50+ Best Trivia for Seniors Questions & Answers

Question: Which woman became famous for making a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean?

Answer: Emelia Earhart

Question: At what age can you start to receive Social Security retirement benefits in the US?

Answer: 62

Question: If you were born in 1955, how old would you be today (2022)?

Answer: 67 years old

Question: What kind of skirt was fashionable in the 1960s?

Answer: Mini Skirt

Question: In which film did Humphrey Bogart say, "We'll always have Paris?"

Answer: Casablanca

Question: In 1955, a woman refused to give up her seat on a bus in Alabama. What was her name?

Answer: Rosa Parks

Question: Who was the first person of color in the US to make commercial records?

Answer: George Washington Johnson

Question: What were the Three Stooges’ names?

Answer: Moe, Larry & Curly

Question: Who was the British fashion designer that invented the miniskirt in 1964?

Answer: Mary Quant

Question: In 1972, which Olympic athlete set a record by winning 7 gold medals?

Answer: Mark Spitz

Question: What was the name of the first novel that was ever written using a typewriter?

Answer: Tom Sawyer

Question: What famous actress married baseball player Joe DiMaggio 1954?

Answer: Marilyn Monroe

Question: A masterly stroke is sometimes called a 'tour de WHAT'?

Answer: Force

Question: What was the brand behind the first commercial for TV dinners?

Answer: Swanson

Question: Bob Dylan said you should not trust people over a certain age. What age was that?

Answer: 30

Question: Which blood type is known as the universal donor?

Answer: O Negative

Question: What famous explorer was the first to climb Mount Everest in 1953?

Answer: Sir Edmund Hillary

Question: What did boxer Cassius Clay choose to change his name to?

Answer: Muhammad Ali

Question: What year did the Beatles officially disband?

Answer: 1971

Question: Which famous singer of the 40s and 50s had the nickname 'Ol' Blue Eyes'?

Answer: Frank Sinatra

Question: Which member of the royal family became head of state in Great Britain in 1953?

Answer: Queen Elizabeth II

Question: Who was the popular ’50s TV figure on the first nationally televised American children’s TV program?

Answer: Howdy Doody

Question: What disease did Dr. Jonas Salk create a vaccine for in 1952?

Answer: Polio

Question: What did the U.S. Postal Service add in 1963 that is part of every address today?

Answer: Zip codes

Question: Whose death postponed the 1968 Oscars for 48-hours and led to huge civil unrest in the US?

Answer: Martin Luther King, Jr.

Question: Which mountain did George Mallory want to climb 'because it is there'?

Answer: Mt. Everest

Question: What was the name of the assassin who was killed by Jack Ruby?

Answer: Lee Harvey Oswald

Question: Which famous actor says the iconic phrase 'you talkin' to me' in the 1976 movie Taxi Driver?

Answer: Robert De Niro

Question: Who was President of the United States from 1953 to 1961?

Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower

Question: Who was the rising young star from the movie Rebel Without a Cause and Giant that died in an automobile accident in 1955?

Answer: James Dean

Question: What kind of accident rendered actor Christopher Reeves paralyzed?

Answer: Horseback riding

Question: Who was the first African-American man to serve on the Supreme Court?

Answer: Thurgood Marshall

Question: What is the capital of Norway?

Answer: Oslo

Question: Who did Time Magazine name 'Man of the Year' in 1938?

Answer: Adolf Hitler

Question: Who wrote the "Star Spangled Banner"?

Answer: Francis Scott-Key

Question: Which president resigned in 1974 over the Watergate scandal?

Answer: Richard Nixon

Question: What was the name of the 1942 classic movie starring Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart?

Answer: Casablanca

Question: Who became Premier of the Soviet Union in 1958?

Answer: Nikita Khrushchev

Question: Which actress, whose career spanned from the 30s to the 80s, has won the most Academy Awards?

Answer: Katharine Hepburn

Question: Which 1960s heartthrob made their Broadway debut in 1953?

Answer: Paul Newman

Question: In 1960, someone used a U-2 plane for spying and was imprisoned by Russia. Who did it?

Answer: Gary Powers

Question: Which political figure was released from prison in 1990 after serving 27-years?

Answer: Nelson Mandela

Question: From 1948 to 1971, a popular variety show was a hit on television. It remained on the air for more than two decades. Who hosted this show?

Answer: Ed Sullivan

Question: Who landed at 17 Cherry Tree Lane in a well-known and loved Walt Disney movie from 1964?

Answer: Mary Poppins

Question: What was a passion pit in the 1950s?

Answer: Drive-in Movie Theater

Question: Who overthrew Fulgencio Batista in 1959 and became dictator of Cuba?

Answer: Fidel Castro

Question: Racial segregation in schools becomes unconstitutional in what year?

Answer: 1954

Question: What act was implemented in 1964 that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, national origin, gender, or religion?

Answer: The Civil Rights Act

Question: In what year did the Woodstock Music Festival take place?

Answer: 1969

Question: What was the name of the Cleveland disc jockey who first used the term “Rock N Roll” in 1951?

Answer: Alan Freed