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1
Which fast food restaurant opened its first stand in 1954?
Burger King
Wendy's
Golden Corral
McDonalds
2
How much did Gallon of milk cost?
$1.02
$0.92
$0.50
$0.42
3
Who wrote "The Twist"?
Chubby Checker
The Diamonds
Rick Astley
Hank Ballard
4
Who was a prominent writer during the Beat Poetry Movement?
Norman Rockwell
Allen Ginsberg
John Steinbeck
J.K. Rowling
5
What company created the color television system?
TelePrompTer Corporation
Television Corporation of America
Boxoffice International Pictures
Radio Corporation of America
6
Which type of Jewelry became popular among women during the 50s?
Pearls
statement rings
Anklets
diamonds
7
Which Magazine gained popularity with its unique cover pages made by Norman Rockwell?
Saturday Evening Post
Cosmopolitan
LIFE Magazine
Beatitude Magazine
8
Which was not a popular dance of the 50s?
The Hand Jive
The Moonwalk
The Stroll
The Twist
9
The dance: Cha-Cha-Cha, originated in what country?
Argentina
Luxembourg
Cuba
Mexico
10
Who is this popular singer from the 1950s?
Chuck Berry
Dean Martin
Frank Sinatra
Buddy Holly
11
Which game/toy was invented in the 50s?
Slinky
Hula Hoop
Board Games
Bouncy Ball
12
Who painted this?
Franz Kline
Willem De Kooning
Robert Motherwell
Jackson Pollock
13
What process allowed artists to make multiple copies of their work?
conceptual
photography
tapestry
Screen Printing
14
What is the literary movement that focused on bold language and subjects?
Beat Poetry
Transcendentalism
Modernism
Realism
15
American Bandstand was a show about
popular books
politics
popular bands
popular dances
16
What is the name of the magazine that came out in 1959, that shocked the public with obscenity?
Vanity Fair
Times
Beatitude magazine
Esquire
17
What is the name of this type of art?
Pop Art
Folk
Conceptual
Illuminated Manuscript
18
Which City was the center for the literary renaissance of the 50s?
Las Vegas
San Francisco
Chicago
New York
19
Which of the following was
NOT
an invention from the 1950s
Tupperware
Pacemaker
Superglue
Duct Tape
20
Who sang "Peggy Sue"?
Buddy Holly
Simon Cowell
Elvis Presley
Johnny Cash
21
What did a Breeder Reactor do?
Convert digital signals to electric signals
Convert iron into steel
Convert Radio waves into Electrical energy
Convert uranium into plutonium
22
Who was one of the one of the first artists to bring rock n roll to the white audience?
Johnny Cash
Frank Sinatra
Bill Haley and his comets
Buddy Holly
23
Who wrote Fahrenheit 451?
John Steinbeck
Rick Riordan
Dr.Suess
Ray Bradbury
24
What was the name of the first diet soda in 1952?
Green River
No-Cal Beverage
Pepsi
Coca Cola
25
Which is a science fiction book from the 50s?
The Hunger Games
Fahrenheit 451
The Catcher in the Rye
East of Eden
26
Which is
NOT
a book from the 1950s
The Cat in The Hat by Dr. Seuss
Charlotte's Web by E.B White
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger
To kill a mockingbird by Lee Harper
27
How many times stronger was the Hydrogen Bomb said to be than the Atomic Bomb?
20x
10,000x
1,000x
100x
28
Who many Emmys did
I Love Lucy
win?
5
8
7
2
29
Who was the "King of Rock"?
Prince
Michael Jackson
Johnny Cash
Elvis Presley
30
Who is known as "the father of open heart surgery"?
Albert Schweitzer
Sigmund Freud
Clarence Walton Lillehei
Bejamin Spock
