50s Movies/TV
What show featured the line, “Lucy, you got some ‘splainin’ to do!”?
What is I Love Lucy?
What book by Thomas Costain is a detailed novel that sought to bring to life that early period of Christian history through the eyes of Basil, a former slave?
What is The Silver Chalice?
“He rocks in tree tops all day long; Hoppin’ and boppin’ and a-singin his song,” is from what party rock song?
What is "Rockin Robin" by Bobby Day?
What slogan was on the buttons Eisenhower supporters wore?
What is "I Like Ike"?
In 1959 Jack Ryan invented what toy with Mattel, Inc.?
What is the Barbie Doll?
Who was the first host of The Tonight Show?
Who is Steve Allen?
What is the title of the novel by James Gould Cozzens that explores the relationship between parent and child, brother and sister, and the inside and outside of marriage?
What is By Love Possessed
“Darling, you send me, I know you send me,” is from a late 50s love song by what artist?
Who is Sam Cooke?
Which world leader died in 1952?
Who is King George VI?
Which magazine was new in 1952?
What is Mad?
What 1955 television show features James Arness as Marshal Matt Dillon, the man in charge of Dodge City?
What is Gunsmoke?
The View from Pompey’s Head, a novel about a man who goes from the town to the city to seek his fortune and finds he has left a part of himself behind, was written by what author?
Who is Hamilton Basso?
“Rock Around the Clock” is one of the most important records in rock ‘n roll history and was sung by what band?
What is Bill Haley and His Comets?
Politics in the 50s were driven by immediate fears that the American way of life was being threatened by what?
What is Communism?
What year did most car models change from 2 headlights to 4 headlights?
What is 1958?
What 1952 Gene Kelly movie parodied the panic surrounding the transitional period from silents to talkers in the dream factory of Hollywood?
What is "Singin' in the Rain"?
What 1958 Robert Traver “courtroom drama” novel was turned into the successful and classic Otto Preminger film?
What is Anatomy of a Murder?
This song by the Everly Brothers is about a young couple who falls asleep at the drive-in, realizes they’re out past curfew, and makes up a story to tell the girl’s parents.
What is "Wake Up Little Suzie"?
In 1950, what obscure senator from Wisconsin used a women’s Republic club meeting in Wheeling, West Virginia to make public the claim that 205 Communist-party members worked in the State Department?
Who is Joseph R. McCarthy?
In 1959 what two states joined the U.S.A. to become states of North America?
What are Hawaii & Alaska?
What television show, released in October 1952, turned out a soundtrack by Ralph Rainger & Leo Robin titled “Thanks for the Memory”?
What is The Bob Hope Show?
“…light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul…” is from what controversial 1955 novel?
What is Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
What is the title of the song by Jerry Lee Lewis that begins, “You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain”?
What is "Great Balls of Fire"?
In the 1952 presidential elections, what was the name of Eisenhower’s Democratic opponent?
What is Adlai Stevenson?
Often miscredited to two men James Watson & Frances Crick, who actually discovered the shape of DNA in 1953?
Who is Rosalind Franklin?