| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | SO I'M READING THIS BOOK $800: 1950s self-help, opening strong: "BELIEVE IN YOURSELF!" (in all caps) "Have faith in your abilities!" The Power of Positive Thinking |
| #8702, aired 2022-09-20 | BEFORE & AFTER PEOPLE $800: Iconic 1950s movie "Rebel" who was a member of the Rat Pack James Dean Martin |
| #8002, aired 2019-05-28 | 1950s PEOPLE $400: Israel offered this physicist the presidency in 1952; feeling he didn't have the personality for the job, he declined Einstein |
| #8002, aired 2019-05-28 | 1950s PEOPLE $800: In 1950 this sen. said there were 205 Communists in the State Dept. but in Sen. testimony gave no proof of a single card carrier Joe McCarthy |
| #8002, aired 2019-05-28 | 1950s PEOPLE $1200: William M. Gaines wasn't worried when he launched this irreverent humor magazine in 1952 Mad |
| #8002, aired 2019-05-28 | 1950s PEOPLE $1600: Born in New York, she moved with her family to Greece & was back for her Metropolitan Opera debut as Norma in 1956 Maria Callas |
| #8002, aired 2019-05-28 | 1950s PEOPLE $11,381 (Daily Double): In 1954 he ran unoppposed for president of Cuba (Fulgencio) Batista |
| #7540, aired 2017-05-26 | BACK TO BACK TO THE FUTURE $800: This car was chosen to be the time machine because it would look like a spaceship to people in the 1950s a DeLorean |
| #7128, aired 2015-09-16 | HISTORY $800: In the 1950s the Mau Mau movement among the Kikuyu people battled Colonial rule in this East African country Kenya |
| #6820, aired 2014-04-18 | 1950s SCI-FI FILMS $400: "They Came From Another World" was the working title for this classic featuring alien pod people Invasion of the Body Snatchers |
| #6820, aired 2014-04-18 | 1950s SCI-FI FILMS $2000: An alien named Klaatu gets people's attention by briefly shutting down electricity the world over in this 1951 film The Day The Earth Stood Still |
| #6592, aired 2013-04-23 | "DE" BEST PEOPLE $1600: In the 1950s this American heart surgeon pioneered aneurysm repair (Michael) DeBakey |
| #6511, aired 2012-12-31 | PEOPLE ARE READING... $200: "An American Son", by this senator whose parents left Cuba in the 1950s Marco Rubio |
| #5846, aired 2010-02-01 | COLLEGE FADS $400: Ah, the 1950s...
time for panty raids & the stuffing of these small structures with as many people as possible phone booths |
| #5792, aired 2009-11-17 | TANK ARRAY $800: In this 1950s war the People's Army at first outgunned the Americans with Soviet-made T-34 tanks the Korean War |
| #5066, aired 2006-09-25 | 1950s MOVIES $2000: People often cite this 1950 Japanese film when describing situations seen differently by different people Rashômon |
| #5002, aired 2006-05-16 | RADIO $1600: In 2005 NPR revived this 1950s program in which people state their credos This I Believe |
| #4081, aired 2002-05-06 | PEOPLE FROM INDIA $800: In the 1950s he directed the landmark "Apu" trilogy of films Satyajit Ray |
| #3384, aired 1999-04-29 | AIRPORT PEOPLE $600: Washington, D.C.: A 1950s secretary of state John Foster Dulles |
| #2924, aired 1997-04-24 | HISTORIC PEOPLE $600: "It's Good To Be Alive" is the autobiography of this 1950s Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella |
| #2684, aired 1996-04-11 | PEOPLE $800: He wrote & directed the 1950s film "The Seventh Seal", which i based on his own play "Tramalning" (Ingmar) Bergman |
| #2114, aired 1993-11-11 | PEOPLE $200: In the 1950s fashion designer Ralph Lifshitz changed his name to this Ralph Lauren |
| #2025, aired 1993-05-28 | THE 1950s $200: Time said this Pope's strolls through the streets of Rome had people calling him "Johnnie Walker" Pope John XXIII |
| #1752, aired 1992-03-24 | THE 1950s $1,200 (Daily Double): On November 5, 1957 people in Tokyo reported seeing this Soviet space dog fly over Laika |
