Nostalgia Fact or Fiction
Instructions: Read each statement carefully and mark whether it is True (T) or False (F).
- 1.
The first TV dinner was introduced by Swanson in 1953.
- 2.
Elvis Presley's first hit single was 'Jailhouse Rock' in 1955.
- 3.
The hula hoop craze swept America in 1958, selling 25 million in the first four months.
- 4.
The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time in 1963.
- 5.
The original Woodstock music festival lasted for three days in August 1969.
- 6.
The board game Monopoly was invented during the Great Depression in the 1930s by Charles Darrow.
- 7.
I Love Lucy was the first TV show to be filmed before a live studio audience using three cameras.
- 8.
The first James Bond film, 'Dr. No,' was released in 1960.
- 9.
Drive-in movie theaters peaked in the late 1950s with over 4,000 screens across America.
- 10.
The TV show M*A*S*H finale in 1983 was watched by over 105 million viewers, making it the most-watched broadcast in American TV history at the time.
- 11.
Disneyland opened in Los Angeles, California in 1955.
- 12.
The Sony Walkman, the first portable cassette player, was introduced in 1979.
- 13.
Pac-Man was originally called 'Puck Man' when it was first released in Japan in 1980.
- 14.
The Rubik's Cube was invented in the 1980s by a Hungarian professor.
- 15.
Saturday Night Fever starring John Travolta was released in 1977 and helped popularize disco music.
- 16.
The original Star Wars film was initially a box office disappointment when released in 1977.
- 17.
Color television broadcasts became widely available in American homes during the 1950s.
- 18.
The popular TV show 'Happy Days' was set in the 1950s and 1960s Milwaukee.
- 19.
The 8-track tape cartridge was the most popular music format throughout the 1980s.
- 20.
The first microwave oven for home use was sold in 1967 by Amana.