40s
50s
60s
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Group Poetry solid 700 points
200

During the war years, you got three gallons per week if you had_______________

Hint: It made it difficult to drive


An "A" mileage ration card DD**


200

The most famous accident of 1955 killed______________

Hint: It involved a sports car


 

James Dean DD**


200

Back in the early 60s, America cued-up in the wake of _________________

Hint: Smile! 



Candid Camera

  DD**

200

Back in 1973, heads were spinning in______________________-

Hint: She was only thirteen



The Exorcist DD**

200

Tell a poem about.......your team must all participate

One person start a word or sentence, then the next person must start until everyone participates



 
 


Carnival Rides


400

During the war years, requests from G.I.'s were fulfilled on_______________-

Hint: Bob Hope was the host

Command Performance DD  **

400

Back in the 50s, one of the hottest sports rivalries was in______________

Hint: In 1957, it was Fulmer and Basillio


Middleweight Boxing DD**

400

Back in 1962, Sherry Finkbine was the center of a controversy caused by______________

Hint: She was condemned by the Vatican

Thalidomide DD**

400

Back in 1976, convention was ruined by_____________

Hint: It happened in Philadelphia

Legionnaire's Disease DD**

400

Tell a poem about.......your team must all participate

One person start a word or sentence, then the next person must start until everyone participates


 

A Ladder


600

During the war years, the ARMY's most popular pin-up girl was________________

Hint: She was Gilda

Rita Hayworth DD**

600

Back in 1955, Mrs. Parks started something when she refused to ______________

Hint: It began a movement




 

Go to the back of the bus DD**

600

Back in 1967, Herman Tarnover created the______________

Hint: Tip O'Neil lost 40 pounds


 

Scarsdale Diet DD**

600

Back in 1974, a TV era ended with the retirement of______________________

Hint: Jane was out of a job



Josephine, The Plumber  DD**

600

Tell a poem about.......your team must all participate

One person start a word or sentence, then the next person must start until everyone participates


 
 

Baking

700

Back in the late 40s, the shortstop made famous by Abbott and Costello was named_______________

Hint: The pitcher was "Tomorrow"


I don't give a damn

700

Back in the early 50s, Herbert A. Philbrick claimed, ______________________

Hint: After hours, he was an FBI agent



 

I led three lives

700

Back in 1961, as Anthony Armstrong-Jones became the Earl of Snowdon, the number one song in America was__________

Hint: Gene Chandler pretended royalty



 

The Duke of Earl

700

Back in 1974, wearing a "W.I.N." button encouraged Americans to ________________


Hint: The attempt was to stop rising prices

Whip Inflation Now

700

Tell a poem about.......your team must all participate

One person start a word or sentence, then the next person must start until everyone participates



 
 

The Beach


800

Back in 1944, everyone was singing_______________

Hint: They were funny to your ear

 

Mairzy Doats


800

Back in the 50s, Art Baker hosted______________

Hint: Peoples' faces appeared on peanut butter jars

You asked for it

800

Attention Couch Potatoes! Back in 1965 John Drake led a life of danger as a _________________

Hint: The series came from Britain


 

Secret Agent

800

Back in 1971, the jingle "Here comes the King" was about________________


Hint: "The King is second to none"



Budweiser Beer


800

Tell a poem about.......your team must all participate

One person start a word or sentence, then the next person must start until everyone participates



Fingernails

1000

Back in 1949, the world's most notorious adultress was__________________

Hint: She was denounced in the Senate


Ingrid Bergman

1000

Back in 58' as Leslie Arnold killed his parents because he wasn't allowed to use the car, the #1 song was_________________

Hint: Down in some lonesome valley

Tom Dooley

1000

Back in the 60s, Post Cereal's most natural spokesman was_____________


Hint: He was always outdoors

Euell Gibbons

1000

Back in 1974, to save energy, Congress decreed______

Hint: It only lasted 9months

Year-Round Daylight Savings Time

1000

Tell a poem about.......your team must all participate

One person start a word or sentence, then the next person must start until everyone participates



 
 

A Parade