-born actor who portrayed Dracula and asked to be buried in his Dracula cape in 1956
Bela Lugosi
What hotel and casino in Las Vegas is home to the Azilo Pool and Chickie & Pete's Sports Bar?
Sahara Las Vegas
What food product added a toy in 1958: Rice A Roni, Kraft Mac n' cheese, Peter Paul Almond Joy, Fritos Corn Chips
Rice A Roni
Do you remember the name of the first test tube baby that was born July 25, 1978?
Louise Brown
Who danced her way to fame starting in her 1935 film "The Little Colonel?"
Shirley Temple
What liquor company published it "Book of World Records" in 1955?
Guinness. . .as in Guinness World Book of Records
What San Francisco sport team has a seal mascot named Lou Seal?
San Francisco Giants
What company introduced nonfat dry milk? Pet Milk, Nestle's, Carnation, General Food
Carnation
What dance craze swept the nation in the 1970s?
Disco
Who danced her way to fame with Fred Astaire?
Ginger Rogers
What controversial book, published in 1951, became so popular that it was reprinted 8 times in its first two months?
"The Catcher in the Rye"
The Presidential Physical Fitness test consisted of 6 exercises: curl-ups, pull-ups, chin up, one mile run, sit ups and ???????
Push ups
canned kidney beans and hot dogs
What video game was released in September 1977 to play video games on your TV? It begins with an "A"
Atari
What's the name of the lively Irish dance?
The Jig
What sweet treat U.S. company (that created the Dilly Bar and Mr. Misty), was the first to franchise across the U.S. and Canada?
Dairy Queen
In Tom Hanks' movie, Castaway, Tom's character befriends a sports ball he named Wilson. What sport did Wilson represent?
Volleyball
What brand of soda was added to lime jello and cottage cheese?
7-Up
What man proclaimed, "The King," died on August 16, 1977
Elvis Presley
What musical genres were poplar in the 1940s: Big Band, swing, jazz or patriotic
All of them
What classification of music did The Platters, Dion and the Belmomts, and The DelVikings play: R&B, Doo-Wop, Rock, Blues
Doo-Wop
Canada wildly supports two sports; hockey and ?????
Lacrosse
What soda did people drink hot?
Dr. Pepper
What movie, that started with "In a galaxy far, far, away" came to movie theaters on May 25, 1977
Star Wars
Who was the most popular singer in the 1940s?
Bing Crosby
Which country music singer(s) were the most popular in the 1950s: Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, or Patsy Cline
All three
Okay Bronco fans, who was the Super Bowl winning quarterback winning Superbowls for the Colts and the Broncos?
Peyton Manning
What was the first name of the salad that contained pistachio pudding, pineapple, marshmallows, walnuts, and candied cherries
What TV special, that aired 5 nights in a row and was watched by more than half of the U.S. population in 1977, was about an African boy sold into slavery in America and followed generations of his family
Roots
Who was the most popular band in the 1940s?
Glenn Miller Orchestra