60's and 70's
Who married Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis in 1968?
Jackie Kennedy
What kind of creature is Flower in Disney's Bambi?
A skunk
In what decade were the floppy disk, laser, and high speed rail all introduced?
A) 1950's. B) 1960's
C) 1970's D)1980's
B) 1960's
Which of these first went on sale in 1946?
A) Tupperware. B) Microwave
C) Cuisinart D) Non-stick pan
A) Tupperware
Who won the Grammy for Best Folk Album at the 2024 Awards at the age of 80?
A) Bob Dylan B) Joni Mitchell
C) Joan Baez. D) Judy Collins
Joni Mitchell- it was her 11th.
Who was the US president in 1960 and who was the US president in 1970?
Eisenhower and Nixon
Who connects the movies The Birds, Fried Green Tomatoes, Cocoon, and Driving Miss Daisy?
Jessica Tandy
True or False: John F. Kennedy was the youngest person in history to hold the office of US president.
False: At 43 years old, Kennedy remains the youngest person ever elected US presiden, but Theodore Roosevelt was just 42 when he unexpectedly assumed office onthe deat of William McKinley in 1901.
William L Maxson's frozen dinners were invented in 1944 and are considered the world's first microwave meals. Where were they served?
A) Hospitals B) Airplanes
C) Schools D) Prisons
B) Airplanes
Martin Scorsese
What was the average price of milk in 1970?
A) 69 cents
B) $1.32
C) $1.90
D) $2.22
B) $1.32
What classic 1975 movie was based on a novel by Peter Benchley?
Jaws
In what year did John Hinckley, Jr. attempt to assassinate Ronald Reagan?
1980
What did the H in the video system VHS stand for?
A) high B) holding
C) hydrogen D) home
D) home
VHS stands for video home system
In 2016, 86-year-old Buzz Aldrin became the oldest person in history to....what?
A) Summit Mount Blanc
B) Visit the wreck of the Titanic
C) Travel to the South Pole
D) Win a Nobel Prize
C) Travel to the South Pole
(He had visited it earlier in 1998)
The most powerful nuclear weapon ever tested was detonated in the skies above what country in 1961?
Russia-The 60,000 lb bomb AN602 known as the Tsar Bomba was developed by Soviet physicist Andrei Sakharov. It had an equivalent power of almost 4 times that of the "Little Boy" bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.
What classic 1946 movie is set in Bedford Falls, NY?
A) Vertigo. B) Welcome Stranger
C)It's a Wonderful Life. D)Cheaper by the Dozen
It's a Wonderful Life
Name 3 of the 5 codenames used for the beaches of the D-Day Normandy Landings in 1944.
Utah
Omaha
Gold
Juno
Sword
Put the following 20th century gadgest in the order of their introductions to the market, from earliest to latest.
Camcorder
Polaroid Camera
Color Photocopier
Lava Lamp
1 Polaroid Camera (1948)
2 Lava Lamp (1963)
3 Color Photocopier (1973)
4. Camcorder (1983)
In what year of his presidency did Joe Biden celebrate his 80th birthday?
A) 2021 B) 2022
C) 2023 D) 2024
2022- Biden was born on November 20, 1942
Which of these major companies was founded in Albuquerque in 1976?
A) Microsoft. C) HarperCollins
B) CNN D) Dell
Microsoft
Who played the title role in the 1963 epic Cleopatra?
Elizabeth Taylor
Work this out: What are the next two letters on this list?
RN GF JC RR ?
GB. In chronological order, these are the initials of the successive US presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan. Next on the list would be George Bush.
In 1974, what became the first product in the world sold with a barcode?
Chewing gum. The UPC, or Universal Product Code, first appeared on a package of Wrigley's gum that went on sale in Marsh's Supermarket in Troy, Ohio in June 1974.
Known for his deadpan humor and dry delivery, which American actor and comic was nominated for his 6th Emmy award in 2009 at the age of 80- and won his first 4 years later for a guest role in the sitcom The Big Bang Theory?
Bob Newhart