Trivia – 1950`s - Benson bunnies class of 1971

Trivia – 1950’s
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Questions and Answers
1. What year was An Affair To Remember, with Deborah Kerr and Cary Grant released?
A.1953
B.1957
C.1955
D.1959
2. Who became the host of Bandstand in 1956 at the age of 26?
A.Kasey Kasem
B.Frankie Lymon
C.Alan Freed
D.Dick Clark
3. What legendary actor of the screen and stage was in the 1951 movie, A Streetcar Named Desire?
A.Marlon Brando
B.James Dean
C.Steve McQueen
D.Elvis Presley
4. What is the name of the TV show that featured Jackie Gleason in 1951?
5. What movie from 1954, set in the Amazon, starred Clint Eastwood as a laboratory assistant
6. What TV show ousted I Love Lucy from the #1 spot in the TV rating in October 1957?
A.The $64,000 Question
B.Gunsmoke
C.Lassie
D.The Danny Thomas Show
7. Name one of the two famous actresses in the 1953 film How to Marry a Millionaire.
8. In October 1950, the #1 rated TV show was the ______ Star Theater.
A.Northern
B.Dallas
C.Wonder Bread
D.Texaco
9. TV Guide was first published in ______________.
Answers: B / 2. D / 3.A /4. The Honeymooners /5 Creature from the Black Lagoon /
6. B / 7. Lauren Bacall or Betty Grable / 8. D / 9. 1953
Prices for 1950
House: $14,500
Average income: $3,216
Ford car: $1339-$2262
Philco model 1403 TV: $199
Admiral “home entertainment” TV system: $549.50
12″ records: $4.85
10″ records: $2.85
Milk: $.82
Gas: $.20
Bread $.14
Postage stamp: $.03
Pumpkins : $.02 cents a lb
Campbell’s Pork & Beans – (2) 1 lb. cans: $.25
Sirloin steak: $.77 lb
Kraft Mayonnaise – quart jar: $.62.
These are some of the things you may have seen advertised Below and how much food and groceries cost in the
50's
American Cheese 45 cents per pound New Hampshire New Hampshire 1950
Apples 39 cents for 2 pounds Florida 1952
Bananas 27 cents for 2 pounds Ohio 1957
Box of Chocolates $1.86 for 1lb Florida 1955
Cabbage 6 cents per pound New Hampshire 1950
Campbells Tomato Soup 10 cents Ohio 1957
Carnation Milk Can 14 cents Ohio 1957
Chickens 43 cents per pound New Hampshire 1950
Chuck Roast 59 cents per pound Florida 1952
Coffee 37 cents 1 pound Florida 1952
Eggs 79 cents for a dozen New Jersey 1956
Family Style Loaf of bread 12 cents Florida 1952
Frozen Chicken Pie 19 cents Ohio 1957
Frozen green Beans 24 cents per 1/2 pound New Hampshire 1950
Gerbers Baby Foods 10 cents California 1959
Grape Jelly 19 cents Ohio 1957
grapefruit 25 cents for 6 Florida 1952
Hamburger meat 89 cents for 3 pounds Ohio 1957
Heinz Cream of Tomato 25 cents for 2 cans Tennessee 1952
Hunts Fruit Cocktail 23 cents per can Ohio 1957
Hunts Tomato Juice 15 cents California 1959
Jiffy Cake Mix 10 cents Ohio 1957
Juicy Oranges 69 cents for 2 dozen New Hampshire 1950
Kelloggs Shreaded Wheat 18 cents Ohio 1957
Kraft Cheese Slices 29 cents pk New Hampshire 1950
Potatoes 10 lb bag 35 cents Kansas 1953
Porterhouse Steak 95 cents lb Maine 1950
Lamb Chops 49 Cents per pound New Hampshire 1950