FASHION
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Television
100

What name was given to full skirts embellished with appliqué?


What is a Poodle Skirt

100

Which iconic rock and roll singer rose to fame in the 1950s with hits like “Heartbreak Hotel”?

What is Elvis Presley 

100

What popular plastic toy, first sold in 1958, involved gyrating your hips?

What is the Hula Hoop

100

What was the name of the first animated feature film produced by Walt Disney in the 1950s, based on a fairy tale by Charles Perrault?

What is Cinderella

100

Which 1950s TV show featured a housewife who often got into comical misadventures with her friend Ethel?

What is I Love Lucy

200

Which type of hat, often worn tilted, was a staple accessory for fashionable women in the 1950s?

What is the Pillbox Hat

200

What new form of music exploded in popularity during the 1950s, blending blues, country, and rhythm & blues?

What is Rock and Roll

200

What kitchen appliance, popularized in the 1950s, was advertised as making “meals in minutes” but sometimes turned food into mush?

What is a Blender

200

Which movie monster made its debut in 1954 in Japan?

What is Godzilla
200

What popular TV show about a family with a talking horse debuted in 1959?

What is Mr Ed

300

“Bobby-soxers” typically wore what style of shoe?

What is Saddle Shoes

300

Who was the influential jazz musician and composer who recorded albums such as Kind of Blue, Birth of the Cool, and Sketches of Spain in the 1950s?

What is Miles Davis

300

What 1950s dance craze had people twisting and turning to songs like “The Stroll”?

What is The Hand Jive

300

Who was the actress and singer who starred in films such as The Wizard of Oz, Meet Me in St. Louis, and A Star Is Born in the 1950s and 1960s, and who was the mother of Liza Minnelli?

What is Judy Garland

300

What television game show, which premiered in 1956, is still running today?

What is The Price is Right

400

In the 1950s, what fashion accessory (jewlery), became a symbol of sophistication and elegance for women?

What is The Pearl Necklace

400

Which rock and roll song by Chuck Berry became famous in 1955?

What is Maybellene

400

What was considered the ideal number of children for a 1950s family? *its a range

What is 2-4 children

400

What was the name of the romantic comedy film, released in 1953, that starred Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn, and depicted a day in the life of a princess who escapes her royal duties and falls in love with a reporter in Rome?

What is Roman Holiday

400

Which TV quiz show was involved in a major scandal in the late 1950s?

What is Twenty One

500

Which Hollywood actress and fashion icon popularized the sweater set, a classic combination of a fitted sweater and matching cardigan?

What is Grace Kelly

500

Who was the legendary singer and actor who starred in films such as The King and I in the 1950s?

What is Yul Brynner

500

What became a symbol of suburban prosperity?

What is a well-manicured lawn

500

What was the name of the musical film, released in 1951, that starred Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron, and depicted an American artist who fell in love with a French dancer in Paris after World War II?

An American in Paris

500

Who played Superman on TV from 1952-1958?

What is George Reeves