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What car company introduced the iconic Mustang in 1964?
Ford
What instrument is Louis Armstrong best known for playing?
Trumpet
What famous actor starred in Lilies of the Field and Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?
Sidney Poitier
What group recorded “Rock Around the Clock” in 1955?
Bill Haley and the Comets
Who was the pediatrician author of a manual for parents?
Benjamin Spock
Who was the lead singer of The Supremes?
Diana Ross
What is the fastest land animal?
Cheetah
What famous TV cowboy in the 1950s whose horse was named Trigger was really named Leonard Slye?
Roy Rogers
What new and exciting rock-and-roll singer appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1956, but could only be shown from the waist up?
Elvis Presley
What was the name of the television show featuring Adam, Hoss, and Little Joe on the Ponderosa?
Bonanza
Who played Dorothy in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz?
Judy Garland
What ocean liner sank in 1912 on its maiden voyage?
1912
Who won the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in the 1962 movie To Kill a Mockingbird?
Gregory Peck
Elvis Presley’s estate was named what?
Graceland
What was Aretha Franklin’s first hit?
“Respect”
What is the name of the dog in the movie The Wizard of Oz?
Toto
What is the largest mammal in the world?
Blue whale
Who was the popular ’50s TV figure on the first nationally televised American children’s TV program?
Howdy Doody
Which disease did Dr. Jonas Salk successfully create a vaccine for in 1952?
Polio
Michael Jordan played which sport?
Basketball
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
Who discovered America in 1492?
Christopher Columbus
Who was President of the United States from 1953 to 1961?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Which television game show first aired in 1956 and is still running today?
The Price Is Right
What type of telephone was invented in 1963?
Touch-tone