Slang
Chocolate
50s Politics & Economics
1950s Pop Culture
1960s History
100

Gimme some skin

shaking hands or high five 

100

What Mars candy bar consists of a shortbread biscuit, with caramel and chocolate applied around it? Each package consists of two bars, and advertising suggests that the left and right bars are different somehow.

Which is best left or right?

Twix

100

President responsible for integrating the US military.

Harry Truman 

100

Tony and Maria were the lead characters in what Broadway musical that premiered in 1957?

West Side Story 

100

In 1964, Jack Ruby was convicted of murdering this other accused assassin.

Lee Harvey Oswald

200

All show and no go

Looks good superficially 

200

Alternating layers of ladyfingers soaked in a coffee-liqueur combo with mascarpone cheese and chocolate gets you what uplifting Italian dessert?

Tiramisu

200

1954 Supreme Court case that required public schools to integrate.

Brown vs. Board of Education 

200

Which rising young star from the movie Rebel Without a Cause died in an automobile accident in 1955?

James Dean 

200

He was assassinated in November 1963.

President John F. Kennedy 

300

Freak Flag or gonna wave my freak flag

Self proclaiming yourself as weird

300

In 1907, Hershey's began manufacturing what tiny chocolate candies, which are still popular today?

Hersey Kiss 

300

Southern Democrats who left the Democratic party because they did not support Civil Rights legislation.

Dixiecrats

300

TV, radio, newspaper, are all examples of what?

Mass Media 

300

CIA-trained forces tried, but failed to invade Cuba and overthrow Fidel Castro in this 1961 conflict.

The Bay of Pigs

400

Can you dig it?

Are you following? Or are you catching the vibe?

400

Delavan, Wisconsin -- not South America -- is the location of the factory that produces what brand of rectangular chocolate mint candies?

Andes

400

Government policy for fixing up cities by tearing down slums and rebuilding low-income housing.

Urban Renewal 

400

Which famous song sung by Doris Day was introduced in the 1956 Hitchcock thriller, The Man Who Knew Too Much?

Que Sera Sera

400

While 1963 was a year of major world events, including the assassination of President Kennedy, Josip Tito was created "President for Life" of which former country?

Yugoslavia

500

What's your bag?

Symbolized your problems, the mysterious annoyance that's making you so obviously upset.

500

The title character and her BFF Ethel work in a chocolate factory, leading to some hilarious scenes with a conveyor belt in a 1952 episode of what classic TV series?

I Love Lucy 

500

One reason the American economy was strong after WWII.

What is people had saved during the war and now had money to spend OR the Marshall Plan increased trade with Europe OR the Cold War allowed defense spending to stay high (which created jobs in the industry).

500

What teen idol sang, “Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb?”

Ed 'Kookie' Burns 

500

Gary Powers, who was accused and imprisoned in Russia for spying in 1960, flew this type of plane.

U-2