THE FABULOUS FIFTIES AND THE SENSATIONAL SIXTIES This is a quiz to test your memory of the 1950's and 1960's. Unlike the Nanuet High School quiz, you are not able to enter the answers online. You will just have to put them on paper. The correct answers are listed at the end of the test. |
THE FABULOUS FIFTIES AND THE SENSATIONAL SIXTIES 1. What On the Road author coined the term ‘Beat Generation’? ______________
2. What controversial underground dwellings did many homeowners construct during the Cold War era for protection in the event of a nuclear holocaust? ______________.
3. “On a mountaintop, high above a large city, stands the headquarters of a man devoted to the cause of freedom and justice; a war hero who has never stopped fighting against his country's enemies; a private citizen who is dedicating his life to the struggle against evil men everywhere …” Who was this noble, if somewhat sponsor-deluded (in my humble opinion) promoter of Ovaltine (gak)? J ______________
4. What popular foaming cleanser was advertised by the White Knight? _____________ 5. Who was Dagwood Bumstead’s perpetually exasperated boss? ______________.
6. What product was advertised as being 99 44/100% pure? ______________.
7. In what Milton Bradley board game was it imperative that you avoid the wily Skeezix? ______________.
8. What cigarette brand did a bellhop advertise? ______________.
9. What ‘50s show featured singers Dorothy Collins, Giselle Mackenzie, Snooky Lanson, and Russell Arms singing the most popular songs of the week? ___________
10. What were the going rates during the ‘50s on small and large deposit bottles? ______
11. Who was Veronica Lodge’s archrival for the affections of Archie Andrews? _______
12. What baseball team won the 1954 World Series? ________________
13. Who was the original host of I’ve Got a Secret? ______________
14. On what television show hosted by Peter Donald was poet Ogden Nash a weekly panelist? ______________
15. What toy consisted of a canister full of wooden rods and disks that could be joined together for creative play? ______________
16. Who were the GOP and Dem candidates in the ‘56 presidential election? __________ 17. What classic line does Joe E. Brown deliver during their elopement at the end of ‘Some Like It Hot’, when Jack Lemmon’s character Jerry, who has been posing as a woman, reveals that he is, in fact, a man? ______________ 18. What world political leader was reputed to have pounded his shoe on the table of the UN in an expression of outrage over comments that were made by the head of the Philippine delegation? ______________ 19. Free matinee tickets to what 1956 movie were printed on cereal boxes? ___________
20. What was the appropriate name of Little Lulu’s portly friend? ______________ 21. What conflict that occurred for fourteen days in October 1962 almost started a nuclear war between the
22. What famous sports figure was known as Joltin’ Joe? ______________ 23. To what particular genre do the songs of Harry Belafonte, such as ‘The Banana Boat Song’, ‘Jamaica Farewell’, and ‘Mama Look A Boo Boo’ belong? ______________.
24. What objects were often strategically placed between the spokes of bicycle wheels to create sound effects? ________________
25. What waist-less dress style was popular in the late ‘50s? ______________
26. What were the real names of Tom and Jerry, who first hit the charts with ‘Hey Schoolgirl’ in 1957? ______________ 27. The D.A. was a ‘50s era men’s hairstyle that was created by slicking the hair back with globs of ‘greasy kid stuff’. What did the letters D.A. represent? ___________
28. In what 1957 book did Vance Packard expose the psychological manipulation employed by the advertising industry in influencing consumer behaviors? ________
29. What 392-hankie Broadway musical/movie, reputedly based on Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’, involved a feud between rival
30. Who was the commanding general over U.S. Army forces in
31. What ‘60s British model, who clearly resembled a stick figure, had American women subsisting on a diet of celery, water, and air in an effort to attain an ‘ideal’ weight of about 30 lbs.? J ______________
32. Which American variety show host was the first to welcome the British Invasion by signing the Beatles to give 3 live performances on his show? _____________
33. What real-life ‘King of the Wild Frontier’, portrayed by Fess Parker in a Disney television serial, supposedly “kilt him a bar when he was only three”? ____________ 34. In 1960 American pilot Francis Gary Powers was shot down over the 35. What singing duo scored a hit with ‘Bye Bye Love’? ______________
36. During the ‘60s what district in 37. What fad gimmick of the ‘50s involved pumping fragrances to the cinema audience through pipes that led to individual seats? Only one film, ‘Scent of a Mystery’, was ever made using this process. ______________.
