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Who is Johnny Cash?
This singer's first #1 hit was "Walk the Line" in 1956.
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Who is Rosa Parks?
This woman refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955.
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Who are the Red Sox?
This team holds the records for the most hits in one inning - 14 against the Tigers in 1953.
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What is "made in the shade"?
This rhyming phrase related to shadows means "an easy success."
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What are the Baby Boomers?
This generation was born during the 1950s.
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Who is Marilyn Monroe?
This woman graced the cover of the first Playboy Magazine.
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Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
This president of the United States was in office from Jan. 20, 1953 to Jan. 20, 1961.
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Who is Hulk Hogan?
This wrestler known for his hair color and mustache was born in 1953.
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What is "square"?
This is a term for a person who conforms to social norms is in the shape family.
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What is 2?
This many stars was added to the flag in 1959.
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What is 1955?
This was the year that Disneyland first opened.
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What is 1953?
This is the year that Queen Elizabeth II became head of state in Great Britain.
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What is 5?
The Yankees had a World Series winning streak that ended in 1953, winning a total of this many games in this streak.
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What is "a bash"?
This term, also meaning "to attack," came to refer to a party in the 1950s.
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Who is Jonas Salk?
This man successfully created a vaccine for Polio in 1952.
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What is The Price is Right?
This gameshow aired for the first time in 1956.
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Who is Fulgencio Batista?
This man was overthrown by Fidel Castro in 1959.
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What is Texas?
This state received their first football team in 1952.
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What is "circled."
Another shape term, this means "married."
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Who is Sir Edmund Hillary?
This was the first man to climb Mt. Everest in 1953.
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What is the Mousetrap?
In 1952, this longest running play opened in London.
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Who is Joseph McCarthy?
This senator from Wisconsin held a hearing in 1954 to root out Communists.
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Who is Althea Gibson?
This was the first black woman to win a major tennis title.
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What is a "passion pit"?
This alternate term for a drive-in movie theater is also the name of a band formed in 2007 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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What is Malpasset Dam?
On December 2, 1959, this dam in southern France collapsed and water flowed over the town of Fréjus, killing 412.
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