Sports
Who became the first African American Major League Baseball player in 1947?
Jackie Robinson.
What is this powdered gelatin product that was a mainstay of 1960s aspics, like the iconic Perfection Salad?
Jell-o
Running from 1960-1968, what show set in Mayberry featured a widowed sheriff, a bumbling deputy, and home spun philosophy and humor all in 30-minute episodes?
The Andy Griffith Show.
What was the original color of all Ferraris?
Red.
When was instant coffee invented?
1938. Around 1930, Nestlé and the Brazilian Coffee Institute jointly developed an instant coffee. Later on in the 1960s, freeze-drying was introduced to improve the quality and flavour of instant coffee.
What professional baseball league for women/girls was founded in 1943 by Phillip K. Wrigley?
The All-American Girls.
What is the Hormel canned meat product that gained popularity during the 1960s as a breakfast side dish and in sandwiches?
Spam
What year was the Hollywood sign constructed?
1923.
What car was featured in the series Herbie?
Volkswagen Beetle.
Faster than a speeding bullet, what superhero flew into the scene in 1938?
Superman. Superman appeared in movies in 1948, when Kirk Alyn, an American actor, was best known for being the first actor to play the DC Comics character Superman for the 1948 movie serial Superman and other movies following.
what game used rackets and drastically grew very quickly through the 1920s sports era?
tennis
What were the first Little Debbie snack cake commercially produced by McKee Foods? The snack consists of two soft oatmeal cookies stuffed with fluffy creme filling.
Oatmeal Crème Pie.
What year was the Wizard of Oz made in?
1949.
What Ford car debuted in 1964, and eventually became Fords flagship muscle car?
Ford Mustang. The introduction of the Mustang created a new class of automobiles known as the pony cars.
Who disappeared over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 while attempting to circle the globe?
Amelia Earhart. She was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Her plane wreckage was never found, and she was officially declared lost at sea. Her disappearance remains one of the greatest unsolved mysteries.
what was Babe Ruth’s famous nickname?
The great Bambino
What is this donut-shaped cake pan that soared in the late 1960s and early 70s, after the "Tunnel of Fudge" cake recipe won second place in the 1966 Pillsbury Bake-Off.
A Bundt pan. The pan was invented in the 1950s, but sales where dismal until Ella Helfrich devised her Tunnel of Fudge recipe using a Bundt pan.
What were fireside chats?
Radio broadcasts about public concerns made by Roosevelt to the Americans. Often informal and relaxed, the talks made some Americans feel as if President Roosevelt was talking directly to them.
In 1939, what car was featured in the movie 101 Dalmatians?
The Bugatti. The first race car designed by Bugatti was built in 1903.
What film, which was premiered in 1937, was the first full length animated feature to be produced by Walt Disney?
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Other than Babe Ruth, who was another popular baseball player at the time? (Hint: initials are LG)
Lou Gherig.
What drink was named after a Horror Movie Character? (Hint: it is a type of cocktail that usually uses tomato juice as an ingredient)
Bloody Mary.
What children's TV series, first debuted in October 1957, was about an inquisitive and often naive boy, Theodore “The Beaver” Cleaver, and his adventures at home, school, and around his neighborhood?
”Leave it to Beaver”
Which iconic car manufacturer also made airplane engines?
Rolls Royce.
What artist had a New York city studio that was called "The Factory" and who's silk screen painting brought art into mainstream America? He also wrote and directed the film Chelsea Girls.
Andy Warhol.