38. After popularizing the song ‘I’ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts’, what singer went on to become a successful talk show host and producer? ______________
39. What automobile, manufactured from 1958 to 1960, was once described as looking like “an Oldsmobile sucking a lemon”? ______________
40. The inventor of the artificial heart was dummy Jerry Mahoney’s and dumber dummy Knucklehead Smiff’s ventriloquist. Who is he? ______________
41. What cereal at one time had Straight Arrow finger puppets in the box? ____________
42. In what movie did Elvis Presley, who scored a big hit with his recording of the title song, debut as a farmhand in Civil War era
43. What controversial ukulele-playing variety show host and promoter of Lipton Tea had his pilot’s license suspended for buzzing the Empire State Building, owned an island in the St. Lawrence, and fired singer Julius LaRosa while on the air? ________
44. On Name The Cereal:
45. “They’re shot from guns” __________________________ 46. “They go snap, crackle, pop!” _______________________ 47. “They’re gr-r-r-r-reat!” _____________________________ 48. The ‘Breakfast of Champions’ _______________________ 49. “I want my ______________________________________!” 50. “…shot with sugar through and through!” ______________ Who Said It? : 51. “What a revoltin’ development this is!” ______________ 52. “Bang! Zoom! To da moon, 53. “Brusha! Brusha! Brusha! New Ipana toothpaste!” ______________ 54. “Nice!” ______________ 55. “... I live in a shoe. That's my dog Tige. He lives in there, too.” ______________ 56. “Sorry about that, Chief. Would you believe…” ______________ 57. “Cowabunga!” ______________ 58. “Wi-i-i-i-i-i-l-burrrrrrr!” ______________ 59. “Glad we could get together.” ______________ 60. “If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is where I was born and what my lousy childhood was like...” ______________ 61. “A boy’s best friend is his mother.” ______________ 62. “Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are.” ______________ 63. “Why don’t you pick me up and smoke me sometime!” ______________ 64. “It’s my rubber ducky.” ______________ 65. “I dood it!” ______________ 66. “I tawt I taw a puddy tat!” ______________ 67. “… you should never put bananas in the refrigerator!” ______________ 68. “Work!” ______________ 69. “Mustard and Custard!” ______________ 70. “I coulda been a contenda.” ______________ 71. “Just the facts, Ma'am” ______________ 72. “What a chunk o' chocolate!” ______________ 73. “Well I’ll be a dirty bird!” ______________ 74. “I kid you not.” ______________ 75. “What me worry?” ______________ 76. “Th-th-th-th-th-th that's all folks!” ______________ 77. “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.” _______________ Name That Horse: 78. Roy Rogers ______________ 79. Dale Evans _______________ 80. The Lone Ranger __________ 81. Tonto ___________________ 82. Hopalong Cassidy _________ 83. Gene Autry _______________ 84. Wild Bill Hickock __________ 85. Jingles ___________________ 86. Zorro ____________________ 87. The Cisco Kid _____________ 88. Pancho ___________________ Re-Name That Tune:
89. It’s Rather Common ______________ 90. Infantile Babbles ______________ 91. Restrain Yourself from Wagering Cash, My Sweet ______________ 92. Brink of Annihilation ______________ 93. Massive Flaming Spheres ______________ 94. Albino Hare ______________ 95. Honcho of the Gang ______________ 96. You Have Given Me a Great Deal of Pleasure ______________ 97. Bit of a Bummer ______________ 98. Abbreviated Bermudas ______________ 99. Fiddledeedee ______________ 100. Vessels Filled with Shellfish Are Arriving ______________ 101. Scarlet Plumage Is Her Attire ______________ 102. Similar to a Tumbling Rock ______________
