50s-60s Pop Culuture
What U.S. state was added as the 50th state in 1959?
Answer: Hawaii
Who was the first manned spaceflight mission commander to orbit Earth in 1962?
Answer: John Glenn
Which planet has the most moons in our solar system?
Answer: Saturn
Which artist painted The Starry Night?
Answer: Vincent van Gogh
Who was the first African American President of the United States?
Answer: Barack Obama
What 1969 music festival is often considered the defining moment of the counterculture movement?
Answer: Woodstock
Who won an Academy Award for a lead role in the movie Roman Holiday?
Answer: Audrey Hepburn
What is the largest living species of bird?
Answer: Ostrich
Whats the best selling book? - all time
The bible
Who played the iconic character of Forrest Gump?
Answer: Tom Hanks
What famous toy was introduced in 1959 and became a cultural icon?
Answer: Barbie Doll
For which 1964 musical blockbuster did Julie Andrews win the Academy Award for Best Actress?
Mary Poppins
What is the term for a scientist who studies weather?
Answer: Meteorologist
Who painted The Last Supper?
Answer: Leonardo da Vinci
Which actor played the role of Indiana Jones?
Answer: Harrison Ford
Who wrote the song “Blowin’ in the Wind,” which became an anthem of the 1960s civil rights movement?
Answer: Bob Dylan
What famous comedian starred in the show I Love Lucy?
Answer: Lucille Ball
How many chambers does the human heart have?
Answer: Four
Who wrote The Odyssey?
Answer: Homer
Who directed the movie Jaws?
Answer: Steven Spielberg
What novel by Harper Lee, published in 1960, became an American classic?
Answer: To Kill a Mockingbird
In the show Gilligan’s Island, what was the name of the boat?
Answer: The S.S. Minnow
What is the largest organ of the human body?
Answer: Skin
Who is known as the Father of Impressionism?
Answer: Claude Monet
Which athlete is known as the Greatest of All Time in boxing?
Answer: Muhammad Ali