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1. Born in 1921, what singer-actress-comedienne is best known for Hello, Dolly?
Who is Carol Channing. No one comes close to her inimitable laugh. She never missed a show while doing Hello, Dolly! though she once missed half a show. She just celebrated her 93rd birthday. Watch Carol Channing play Marlene Dietrich and Cecilia Sisson in a hilarious 2012 interview.
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7. If you went to a drive-in diner, what did the servers wear to speed your order to you?
What is Roller skates. The diners were called car hops.
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13. Often called a small onion (which it isn’t), what is the small member of the allium family with a mild garlic and onion flavor called?
What is a shallot. They’re often used raw in vinaigrettes and creamy salad dressings because of their mild flavor. They become even sweeter when roasted in the oven until soft.
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25. What is the name of the best-selling trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien?
What is Lord of the Rings.
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31. What hotel did Elvis sing about?
What is “Heartbreak Hotel.” According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, “‘Heartbreak Hotel’ was deemed the Number One single of the year by Billboard in 1956—an unlikely feat for a song about a near-suicidal loner.”
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2. Born in 1924, what actress starred in Pillow Talk and played opposite leading men including Brian Keith, Clark Gable, and Cary Grant?
Who is Doris Day. You won’t believe how great she looks at 90. Check out this list of Doris Day’s leading men.
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8. Why did some movie theaters hand out paper glasses with one blue lens and one red lens?
What is so patrons could watch 3D movies.
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14. What winter veggies look like fat white carrots?
What is parsnips. Unlike carrots, you don’t eat parsnips raw. When cooked, they take on a nutty flavor. You can puree them and mix them in with mashed potatoes.
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26. What is the name of the spider in E.B. White’s popular book?
Who is Charlotte. The book is Charlotte’s Web. An earlier E.B. White favorite was Stuart Little, the story of a mouse named Stuart.
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32. Buddy Holly and the Crickets crooned about a girl named Peggy. What was her middle name?
What is Sue. The tune was “Peggy Sue Got Married.”
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3. Born in 1927, who is known for the song with the line “Day-O, day-ay-ay-O”?
Who is Harry Belafonte. The song is “Banana Boat Song (Day-O).” In addition to many industry and humanitarian awards, Belafonte received a star on the Walk of Fame.
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9. The Sixties had their hippies. What was the predominant counterculture of the Fifties?
Who are Beatniks. Unlike the hippies, artists dominated the beatnik scene, and according to HowStuffWorks, some were influential in the cultural movement in the ’60s.
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15. Unlike zucchini and the yellow summer varieties, what winter veggies have hard shells you cannot eat?
What is squash. You can’t eat winter squash raw, but you’ll find a greater variety of shapes, colors, and tastes in the winter squashes.
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27. What is the name of a Truman Capote novel that became a movie starring Audrey Hepburn?
What is Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Hepburn played the role of Holly Golightly and started a hairstyle trend with that role.
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33. Released in 1953, Hank Williams sang about what kind of heart?
What is Cheatin’. “Your Cheatin’ Heart” was the name of the tune. Rumor has it Williams wrote the song for his first wife and dictated the lyrics to his second wife. The song wasn’t released until after his death. Williams was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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4. Also born in 1927, what African-American actor’s career took a meteoric launch after his performance in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? ActivityConnection.com - Category Trivia - Page 1
Who is Sidney Poitier. View a recent photo of Poitier with his two daughters and his granddaughter.
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10. If you visited a soda fountain, what was your waiter or waitress called?
What is a soda jerk. The soda jerk was today’s equivalent of the coffee shop barista.
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16. What red winter vegetable is often found in salads in a pickled variety?
What are beets. Sugar is produced from beets as well as from canes.
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28. What novel penned by Boris Pasternak explores the romance between Lara and Yury during the Russian Revolution?
What is Dr. Zhivago. In 1953, Pasternak was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, but he had to decline it, allegedly because of pressure from the Soviet government. The book wasn’t published in the Soviet Union until 1987. Omar Sharif and Julie Christie starred in the 1965 film.
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34. In 1956, where did Frank Sinatra “have you”?
What is under his skin. “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” was the name of the song. Cole Porter wrote the song, but Old Blue Eyes sang it.
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Even though he starred in two hit sitcoms bearing his name, who will we always remember for his role as the dentist in a vignette on The Carol Burnett Show?
Who is Bob Newhart. Born in 1929, Newhart starred in Newhart (1982–1990) and The Bob Newhart Show (1972–1978). He played Professor Proton on Big Bang Theory as late as 2014.
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11. What type of socks did girls wear with saddle shoes?
What is bobby socks. Check out the evolution of saddle shoes.
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17. What winter vegetable did former U.S. President George Herbert Walker Bush despise?
What is broccoli. Because you can find broccoli year-round in the grocery store, you might not realize it’s a winter vegetable. It’s less bitter when grown in cold weather.
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What is the name of Ernest Hemingway’s tale of the aging Cuban fisherman who took on the marlin?
What is The Old Man and the Sea. Hemingway won the Nobel Prize in Literature for the book in 1954 even though he had expressed the sentiment in rather colorful language that no Nobel Prizewinning book was worth reading.
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35. In 1956, what did Johnny Cash walk?
What is The line. The tune was “I Walk the Line.” Like Williams, Cash was inducted into the Rock and Roll and Country Music Halls of Fame.