1950's History
What is the name of the woman who refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955?
Rosa Parks
What did the US Postal Service add in 1963 that is part of every address today?
Zip Codes
Which PA nuclear generating plant suffered a partial meltdown in 1979?
Three Mile Island
What style of cooking a steak, listed on menus across the country, is said to have originated with local steelworkers cooking meat on hot metal at the mills?
Pittsburgh Rare, or Black & Blue.
How many strings are on a violin?
4
Which member of the Royal Family became head of state in Great Britain in 1953?
Queen Elizabeth II
Who was the first African-American named Supreme Court Justice in 1967?
Thurgood Marshall
In 1972, Franco Harris put the Steelers in the AFC Championship game with a miracle catch. What was the catch called?
The Immaculate Reception
The first automobile tunnel built in the country was in Pittsburgh. Which tunnel is it?
Liberty Tunnel
Which rock band asked us to "Walk This Way" in 1977, a question they repeated along with Run DMC in 1986?
Aerosmith
What was the name of the first satellite launched into orbit by Russia in 1957?
Sputnik
In which year did Woodstock take place?
1969
What was the name of the deadly disease that struck a convention in Philadelphia in July 1976 and was named for the convention that it struck?
Legionnaire's Disease
How many smokestacks were preserved from the former Homestead Works? (Now at the Waterfront Mall)
12
This instrument is mostly associated with the Swiss Alps but is played in Romania, Poland, Lithuania, and other regions of Europe.
Alphorn
Which popular female clothing item was introduced by Allen Gant in 1959?
Pantyhose
What famous TV series debuted in 1966 with these words "...Space... The Final Frontier..."?
Star Trek
Which 70's TV series aired Saturday mornings and taught children lessons about math, grammar, government and more?
School House Rock
What is the oldest college, west of the Allegheny Mountains, in continuous operation?
Washington and Jefferson College in Washington, PA.
"Walk Like An Egyptian" was the first number one song for which female band?
The Eurythmics.
What famous explorer first climbed Mount Everest in 1953?
Sir Edmund Hillary
What was the name of the conflict in 1961 in which CIA-trained forces tried, but failed to invade Cuba and overthrow Fidel Castro?
Six Day War
What was the name of Stephen King's first published novel that came out in 1974?
Carrie
The beginnings of what major movie studio had its roots in Western PA?
Warner Brothers Studios (started in New Castle)
Which pioneer of outlaw country music wrote and performed "Good Ol' Boys", the theme song for the TV series "The Dukes of Hazzard"?
Waylon Jennings