Classic TV Shows
Lucy and Ethel worked in a chocolate factory in this beloved sitcom.
What is “I Love Lucy”?
The first televised presidential debate featured these two candidates in 1960.
Who are John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon?
This U.S. First Lady restored historical furnishings to the White House and led televised tours in 1962.
Who is Jacqueline Kennedy?
This rock and roll icon was known as “The King.”
Who is Elvis Presley?
“Take me out to the ball game” is sung during which inning stretch?
What is the 7th inning stretch?
Sheriff Andy Taylor kept order in this friendly town.
What is Mayberry / The Andy Griffith Show?
This 1950s invention made readily available by the 70's made it possible to watch recorded TV shows and family movies at home for the first time.
What is the videotape recorder (VCR)?
This famous music festival in 1969 drew over 400,000 people to a farm in New York.
What is Woodstock?
She was America’s “blonde bombshell” and starred in Some Like It Hot.
Who is Marilyn Monroe?
The opposite of “night owl.”
What is an early bird?
Archie and Edith sang “Those Were the Days” at the start of this show.
What is All in the Family?
The world’s first artificial satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, beginning the Space Race.
What is Sputnik?
This popular toy, introduced in 1959, was named after the inventor’s daughter.
What is Barbie?
This president promised a “New Frontier.”
Who is John F. Kennedy?
This flower is known as the “Queen of the Garden.”
What is a rose?
The Skipper and the Mary Ann were stranded here.
What is Gilligan’s Island?
On July 16, 1969, this historical event was watched by more than 500 million people around the world.
What is the first moon landing (Apollo 11)?
This actor’s signature line was “Here’s looking at you, kid.”
Who is Humphrey Bogart?
This civil rights leader delivered the “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This author wrote To Kill a Mockingbird.
Who is Harper Lee?
Rod Serling’s eerie anthology show opened with “You are traveling through another dimension…”
What is The Twilight Zone?
This popular 1960s variety show introduced the phrase “Sock it to me!”
What is Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In?
This Cold War relic, erected in 1961, became a symbol of divided Europe until 1989.
What is the Berlin Wall?
The British band that appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964.
Who are The Beatles?
The first national Thanksgiving was proclaimed by this president.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?