The Fabulous 50s Quiz
For many, and probably for most of us, this quiz will provide a real challenge !! Have fun searching the internet for the answers (all can be found) that you don't know. If you want to take the easy way, go to the "Quiz Answers" page on our website.
Politics 1) To whom did Senator Joseph McCarthy refer as "The Red Dean"? 2) Who headed the Special Committee to Investigate Organized Crime whose hearings Americans watched avidly on TV? 3) At the Republican National Convention in 1952, What two men vied for the Presidential nomination? 4) Who was Charles "Chip" Bohlen? 5) What A-Bomb developer was dismissed from his post for allegedly having communist friends? In 1950 a new chevy cost $1,329.00 and 60% of americans owned new cars. Motels outnumbered hotels. In 1955 the Thunderbird makes it's debut. 1958 The Edsel makes it debut and in 1959 a Eldorado Caddy costs a whopping $7,500.00. The serious games we played was how many people could we stuff into a Volkswagen... and the biggest game was the Hula Hoop. Automobiles 1) "Once you've seen it, you'll never forget it" was the slogan used for what car in a 1958 National ad? 2) What was the only U.S. made auto with a fiberglas body? 3) What two companies joined in 1954 to form American Motors? 4) Who manufactured the Henry J? 5) What part of a car was referred to as "the skins"? Who Said: 1) Is it bigger than a breadbox? 2) We will bury you! 3) Old soldiers never die; they just fade away. Television Not everyone had a television. It was like a big get-together to watch such shows as: Ted Mack's Amateur, Jackie Gleason, Burns & Allen with the famous ending of "goodnight Gracie", I Love Lucy, Jack Benny, "Father Knows Best", "I Remember Mama", "Our Miss Brooks", Edward R. Murrow "See it Now", Colgate Comedy Hour" starring Mr. Eddie Cantor, "Abbott and Costello" and the list goes on and on. 1) Who hosted "The General Electric Theater? 2) With what program would you associate Lawrence Spivak? 3) Who was Perry Mason's district-attorney rival? 4) Who is given credit for teaching America's children how to spell "encyclopedia"? 5) What popular NBC newscasters teamed up to cover the 1956 Presidential conventions? Sports 1) Where were the 1952 Olympic games held? 2) Who was Number 24 with baseball's New York Giants? 3) Who became the youngest heavyweight boxing champion of the world in 1956? 4) What runner broke the four minute mile barrier in 1954? Best-Sellers: Match the title with the author. Rachel Carlson Exodus Leon Uris Please Don't Eat the Daisies James Jones The Status Seekers James Kerr The Sea Around Us Lloyd C. Douglas From Here to Eternity Vance Packard The Robe Movie Tunes: Match the song with the movie in which it was featured. The Yellow Rose of Texas Carousel Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend Giant Thank Heaven For Little Girls Gentlemen Prefer Blondes June Is bustin' Out All Over The King and I Getting to Know You Gigi Fads 1) Fess Parker portrayed what able frontiersman, spawning a bevy of merchandise? 2) What was a "passion pit"? 3) Pat Boone popularized what type of shoe? 4) Actress Mary Martin is credited for introducing what hairstyle to the women of America? 5) What color of jacket enjoyed immense popularity after teenagers saw James Dean wearing one? Girls and Boys 1) What was Marilyn Monroe's real name? 2) Who was the author of the definitive "beat" book, On the Road? 3) Who was the first black woman to sing leading roles at the Metropolitan Opera? 4) What popular newspaper columnist was blinded by acid thrown at him? Spaced Out & Odds 'n Ends 1) Name the dog that was a passenger on Sputnik 2. 2) What was Superman's name as a baby on planet Krypton? 3) Name America's first satellite, launched in 1958. 4) Who's voice was first broadcast from a satellite to earth? 5) Name the submarine that first crossed under the North Pole. 6) What was Elvis Presley's first record to sell a million copies? 7) With what ocean liner did the Andrea Doria collide? 8) To whom did Time magazine's 1955 cover story on "old Smiley" refer? 9) Who won an Oscar in the best actress category for The Three Faces of Eve? |
