Rock 'n' Roll Legends
Who is known as the "King of Rock and Roll"?
a) Buddy Holly
b) Elvis Presley
c) Little Richard
d) Chuck Berry
Answer: b) Elvis Presley
Marilyn Monroe famously sang “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” to which U.S. president in 1962?
a) Richard Nixon
b) Dwight D. Eisenhower
c) John F. Kennedy
d) Lyndon B. Johnson
Answer: c) John F. Kennedy
Who became U.S. President in 1961?
a) Dwight D. Eisenhower
b) John F. Kennedy
c) Lyndon B. Johnson
d) Richard Nixon
Answer: b) John F. Kennedy
What toy became hugely popular in 1958 after being introduced by Wham-O?
a) Slinky
b) Frisbee
c) Hula Hoop
d) Etch A Sketch
Answer: c) Hula Hoop
What city is credited as the birthplace of Motown Records in 1959?
a) Memphis
b) New York
c) Detroit
d) Chicago
Answer: c) Detroit
Who played Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)?
a) Elizabeth Taylor
b) Audrey Hepburn
c) Grace Kelly
d) Sophia Loren
b) Audrey Hepburn
What year did humans first land on the Moon?
a) 1967
b) 1968
c) 1969
d) 1970
Answer: c) 1969
What hairstyle was a defining look for women in the early 60s?
a) Beehive
b) Pixie cut
c) Pageboy
d) Bouffant
Answer: a) Beehive
Which group made girls scream on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964?
a) The Rolling Stones
b) The Beatles
c) The Beach Boys
d) The Monkees
Answer: b) The Beatles
Which 1968 film introduced audiences to the computer HAL 9000?
a) Forbidden Planet
b) 2001: A Space Odyssey
c) The Day the Earth Stood Still
d) Fantastic Voyage
Answer: b) 2001: A Space Odyssey
Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech during which event?
a) March on Selma
b) Montgomery Bus Boycott
c) March on Washington
d) Freedom Rides
Answer: c) March on Washington
Which TV show introduced the phrase “Sock it to me!”?
a) Laugh-In
b) The Ed Sullivan Show
c) I Love Lucy
d) The Twilight Zone
a) Laugh-In
Who sang “Peggy Sue”?
a) Buddy Holly
b) Ritchie Valens
c) Roy Orbison
d) Jerry Lee Lewis
Answer: a) Buddy Holly
Which Alfred Hitchcock film from 1954 takes place almost entirely in one apartment?
a) North by Northwest
b) Rope
c) Rear Window
d) Vertigo
Answer: c) Rear Window
The Cuban Missile Crisis took place in:
a) 1959
b) 1960
c) 1962
d) 1965
Answer: c) 1962
Barbie dolls were first sold in:
a) 1955
b) 1957
c) 1959
d) 1961
Answer: c) 1959
The tragic plane crash of 1959 that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper is often called:
a) Rock ‘n’ Roll’s End
b) The Day the Music Died
c) The Big Silence
d) The Lost Melody
Answer: b) The Day the Music Died
What 1962 courtroom drama, starring Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch, won him an Oscar?
a) Judgment at Nuremberg
b) Inherit the Wind
c) To Kill a Mockingbird
d) Twelve Angry Men
Answer: c) To Kill a Mockingbird
Which Soviet satellite launch in 1957 began the Space Race?
a) Vostok 1
b) Sputnik 1
c) Soyuz
d) Mir
Answer: b) Sputnik 1
The counterculture event held in 1969 that defined a generation was:
a) Monterey Pop Festival
b) Altamont Free Concert
c) Woodstock
d) Isle of Wight Festival
Answer: c) Woodstock