Classic Cars
Volkswagen manufactured this car that is also known as the Bug.
What is Beetle? The car was popular during the 1960s and 1970s. It was retired in 1979 and re-emerged in 1998. That run lasted until 2019.
We referred to people in the 1950s who were establishment types or old-fashioned by this four-sided shape
What is square? It was not cool or hip to be a square.
A futuristic society revolves around science & efficiency in this 1932 novel by Aldous Huxley
What is Brave New World?
Charlie has this number of “angels.”
What is three? The original Charlie’s Angels are Sabrina (Kate Jackson), Jill (Farrah Fawcett), and Kelly (Jaclyn Smith). David Doyle plays Charlie.
This North American city has the largest subway system by ridership and transit stations.
What is New York City? The NYC subway system opened in 1904. Its tracks, if laid in a straight line, would stretch from New York City to Chicago.
Introduced in 1964 at the New York World’s Fair, this iconic Ford sportscar is one of the company’s all-time best sellers. The car is also known as a “muscle car.”
What is Mustang? The Mustang is one of the best-selling cars of any auto company
This highly teased, big-hair style was popular in the 1960s
What is bouffant? It was largely inspired by First Lady Jackie Kennedy.
“A House Divided” completed Pearl Buck’s trilogy that began 4 years earlier with this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel
What is The Good Earth?
The character Norman Bates is associated with this movie
What is Psycho? The shower scene is one of the most famous movie scenes of all time. It took seven days and 78 takes to get the scene you see in the movie.
This is a vessel that travels under the sea
What is a submarine? Connecticut inventor David Bushnell designed the first submarine before the American Revolutionary War
This van, also known as the “Bus,” is reminiscent of the hippie era and was produced by this German auto company.
What is Volkswagen? The vans were often covered in flowers and peace signs.
This 1960s shelter was inspired by the cold war
What is fallout? It was supposed to protect against radiation in the event of a nuclear attack. There were designated public shelters marked by a yellow-and-black sign, and some people built their own
A line from this novel: “Name’s Joad, Tom Joad”
What is The Grapes of Wrath?
Rick loses Ilsa to Victor in this classic 1942 film set in a Moroccan port city
What is Casablanca? The black-and-white film has since been colorized.
These flat-bottom boats run through the canals in Venice, Italy.
What are gondolas? They were one of the major forms of transportation for local Venetians. Today, they serve as a popular tourist attraction, but locals also use them as water taxis.
Ronny and the Daytonas as well as the Beach Boys sang about this three-letter Pontiac classic, the first muscle car.
What is GTO? The tune was “Little GTO.” Pontiac was the first to market a mid-sized auto with a big-auto engine.
This 1960s to early-1970s pants and jeans fad, with wide bottoms, was part of every teen’s wardrobe.
What are bell-bottoms? We have wide-legged pants today, but they’re nothing like the grossly exaggerated bottoms of the 1960s and 1970s.
This novel by Garcia Marquez tells of the Buendia family in the mythic town of Macondo from the 1820s to the 1920s
What is One Hundred Years of Solitude?
Peter Falk’s Columbo character always wears this type of classic coat
What is trench coat? It’s tan and rumpled.
This is the term for a kitchen on a ship or an airplane
What is galley? Other than those found on a cruise ship or a large naval vessel, galleys do not have all the conveniences of home kitchens.
Shortened to ’Vette, this Chevy sportscar is still available
What is Corvette? It was introduced in 1953 to help Chevy recover from its lagging sales. Many songs have been written about the Corvette, including “Dead Man’s Curve,” “Little Red Corvette,” and “Corvette” by—wait for it—the Corvettes.
This 2001 invention, a motorized personal transport device, was going to transform human transportation.
What is Segway (human transporter)? Bloomberg reported, “Instead of becoming a mass-market last-mile mover, the Segway became a slapstick prop in aughties comedies.”
Nadsat, the fictional language in this book, is from the Russian suffix that means “teen”
What is A Clockwork Orange?
This is the nickname of the person whose final word is Rosebud in a 1941 film directed by Orson Welles.
Who is Citizen Kane? The film’s title is also Citizen Kane. He is a publishing tycoon, and his name is Charles Foster Kane
This man launched the first space vehicle to the International Space Station. He is also the CEO of Tesla autos.
Who is Elon Musk? In addition to co-founding SpaceX and Tesla, he has co-founded Neuralink and the Boring Company. Born in South Africa, he now holds American, Canadian, and South African citizenship.