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random trivia
100
This woman refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955
Who is Rosa Parks
100
This famous song sung by Doris Day was introduced in the 1956 Hitchcock thriller "The Man Who Knew Too Much"
What is "Que Sera Sera"
100
This tv game show first aired in 1956 and is still running
What is The Price is Right
100
Which American civil rights leader delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963?
Martin Luther King Jr.
100
This aspiring rock-and-roll singer appeared on the Ed Sullivan show in 1956 but could only be shown from the waist up
Who is Elvis Presley
200
This royal family member became head of state in Great Britain in 1953
Who is Queen Elizabeth II
200
This smoky-voiced singer sang "Too Young" in 1951
Who is Nat King Cole
200
This young star died in an automobile accident in 1955
Who is James Dean
200
What year did the first man walk on the moon
1969 (who was the man?)
200
He was assassinated in November of 1963
Who is John F. Kennedy
300
He was a famous explorer who first climbed Mount Everest in 1953
Who is Sir Edmund Hillary
300
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"
300
He is a famous boxer who goes by the name Muhammad Ali
Who is Cassius Clay
300
What was the name of the Berlin Wall that divided East and West Germany during the 1960s?
The Iron Curtain
300
This western show debuted in 1955, lasted 20 seasons and was shown in B&W and color
What is Gunsmoke
400
This was the year Disneyland first opened
What is 1955
400
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"
400
They are a famous English band who arrived to the US in February of 1964
Who are The Beatles
400
Which country hosted the Summer Olympics in 1968?
Mexico
400
This singer-songwriter, also considered to be one of the greatest electric guitar players of all time died in 1970
Who is Jimi Hendrix
500
This is the disease Dr. Jonas Salk successfully created a vaccine for in 1952
What is Polio
500
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"
500
She is a former First Lady who got remarried to a Greek shipping tycoon in October of 1968
Who is Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
500
This film won an Oscar for Best Picture in 1965
What is The Sound of Music
500
This deadly disease struck a convention in Philadelphia in July 1976 and is named after the convention it struck
What is Legionnaires Disease