Back In My Day
A common household item that was often kept in a box before electric refrigerators were widespread.
What is ice?
A radio hero who began every episode with the line, "A fiery horse with the speed of light..."
Who is The Lone Ranger?
A global conflict that ended in 1945 after the surrender of Germany and Japan.
What is WWII?
A patriotic song that begins with "Oh, say can you see..."
What is The Star-Spangled Banner?
The finisher to the saying: "A penny saved is a penny ______"
What is earned?
During the 1930s and 1940s, this item was commonly placed on the front porch for collection.
What is an empty milk bottle?
The 1939 film that famously transitioned from black-and-white to color.
What is The Wizard of Oz?
The US president who delivered his "fireside chats" over the radio.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
A Christmas song Bing Crosby made famous during WWII.
What is White Christmas?
The finisher to the saying: "Don't count your chickens before they ____"
What is hatch?
Before disposable diapers, these are a reusable item, fastened with safety pins, that many families relied on.
What are cloth diapers (or nappies)?
A 1950s sitcom featuring a red-haired housewife whose antics in a chocolate factory became one of television's most famous scenes.
What is I Love Lucy?
A 1944 law that helped millions of returning veterans attend college or buy homes.
What is the GI Bill?
A song that includes the lyric "The other night dear, as I lay sleeping / I dreamed I held you in my arms"
What is You Are My Sunshine?
Meaning "things aren't always as they appear," a saying that involves a book and its cover.
What is "Don't judge a book by its cover" or "You can't judge a book by its cover"?
A wartime practice encouraging Americans to grow their own produce to support the war effort.
What are Victory Gardens?
The actor who starred in It's a Wonderful Life as George Bailey.
Who is John Stewart?
A Supreme Court decision that declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
A Big Band leader known as "The King of Swing."
Who is Benny Goodman?
The finisher to the proverb: "An ounce of prevention is wroth a _____ of cure."
What is a pound?
In many American homes, this device was shared by the entire household and often mounted on the wall.
What is a rotary telephone?
A radio program that asked who "knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men."
What is The Shadow?
The event in 1941 that brought the US officially into WWII.
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
A hymn with lyrics, "I once was lost but now I'm found / Was blind, but now I see."
What is Amazing Grace?
The finisher to the saying: "Pride goes before a ____"
What is a fall?
Before modern supermarkets, this neighborhood business commonly allowed customers to buy goods "on account".
What is the corner grocery (or general store)?
Before becoming a television icon, this entertainer was a vaudeville performer and radio star known as "America's favorite mother."
Who is Gracie Allen?
A Cold War-era program required American men to register in case of a military draft.
What is Selective Service?
A WWI-era song that encouraged Americans to support troops overseas and featured the line "So prepare, say a pray’r, / Send the word, send the word to beware. / We’ll be over, we’re coming over"
What is Over There?
An older proverb that means excessive familiarity can reduce respect.
What is "Familiarity breeds contempt"?