Retro Recipes
This powdered gelatin product was a mainstay of 1960s aspics, like the iconic Perfection Salad.
What is Jell-O? The 1964 edition of The Joy of Cooking devoted an entire chapter to Jell-O salads, but the popularity of gelatin aspics declined by the mid-1970s.
This state has the largest landmass in the United States. Hint: It also has the largest coastline of any state.
What is Alaska? In terms of landmass, No. 2 is Texas, and No. 3 is California.
This getaway city is home of the Alamo.
What is San Antonio, Texas? Another popular attraction there is the San Antonio River Walk.
Coco Chanel is responsible for this classic dress.
What is little black dress?
Who wrote the classic novel The Catcher in the Rye in 1951?
J.D. Salinger. Around 250,000 copies are still sold each year.
This ooey-gooey, dippable cheese became a popular favorite after it was featured in the Switzerland exhibit of the 1964 New York World’s Fair.
What is fondue? The Swiss traditionally eat this treat with crusty bread and a side of wine or tea.
This is the “Live Free or Die” state.
What is New Hampshire?
A top California tourist attraction is the wine country in this valley.
What is Napa?
Ford’s early classic model rolled off the assembly line in 1927.
What is Model T?
Complete the title of this major 1950s hit for the Everly Brothers: “Wake Up Little _____.”
Susie. “Wake Up Little Susie” was released on September 2, 1957.
This Hormel canned meat product gained popularity during the 1960s as a breakfast side dish and in sandwiches.
What is Spam? The meat product became a staple for troops serving in World War II, and its popularity spread across the globe.
This smallest U.S. state once had the longest name.
What is Rhode Island? The official name used to be State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. In 2020, it was renamed to Rhode Island.
This city is known as the Big Easy, aka NOLA
What is New Orleans, Louisiana?
Ian Fleming is responsible for this franchise.
What is 007 or James Bond?
Who was the president of the United States at the beginning of the 1950s?
Harry S. Truman.
Throughout the 1960s and ’70s, this two-ingredient appetizer made from Lipton soup mix remained popular. It was sometimes called “California Dip.”
What is Lipton Onion Soup Dip?
This state is the only state with a royal palace, the Iolani Palace.
This is Hawaii?
During a weekend in this town known as Music City, you can catch a live performance of the Grand Ole Opry.
What is Nashville, Tennessee?
This British company manufactures an iconic, luxury automobile as well as airplane engines.
What is Rolls Royce?
What is the name of the woman who refused to give up her seat on the bus in 1955?
Rosa Parks.
Sales of this donut-shaped cake pan soared in the late 1960s and early ’70s, after the “Tunnel of Fudge” cake recipe won second place in the 1966 Pillsbury Bake-Off.
What is the Bundt pan? The pan was invented in the 1950s, but sales were dismal until Ella Helfrich devised her Tunnel of Fudge recipe using a Bundt pan.
The first World Series game was held in this state, which is now home of the Red Sox.
What is Massachusetts?
These barrier Islands are off the coast of North Carolina.
: What are the Outer Banks (or OBX)?
Many serious actors appear in stage productions written by this classic British playwright. Some of them appear in summer park productions of his plays.
Who is William Shakespeare?
What is the name of the first satellite launched into orbit by Russia in 1957?
Sputnik. Sputnik circled the globe every 96 minutes, making 1,440 orbits around Earth