1950s Pop Culture
This famous cowboy of the 1950s was really named Leonard Slye.
Who was Roy Rogers?
The first African-American named a Supreme Court Justice in 1967.
Who was Thurgood Marshall?
This sport is often considered the most popular in the world.
What is football/soccer?
This Beatles album is often considered one of the greatest of all time.
What is Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band?
He created the Muppets.
Who is Jim Henson?
This teen idol sang, Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb.
Who was Edd "Kookie" Burns?
This new type of telephone was invented in 1963.
What is touch-tone?
This athlete won the largest number of gold medals at the Olympic Games.
Who was Michael Phelps?
This is Elvis's best-selling single.
What is "It's Now or Never"?
The name of Stephen King's first published novel, which came out in 1974.
What is Carrie?
This piece of clothing, named after a dog, became popular in the 1950s.
What is a poodle skirt?
The name of the conflict in 1961 in which CIA - trained forces tried, but failed, to invade Cuba and overthrow Fidel Castro.
The maximum number of players on the field at the same time on a football team.
What is 11?
This famous pop star is known as the “Material Girl".
Who is Madonna?
The top-selling song of the 1970s decade.
What is American Pie, by Don McLean?
This television game show first aired in 1956 and is still running today.
What is the Price is Right?
This iconic anti-war novel was published in 1961 by author Joseph Heller.
What is Catch-22?
This year is officially recognized as the beginning of the modern Olympic Games: 1886, 1896, or 1906?
What is 1896?
He is the only artist to have won the Nobel Prize in Literature and a Grammy.
Who is Bob Dylan?
This is the name of the character played by Herve Villechaize in the TV series, Fantasy Island
What is Tattoo?
This famous baseball player married Marilyn Monroe in 1954.
Who was Joe DiMaggio?
These were added by the US Postal Service in 1963, and are still part of every address today.
What are zip codes?
This country hosts Wimbledon, the biggest tennis tournament.
What is the United Kingdom?
This musical genre originated in Jamaca in the late 1960s.
What is Reggae?
This video game system debuted in the 1970s and featured now iconic games like Pong and Pac-Man.
What is Atari?