1950s History
This president was in office Jan 20, 1953 to Jan 20 1961.
Who Is Dwight D Wisenhower
This film won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1960.
What is The Apartment?
This aspiring rock and roll singer appeared on the Ed Sullivan show in 1956, but could only be shown from the waist up.
Who is Elvis Presley?
This South African leader was sentenced to life in prison in 1964?
Who is Nelson Mandela?
This TV show about a spooky family that lived in mansion began in 1964.
What is the Adam's Family.
Dr. Jonas Salk successfully created a vaccine for this in 1952.
What is Polio?
This actor won the Oscar for Best Actor in his role in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird.
Who is Gregory Peck?
RCA released the first color one of these in 1954.
What is a TV?
This civil rights leader was assassinated in 1968.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This TV show about a stereotypical 50's and 60's family starred a character known as the Fonz!
What is Happy Days?
This was the first satellite launched into orbit by Russia in 1957.
What is Sputnik?
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This famous actor played Rooster Cogburn in the original western True Grit.
Who is John Wayne
This singer released his hit Sweet Caroline in 1969.
Who is Neil Diamond?
This famous Bay Area island prison was closed in 1963.
What is Alcatraz or The Rock?
This sailor man gets stronger when he eats his spinach.
Who is Popeye?
He was the famous explorer to first climb Mount Everest in 1953.
Who is Sir Edmund Hillary?
This character landed at 17 Cherry Tree Lane in a well-known Walt Disney movie from 1964.
Who is Mary Poppins?
This diet soda made its first appearance in 1963.
What is a TaB?
This was added by the US Postal Service in 1963, and is now a part of every address today.
What are ZIP codes?
This loveable cartoon bear enjoyed eating camper's picnic baskets.
Who is Yogi Bear?
This park opened in 1955.
What is Disneyland?
This 1968 movie co-starred a computer named H.A.L.
What is 2001: A Space Odyssey?
This well know convenient breakfast food hit the shelves in 1964 with its frosted version coming out in 1967.
What are Pop Tarts?
He was the first African-American named Supreme Court Justice in 1967.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Just sit right back and you'll hear this tale about a bunch of shipwrecked strangers who got lost on their 3 hour tour.
What is Gilligan's Island?