1950s Nostalgia Trivia Answer Key
1. TVs and Movies
1. Which TV show featured a character named Yogi Bear for the first time?
Correct Answer: B) The Huckleberry Hound Show
2. What was the name of the quiz show emceed by Bud Collyer from 1950-1956?
Correct Answer: B) Beat the Clock
3. Which actress played Annie Oakley in the TV series of the same name?
Correct Answer: D) Gale Storm
4. Which movie from the 1950s features a giant dinosaur awakened by nuclear testing?
Correct Answer: A) The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
5. What was the first movie to be shown on television?
Correct Answer: D) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
2. History
6. Who was the US President for most of the 1950s?
Correct Answer: B) Dwight D. Eisenhower
7. Which country launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, into space?
Correct Answer: C) Soviet Union
8. What significant event in 1953 involved Queen Elizabeth II?
Correct Answer: A) Her coronation
9. Which conflict ended with an armistice in 1953?
Correct Answer: B) The Korean War
10. What was the name of the first successful heart-lung machine, used in 1953?
Correct Answer: C) The Gibbon
3. Education
11. What was a common tool in schools for discipline in the 1950s?
Correct Answer: B) The paddle
12. Which subject was added to school curriculums due to the space race?
Correct Answer: D) Physics
13. What was a typical school day like in the 1950s in terms of length?
Correct Answer: B) 6 hours
14. What was the name of the educational TV show that aired in the 1950s teaching children about science and history?
Correct Answer: A) Mr. Wizard
15. Which of these was NOT a common classroom feature in the 1950s?
Correct Answer: C) Smartboards
4. Lifestyle
16. What was the average price of a new house in the 1950s in the US?
Correct Answer: B) $10,000
17. What was a popular fashion trend for women in the 1950s?
Correct Answer: B) Poodle skirts
18. What was the typical cost of a gallon of gas in the 1950s?
Correct Answer: B) 25 cents
19. Which of these was NOT a common household appliance in the 1950s?
Correct Answer: B) Microwave
20. What was a popular car model in the 1950s known for its tailfins?
Correct Answer: B) Chevrolet Bel Air
5. Music
21. Who was known as the "King of Rock 'n' Roll"?
Correct Answer: C) Elvis Presley
22. Which song by Bill Haley & His Comets is considered one of the first rock 'n' roll hits?
Correct Answer: C) Rock Around the Clock
23. What was the first album by The Platters to reach number one?
Correct Answer: B) The Great Pretender
24. Which singer was known as "The Killer"?
Correct Answer: A) Jerry Lee Lewis
25. Which of these artists did NOT perform at the Newport Jazz Festival in the 1950s?
Correct Answer: C) The Beatles
