Q 01/05

Which 1950s children's show seated its young audience in bleachers called the Peanut Gallery?

A) Captain Kangaroo

B) Kukla, Fran and Ollie

C) Romper Room

D) Howdy Doody

Answer · why

D) Howdy Doody

Buffalo Bob opened every show by asking the kids what time it was, and about 40 of them yelled the answer back in unison.

Q 02/05

The Slinky sold 400 units in 90 minutes after a 1945 demonstration at which Philadelphia department store?

A) Wanamaker's

B) Strawbridge's

C) Gimbels

D) Lit Brothers

Answer · why

C) Gimbels

Naval engineer Richard James had knocked a spring off a shelf two years earlier and watched it 'walk' away, which is the whole product.

Q 03/05

The Beatles' first live US TV appearance in February 1964 drew over 73 million viewers to which programme?

A) The Tonight Show

B) The Steve Allen Show

C) Your Hit Parade

D) The Ed Sullivan Show

Answer · why

D) The Ed Sullivan Show

The night is generally treated as the start of American Beatlemania and the wider British Invasion.

Q 04/05

Who hosted American Bandstand for more than three decades?

A) Ed McMahon

B) Casey Kasem

C) Wolfman Jack

D) Dick Clark

Answer · why

D) Dick Clark

He took over in 1956 after original host Bob Horn was fired, and stayed until the show ended in 1989.

Q 05/05

The 1969 Woodstock festival was actually held on a dairy farm in which New York town?

A) Woodstock

B) Saugerties

C) Bethel

D) Kingston

Answer · why

C) Bethel

Max Yasgur's farm was 60 miles from the town of Woodstock; the organisers had told local officials to expect no more than 50,000 people.