1950s Kid Stuff
This popular 1950s TV star and toy had a sidekick named Pokey
Who/what is Gumby?
The longest-running Broadway show
What is The Phantom of the Opera?
According to recent survey data in the U.S., the generation with the highest rate of formal volunteering (i.e., through an organization)
What is Gen X? (ages: mid forties to late fifties)
The name of the costumed mascot for the Eagles
What is Swoop?
The most popular type of pie in the U.S.
What is apple pie?
Toy company Wham-O got the idea for this toy in Australia but named it after a Hawaiian dance; they sold 100 million worldwide in 1958
What is the hula hoop?
Broadway musical with the most Tony nominations
What is Hamilton?
According to recent survey data in the U.S., the generation with the highest rate of informal volunteering/helping
What is the Baby Boomers? (ages: about 60 to 80)
The longest-serving head coach of the Eagles
Who is Andy Reid?
The date known as National Pi Day
What is March 14th?
In the early 1950s, the AC Gilbert Company sold a toy set meant to inspire future scientists; it included a Geiger counter and this hazardous material
What is uranium?
Broadway musical with the most Tony wins for a single production
What is the Producers?
The most common volunteering/community service activity
What is cleaning and beautifying public spaces?
Before 2025, the most recent year the Eagles won the Superbowl
What is 2018?
This civilization is credited with inventing a dish that is similar to what we know today as pie
Who are the Ancient Egyptians?
In the U.S., this devastating childhood disease peaked in 1952 and was virtually eliminated about a decade later
What is polio?
This "A-list" star earned a record-breaking amount of money for starring in a Broadway play/musical
Who is George Clooney?
This East Coast state, sometimes called the "Old Line State", was the first to pass a law requiring service learning hours to graduate high school
What is Maryland? (law went into effect in 1993)
The Eagles QB with the most wins
Who is Donovan McNabb?
When making a pie, keeping this dough ingredient cold helps create a flaky crust
What is butter or margarine?
The original (non-toy) use of the product that became known as Play-Doh; demand went down when people stopped heating their homes with coal
What is wallpaper cleaner?
This legendary musical theater star originated the role of Jean Valjean in Les Misérables on Broadway in 1987
Who is Colm Wilkinson?
This domestic volunteering program, started in the mid-1960s, was modeled after the Peace Corps and later became known as AmeriCorps
What is the VISTA Program? (It stood for Volunteers in Service to America)
The most used word in the Eagles fight song
What is "fight"?
In 1705, a town in Connecticut delayed Thanksgiving Holiday celebrations for a week because they did not have enough of this viscous ingredient to make pumpkin pies
What is molasses?