Name The Television Show: If you need help with some of the questions in this section, ask a Noo Yawka! J
103. The title character, an English teacher who lived with her landlady, Mrs. Davis, and Mrs. Davis’s cat, Minerva, was madly in love with biology teacher Mr. Boynton, who only had eyes for McDougal, his frog. ______________
104. Lloyd Bridges was usually underwater in this Saturday night television show. ______________ 105. Puppet show featuring humans Big Todd Russell and policeman Mr. Deetle Dootle, along with marionettes Polka Dottie, Poison Zoomack, Gala Poochie Pup, El Squeako Mouse and the freckle-faced title character, who wore a baseball uniform. ______________
106. Television show hosted by Jack Barry that encouraged you to assist the animated title character in escaping dangerous situations by drawing ladders, bridges, etc., with special crayons on a sheet of clear blue vinyl that adhered to your television screen. ______________
107. Channel 13 television show sponsored by Ronzoni in which Uncle Fred Sayles narrated cartoons that featured Farmer Grey, Marty Mouse, and the Kickapoo Indians. ______________
108. One movie was given several showings per day for an entire week on this channel 9 show. Some of the offerings were: ‘One Touch of Venus’, ‘Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid’, ‘Magnificent Doll’, and ‘Yankee Doodle Dandy’. ___________ 109. Hosted by Dick Clark, this show featured a group of high school student ‘regulars’ who danced on camera to hit recordings. Popular live groups and singers were invited to perform, as well. ______________
110. In this sitcom ‘ghostess with the mostest’ Marian Kerby, her husband George, and their brandy-guzzling St. Bernard Neal, all of whom were killed in an avalanche, return to complicate the life of the uptight banker who purchased their house. _____________ 111. WABC-TV show in which ‘Cool Ghoul’ host Zacherley inserted himself into the horror films that were shown during the program. His wife Isabel reposed in the crypt that was on the set, and their son Gasport hung on the wall. ______________ 112. The host of this children’s (?) J show was reputed to have at one time been suspended for requesting that his adoring little viewers “get Daddy's wallet out of his pants pocket while he’s sleeping, take out the little green pieces of paper that are in it, and send them to... (him)”. He created the character Philo Kvetch, whose archenemy The Claw was aided in his evil exploits by the villain’s henchman Onions Oregano. Other characters on the show were the scary, but ‘unseen’, White Fang and Pookie the Lion. ______________ Complete the phrase:
113. All that wiggle not ______________. 114. Kookie, Kookie! Lend Me Your ______________! 115. Sock it to me! Sock it to me! Here come da ______________! 116. It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s ______________! 117. “Cook it in a dozen ways. Take my advice. Nothing’s economical as ________ .” 118. Smile! You're on ______________! 119. ______________! Take Me Away! 120. They melt in your mouth, not in your ______________! 121. Have Gun, Will Travel. Wire ______________. 122. Meeska Mooska ______________! 123. “…you’re entering the wondrous dimension of imagination. Next stop... ________” 124. I like _________! (campaign slogan) 125. You can be sure if it’s ______________ 126. I dreamed I won the election in my ______________ 127. “What time is it, Boys and Girls? It's ______________!” 128. “Be kind to your web-footed friends, for a duck may be ______________.” 129. “It’s got a good beat and ______________.” 130. ‘I Remember ____________ |
