Golden Age of Music
This 1957 hit by Buddy Holly was inspired by a hiccuping rhythm and became one of rock's early classics.
What is "That'll Be the Day"?
This Sci-Fi thriller was created and narrated by famous writer and producer Rod Serling.
What is The Twilight Zone?
The 21st Amendment, ratified in 1933, repealed this amendment.
What is the 18th Amendment (Prohibition of Alcohol)?
This material, once common in home insulation and later banned, was linked to lung disease.
What is asbestos?
This term describes storing files on remote servers instead of your personal computer.
What is cloud storage?
Ella Fitzgerald was especially known for mastering this improvisational jazz singing style.
What is scat singing?
In Casablanca, this actor delivered the line, "Here's looking at you, kid."
Who is Humphrey Bogart?
This 1944 GI Bill provided returning WWII veterans with education and housing benefits.
What is the Servicemen's Readjustment Act?
Before ZIP codes were introduced in 1963, mail in large cities often included this two letter postal zone number.
What is a postal zone number?
What is the iPhone?
This Motown founder was helped launch the careers of Steve Wonder and Diana Ross.
Who is Berry Gordy?
All in the Family featured this outspoken character played by Carroll O'Connor.
Who is Archie Bunker?
This Supreme Court case in 1954 declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This kitchen appliance, introduced widely in the 1950s, dramatically reduced dishwashing time.
What is a dishwasher?
This streaming series set in the 1980s, featuring the fictional town of Hawkins, became one of Netflix's biggest hits and helped revive interest in Kate Bush's music.
What is Stranger Things?
Before going solo, Dolly Parton was a regular duet partner on whose TV show?
Who is Porter Wagoner?
This 1965 musical film starring Julie Andrews won five Academy Awards.
What is The Sound of Music?
The New Deal was introduced by Franklin D. Roosevelt to combat this economic crisis.
What is the Great Depression?
The first commercially successful credit card, introduced in 1950, was this one.
What is Diners Club?
This company, originally founded as "BackRub," dominates the global search engine market.
What is Google?
This 1960s protest anthem by Bob Dylan begins with the line, "How many roads must a man walk down..."
What is "Blowin' in the Wind"?
This director was famous for suspense films like Psycho and Rear Window
Who is Alfred Hitchcock?
The 1787 compromise that established a bicameral legislature by balancing representation between large and small states was known by this name.
What is the Connecticut Compromise?
This household technology replaced iceboxes and delivered blocks of ice to homes before electric cooling became standard.
What is mechanical refrigeration?
This slang term means to exaggerate or overreact emotionally, and originally referred to a theatrical performance.
What is "being dramatic" or "extra"?