1950s History
This woman refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955
Who is Rosa Parks
Famous song sung by Doris Day introduced in the 1956 Hitchcock thriller "The Man Who Knew Too Much"
What is "Que Sera Sera"
This television show first aired in 1956 and is still running
What is The Price is Right
1968 movie co-starred a computer named H.A.L
What is 2001: a Space Odyssey
Aspiring rock-and-roll singer appeared on the Ed Sullivan show in 1956 but could only be shown from the waist up
Who is Elvis Presley
This royal family member became head of state in Great Britain in 1953
Who is Queen Elizabeth II
Smoky-voiced singer sang "Too Young" in 1951
Who is Nat King Cole
This young star died in an automobile accident in 1955
Who is James Dean
Played Norman Bates in the 1960 horror movie Psycho
Who is Anthony Perkins
Assassinated in November of 1963
Who is John F. Kennedy
Famous explorer who first climbed Mount Everest in 1953
Who is Sir Edmund Hillary
Recorded "Rock Around the Clock" in 1955
Who are Bill Haley and The Comets
Famous boxer who goes by the name Muhammad Ali
Who is Cassius Clay
Highest grossing movie in 1963, but lost money due to being so expensive to make
What is Cleopatra
This famous baseball player married Marilyn Monroe in 1954
Who is Joe DiMaggio
The year Disneyland first opened
What is 1955
Song from The Coasters, recorded in 1959 has the line; "you're gonna need an ocean of calamine lotion"
What is "Poison Ivy"
Famous English band who arrived to the US in February of 1964
Who are The Beatles
Famous actor starred in Lilies Of The Field and Guess Who's Coming To Dinner
Who is Sydney Poitier
Singer-songwriter, also considered to be one of the greatest electric guitar players of all time, died in 1970
Who is Jimi Hendrix
Disease Dr. Jonas Salk successfully created a vaccine for in 1952
What is polio?
Recorded "I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You" in 1951
Who is Hank Williams Sr.
Former First Lady who got remarried to a Greek shipping tycoon in October of 1968
Who is Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
This film won an Oscar for Best Picture in 1960
What is The Apartment
Deadly disease struck a convention in Philadelphia in July 1976 and is named after the convention it struck
What is Legionnaires Disease