THE FABULOUS FIFTIES AND THE SENSATIONAL SIXTIES Answer Key
1. Jack Kerouac 2. Bomb shelters 3. Captain 4. 5. Mr. Dithers 6. Ivory Soap 7. Uncle Wiggly 8. Philip Morris 9. ‘Your Hit Parade’ 10. 2c and 5c 11. Betty Cooper 12. NY Giants 13. Garry 14. ‘Masquerade Party’ 15. Tinker Toys 16. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson 17. “Nobody’s perfect.” 18. Nikita Khrushchev 19. ‘Forbidden Planet’ 20. Tubby 21. The Cuban Missile Crisis 22. Joe DiMaggio 23. Calypso 24. Playing cards 25. The chemise (or the saque) 26. Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel 27. Duck’s Ass 28. The Hidden Persuaders 29. ‘ 30. General William C. Westmoreland 31. Twiggy 32. Ed Sullivan 33. Davy Crockett 34. The U2 Incident 35. The Everly Brothers 36. 37. Smell-O-Vision 38. Merv Griffin 39. The Edsel 40. Paul Winchell 41. Nabisco Shredded Wheat 42. ‘Love Me Tender’ 43. Arthur Godfrey 44. The March on 45. Quaker Puffed Wheat and Puffed Rice 46. Kellogg’s Rice Krispies 47. Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes 48. Wheaties 49. Maypo 50. Sugar Pops 51. 52. Ralph Kramden (Jackie Gleason on ‘The Honeymooners’) 53. Bucky Beaver 54. 55. Buster Brown 56. Maxwell Smart, Agent 86 (Don Adams on ‘Get Smart’) 57. Chief Thunderthud (Bill LeCornec on ‘The Howdy Doody Show’) 58. Mr. Ed 59. John Cameron Swayze 60. Holden Caulfield ( in J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye ) 61. Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins in ‘Psycho’) 62. Jimmy Durante 63. Muriel Cigar/ Edie Adams 64. Vaughn Meader (known for his impressions of President Kennedy, on his LP ‘The First Family’) 65. Red Skelton 66. Tweety 67. Chiquita Banana 68. Maynard G. Krebs (Bob Denver on ‘The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis’) 69. Pat Brady (sidekick on ‘The Roy Rogers Show’) 70. Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando in ‘On the Waterfront’) 71. Sgt. Joe Friday (Jack Webb on ‘Dragnet’) 72. Arnold Stang (advertising Chunky candy bars) 73. George Gobel 74. Jack Paar 75. Alfred E. Newman J 76. Porky Pig (signing off on ‘Looney Tunes’) 77. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy (in his inaugural speech) 78. Trigger 79. Buttermilk 80. Silver 81. Scout 82. Topper 83. Champion 84. Buckshot 85. Joker 86. Tornado 87. Diablo 88. Loco 89. ‘It’s Not Unusual’ (recorded by Tom Jones) 90. ‘Baby Talk’ (recorded by Jan and Dean) 91. ‘Don’t Bet Money, Honey’ (recorded by Linda Scott) 92. ‘Eve of Destruction’ (recorded by Barry McGuire) 93. ‘Great Balls of Fire’ (recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis) 94. ‘White Rabbit’ (recorded by Jefferson Airplane) 95. ‘Leader of the Pack’ (recorded by the Shangri-Las) 96. ‘You’ve Made Me So Very Happy’ (recorded by Blood, Sweat, and Tears) 97. ‘Kind of a Drag’ (recorded by The Buckinghams) 98. ‘Short Shorts’ (recorded by The Royal Teens) ‘ 99. ‘Lah Dee Dah’ (recorded by Billie and Lillie) 100. ‘Shrimp Boats Are A-Comin’’ (recorded by Jo Stafford) 101. ‘She Wears Red Feathers’ (recorded by Guy Mitchell) 102. ‘Like a Rolling Stone’ (recorded by Bob Dylan) 103. ‘Our Miss Brooks’ 104. ‘Sea Hunt’ 105. ‘Rootie Kazootie’ 106. ‘Winky Dink and You’ 107. ‘Junior Frolics’ 108. ‘Million Dollar Movie’ 109. ‘American Bandstand’ 110. ‘Topper’ 111. ‘Shock Theatre’ 112. ‘The Soupy Sales Show’ 113. Jell-O 114. Comb 115. Judge 116. Superman 117. 118. ‘Candid Camera’ 119. Calgon 120. Hands 121. Paladin … 122. Mouseketeer… Mouse Cartoon Time now is here. 123. The Twilight Zone 124. Ike 125. Westinghouse 126. Maidenform Bra 127. Howdy Doody Time 128. Somebody’s mother 129. You can dance to it 130. Mama |
