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100

Which elegant, floor-length dress style was perfect for both afternoon tea and a moonlit dance in the 1940s?


 Tea dress

100

Harry was the real first name of which 1950s star?


Bing Crosby

100

Dr. Seuss released 2 books in 1960. Name one of them.
 

One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish and Green Eggs and Ham

100

 Which member of the British Royal Family was the victim of a failed kidnap attempt on 20th March 1974?


Princess Anne

100

A rooster lays an egg on a rooftop. Which way does it roll?
 

Nowhere—roosters don’t lay eggs

200

What stylish hat crowned men with an air of mystery and classic cool throughout the 1940s?


Fedora

200

Fats Domino was noted for playing which instrument?


Piano

200

Established in 1960, this area spreads along 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, California. What is it called?
 

The Hollywood Walk of Fame

200

Which famous drummer released a solo album called 'Goodnight Vienna' in 1974?


 Ringo Starr

200

A woman shoots her husband, holds him underwater for five minutes, and hangs him. Later, they go out to dinner. How?
 

She took a photo of him

300

What mesmerizing invention, unveiled at the 1939 World's Fair, soon turned every living room into a personal theater of wonder?


Television

300

Who had a top 10 hit in 1957 with 'Keep A Knockin'?


Little Richard

300

Name the two Presidential candidates who participated in the first televised debate.
 

John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon

300

Ayatollah Khomeini was a Shi'a Muslim leader who led an Islamic revolution in 1979. In which country did this revolution take place?


Iran

300

What did one wall say to the other wall?
 

 “I’ll meet you at the corner.”

400

Which ingenious kitchen gadget, born from Percy Spencer's snack-time serendipity in 1945, transformed leftover reheating into a modern miracle?


Microwave oven

400

My True Love was the first top 10 hit for whom?


 Jack Scott

400

 Who won the Stanley Cup in 1960?
 

The Montreal Canadiens won over the Toronto Maple Leafs (4 games to 0)

400

What color were the official basketballs in the American Basketball Association before its dissolution and merger with the NBA in 1976?


Red, white, and blue

400

A butcher stands six feet and one inch tall and wears size 12 shoes. What does he weigh?

Meat

500

What colossal, room-sized machine known as the ENIAC jump-started the digital revolution, paving the way for the computers of today?


 Computer

500

Sam Cooke is often referred to as The King of, what?


 Soul

500

Name the book by Harper Lee that won the Pulitzer Prize for the best American novel of 1960.
 

To Kill A Mockingbird

500

Which heavy metal rock group had a number 2 hit in the United Kingdom in 1970 with the song "Black Night"?


Deep Purple

500

 Humans purchase me to eat but then never eat me. What am I?

Plates and Silverware