TV & Film
This famous 1952 genre-defining western starred Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly.
What is High Noon?
This playwright won the Pulitzer Prize in 1949 for his quintessential American drama, Death of a Salesman.
Who is Arthur Miller?
This song goes "How many roads must a man walk down/Before you call him a man?"
What is Blowin' in the Wind?
The US successfully tested this weapon in 1952.
What is the hydrogen bomb?
The phrase 'cruisin' for a bruisin'' meant this.
What is 'looking for trouble'?
This Academy Award winning actress was born in Stockholm, and had a long and varied career, most famously starring in Casablanca and Anastasia.
Who was Ingrid Bergman?
This boardgame released in 1965 had a door revealing one of five potential suitors, one of which was a dud.
What is Mystery Date?
This Ritchie Valens song blended Mexican dance music and rock and roll.
What is La Bamba?
This communist hunter was censured by his fellow senators in 1954.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
This is what it meant when someone said something was 'gobbledygook'.
What is unintelligible/nonsense?
The quote "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me, aren't you?" came from this 1967 movie, featuring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft.
What is The Graduate?
This toy from Denmark was introduced to America in 1961, encouraging children's imagination by letting them build things with plastic blocks.
What is LEGO?
This country music icon popularized the honky tonk style of country music in the 1950s, characterized by his hit "Hey Good Lookin'".
Who is Hank Williams?
This cult leader was ultimately responsible for his communal family committing nine murders in 1969.
Who was Charles Manson?
In the 1940s, 'lettuce' was slang for this.
This famous acting duo made nine films together, including Adam's Rib and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.
Who were Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy?
This author's novel On the Road helped him become the representative of the Beat movement.
Who was Jack Kerouac?
This singer/songwriter and activist was best known for her versions of protest songs like "We Shall Overcome" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down".
Who is Joan Baez?
This 1965 invention by DuPont chemists was a plastic five times stronger than steel, used in bulletproof vests.
What is Kevlar?
What is Dixie?
This celebrity-panel game show debuted in the 50s, with famous people trying to determine which contestants were telling false stories.
What is To Tell the Truth?
This popular 1958 historical novel by Leon Uris portrayed the Jewish experience and the founding of Israel.
What is Exodus?
This Motown group cemented their legendary status with songs like "My Girl" and "Papa Was A Rolling Stone".
This 1964 invention allowed a very narrow and highly concentrated beam of light to cut through metal or do delicate surgeries.
What is a laser?
This was what the term "sugar daddy" meant.
What is a wealthy man supporting a young woman?