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

Howdy Doody. The seats took an old nickname for a theater's cheapest balcony, whose occupants had a reputation for heckling the performers.

Q 02/05

Which toy sold its first 400 units at a 1945 demonstration in Philadelphia's Gimbels department store?

A) Silly Putty

B) Hula Hoop

C) Slinky

D) Frisbee

Answer · why

C) Slinky

Slinky. Naval engineer Richard James got the idea in 1943, when springs he knocked off a shelf 'walked' down instead of simply falling.

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 Ed Sullivan Show. Capitol had resisted releasing the Beatles in America, but after DJs aired a leaked copy it rushed out 'I Want to Hold Your Hand...

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

Dick Clark. He took over in 1956 after original host Bob Horn was arrested for drunk driving while his own station was running an anti-drunk-driving c...

Q 05/05

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

A) Wallkill

B) Saugerties

C) Bethel

D) Kingston

Answer · why

C) Bethel

Bethel. After the town of Wallkill turned the festival away, dairy farmer Max Yasgur rented out his fields, and hundreds of thousands of fans poured i...