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100

The Isley Brothers sang, "You make me wanna_____."

What is Shout?

100

What famous baseball player did Marilyn Monroe have a spontaneous marriage (and divorce) to?

Who is Joe DiMaggio?

100

What famous 50's TV show feature a naïve and ambitious redhead woman and her Cuban husband?

What is I Love Lucy?

100

Which skirts had large appliques of dogs on them?

What is a poodle skirt?

100

What famous Hall of Fame was founded in 1955?

W

200

The "rat pack", a famous group of friends and performers, originated in the 1950', led by this "pack master".

Who is Frank Sinatra?

200

What famous actor was known for his many Western movies?

Who is John Wayne?

200

What first adult TV western featured a old-time country doctor, a deputy with a limp and a beautiful saloon owner?

What is Gunsmoke?

200

What toy came out in 1957 that children use by circling it around their waist and making it spin?

What is the Hula hoop?

200

In 1955, what woman begins a bus boycott in Montgomery Alabama after she refuses to give up her seat to a white woman?

Who is Rosa Parks?

300

Frank Sinatra sang "I've Got You Under My __________."

What is Skin?

300

What famous actress starred in Breakfast at Tiffany's?

Who is Audrey Hepburn?

300

What Sunday night variety show featured Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis on it's first broadcast?

What is the Ed Sullivan Show?

300

What little candy dispensers often with tops adorned with favourite cartoon characters such Popeye and Mickey Mouse were popular in the 50's?

What are Pez?

300

Which movie, Cinderella, The Lady and the Tramp or the Sound of Music, was the highest grossing film of the 1950's?

What is The Lady and the Tramp?

400

Complete the three words missing from these Johnny Cash lyrics: "I keep the ends out for the ties that binds.  Because you're mine, I ___________."

What is Walk the Line?

400

Frank Sinatra married which actress in 1951, whose marriage lasted until 1957?

Who is Ava Gardner?

400

What primetime sitcom about an idealized American family was one of the first told from a child's point of view?

What is Leave it to Beaver?

400

What popular hat in the 1950's resembled an animal?

What is the Davy Crocket or Coonskin Hat?

400

Which popular theme park opened in 1955 in California?

What is Disneyland?

500

Complete the Elvis Presley lyric: 'Don't be cruel to a heart that's _________."

What is True?

500

Which Hollywood favourite "tough guy" lost his battle against cancer in 1957?

Who is Humphrey Bogart?

500

What primetime TV game show required panelists o guess the occupation of a contestant by asking only yes or no questions?

What is What's My Line?

500

What type of popular beverage often accompanied by burgers and fries became widely available in restaurants in the 1950's due to the production of automated machine?

What is milkshakes?

500

What toy made it's debut at the 1959 New York toy fair?

What is Barbie?