TV & MOVIES
This show from the 50s starred real married couple Desi Arnez and Lucille Ball as Ricky and Lucy
I love Lucy
This show featured a family of musicians living in a brightly painted bus
Patridge Family
This director created classic thrillers like Vertigo, Psycho, and The Birds
Alfred Hitchcock
This president served from 1933-1945, the only president to serve more than 2 terms.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
The actors that played Lucy and Ricky on "I Love Lucy" were married in real life
True
This famous blonde acted in movies including Some Like it Hot, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and the 7 year itch
Marilyn Monroe
This show about guessing the prices of items first debuted in 1956 and is still running today
The Price is Right
This 1939 movie, set during the Civil War, stars Vivian Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara and Clark Gable as Rhett Buttler
Gone with the Wind
This politician was the youngest president ever, serving less than three years before being assassinated in 1963
John F Kennedy
Hawaii was added as the 50th state in 1969
False- 1959
Elvis Presley
This show about a blended family features kids named Greg, Marcia, Peter, Jan, Bobby, and Cindy
The Brady Bunch
This 1942 movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, features the famous line "Here's looking at you, kid".
Casablanca
This term describes the era of political tensions between the US and the Soviet Union from 1947-1991
The Cold War
The first computer was created in 1956
True- an IBM computer that could hold only 5 megabites of data
This musician is known for his skills on the piano despite being blind
Stevie Wonder
This actor starred on TV as Batman from 1966-1968
Adam West
This actor, most famous for his role in "Rebel Without a Cause", starred in only 3 movies before dying in a car crash
James Dean
This reverend from Alabama was the face of the Civil Rights Movement in the 50s and 60s
Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
America put the first astronaut in space
False- first man in space was Russian Astronaut Yuri Gagarin
These 4 men made up The Beatles
John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison
A brave border collie frequently came to the rescue in this 1950's TV show
Lassie
This 1946 Christmas film, starring Jimmy Stewart, popularized the phrase "every time a bell rings. an angel gets it wings!"
It's a Wonderful Life
This 1954 Supreme Court decision ended legal segregation in public schools
Brown v. Board of Education
True! Fruit flies spent 7 months in space between 1946-1947