50's
This popular skirt had what type of animal on it?
What is poodle?
What was the destination of the first space mission launched in the '60s?
What is the Moon?
What video gaming machine made popular in the '80s was invented in the '70s?
What is an arcade machine?
What is the portable tape player used by many teens of the era called?
What is a Walkman?
This Wonderful Christmas film released in 1946 stars Jimmy Stewart and his guardian angel played by Henry Travers
It's a Wonderful Life
What popular poet published The Cat in the Hat in 1957?
Who is Dr. Suess?
Where does the phrase "Stay golden, Ponyboy" come from?
What is The Outsiders?
What was the name of the color-changing jewelry that came out in this decade?
What are mood rings?
What is the name of the game with the yellow man who eats dots and avoids ghosts?
What is PacMan?
Research and development during WW2 producing the first nuclear weapons led by the US with Canada and UK support. The ______ Project.
The Manhattan Project
What famous rock and roll singer rose to stardom during this decade?
Who was Elvis Presley?
What cartoon about a cave family was created?
What is The Flintstones?
The two towers built in New York City in 1973 that were used for world trade were known as what?
What are the Twin Towers?
What vegetable was the popular cloth dolls named of?
What is cabbage?
Who was the MLB player nicknamed "the splendid splinter"?
Ted Williams
What country launched 'Sputnik', the first satellite to be launched into space?
Who is Russia?
What jungle war began in 1965?
What is the Vietnam War?
What scandal involving the president happened in 1972?
What is the Watergate scandal?
What are the small sticky squares of paper that you write notes on that were invented during this time called?
What are sticky notes?
In 1945 the ENIAC was invented and built. What was it?
The computer
The first computer was invented by Charles Babbage (1822) but was not built until 1991! Alan Turing invented computer science. The ENIAC (1945) was the first electronic general-purpose digital computer; it filled a room. The Micral N was the world's first “personal computer”(1973).
What major social reform movement was introduced during this period?
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
What city was John F. Kennedy assassinated in?
What is Dallas?
What popular English boy band broke up in 1950?
Who are the Beatles?
What is the name of the movie from the 80s with the famous line "here's Johnny!"
What is the Shining?
Who said this quote "I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds"
Oppenheimer