When Phones Had Cords
These sat on top of TVs to get reception from the stations.
What are antennas?
A graham cracker or plain piecrust with a filling of cream cheese and sour cream are the basic ingredients for this dessert.
What is cheesecake?
This is the typical emotion signified by a red rose.
What is love?
Featuring upbeat music with relatable lyrics, this '60s musical group is synonymous with surfing, sun, and summer fun.
Who are the Beach Boys?
One of this artist's unforgettable hits, featured in Blue Hawaii, begins, "Wise men say only foods rush in."
Who is Elvis Presley?
To make a copy of handwritten or typed document, you slipped this between the sheets of paper.
What is carbon paper?
Strawberries piled high with a generous dollop of whipped cream, served on this type of cake, make a favorite summer dessert.
What is a shortcake?
Of seeing lightning and hearing thunder, we do this first.
What is seeing lightning?
To do this is to flip through TV channels with a remote.
What is to channel surf?
This 1964 tune, titles "Fly me to (this place)," was released by Frank Sinatra.
What is the moon?
Metal ice trays had these on top.
What is a lever?
The deepest point of Earth's surface is located in this ocean.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
What is the Beach Boys' only album with surfer in the title.
What is Surfer Girl?
This 1960 Paul Anka hit is about adolescent infatuation.
What is "Puppy Love"?
Before the 1980s, these one-way radio devices were primarily used by doctors.
What are pagers?
This classic layered Southern dessert is made with bananas, vanilla pudding, whipped cream, and vanilla wafers.
What is banana pudding?
This is the shape of a stop sign.
What is an octagon?
The first account of surfing took place in these islands.
What is Hawaii?
Roy Orbison's breakthrough came in 1960 with his hit about "only" these people.
What is "Only the Lonely"?
These wall- or desk-mounted devices could be found in schools and places of business and featured a detachable compartment and a hand crank.
What is a pencil sharpener?
This French egg custard is served with a burnt coffee crust.
What is creme brulee?
The Statue of Liberty is holding this in her left hand.
What is a book?
The university in this Portuguese city offers a postgraduate program in high-performance surf coaching.
What is Lisbon?
This 1967 hit by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles begins, "Now if there's a smile on my face, it's only there tryin' to fool the public.
What is "Tears of a Clown"?