1950's History
This woman refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955
Who is Rosa Parks
This famous 60's song has the lyrics
"I've got so much honey
The bees envy me
I've got a sweeter song
Than the birds in the trees”
What is My Girl - Made Famous by the Temptations
This tv game show first aired in 1956 and is still running
What is the Price is Right
In this film, an astronaut crew crash-lands on a planet where highly intelligent non-human ape species are dominant and humans are enslaved.
What is Planet of the Apes
He was assassinated in November of 1963
Who is John F. Kennedy
This royal family member became head of state in Great Britain in 1953
Who is Queen Elizabeth II
This famous 60's song has the lyrics
"Like a river flows
Surely to the sea
Darling, so it goes
Some things are meant to be?
What is I can't help falling in love with you - Made famous by Elvis Presley
This young star died in an automobile accident in 1955
Who is James Dean
This musical film won an Oscar for Best Picture in 1965
What is the Sound of Music
This singer-songwriter, also considered to be one of the greatest electric guitar players of all time died in 1970
Who is Jimi Hendrix
This smoky-voiced singer sang "Too Young" in 1951 and later "Unforgettable"
Who is Nat King Cole?
What song from 1968 goes...
Once upon a time there was a tavern
Where we used to raise a glass or two
Remember how we laughed away the hours
Think of all the great things we would do?
What is Those Were the Day's My Friend made famous by Mary Hopkins.
She is a former First Lady who got remarried to a Greek shipping tycoon in October of 1968
Who is Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
This was the highest grossing movie in 1963, but lost money due to it being so expensive to make
What is Cleopatra
This western TV show debuted in 1955, lasted 20 seasons and was shown in B&W and color
What is Gunsmoke
This was the year Disneyland first opened
a) 1950
b) 1955
c) 1954
What is 1955
What song from the 1968 goes...
I saw the light on the night that I passed by her window
I saw the flickering shadow of love on her blind
She was my woman
As she deceived me I watched and went out of my mind
What is Delilah by Tom Jones
The lead actress in the 1964 movie "My fair lady”
Who is Audrey Hepburn
This famous actor starred in Lilies Of The Field and Guess Who's Coming To Dinner
Who is Sidney Poitier
How many bones are in the human body?
A) 206
B) 174
C) 324
A) 206
He was a famous explorer who first climbed Mount Everest in 1953
Who is Sir Edmund Hillary?
This famous 60's song has the lines
"My love is alive
Way down in my heart
Although we are miles apart”
What is Ain't No Mountain High Enough - By Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
He played Norman Bates in the 1960 horror movie Psycho
Who is Anthony Perkins
A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.
What is the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
This deadly disease struck a convention in Philadelphia in July 1976 and is named after the convention it struck
What is Legionnaires Disease