1. Nine
   Ten
2. Eleven
   Twelve

Kennedy took the reins from President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1961, and, as we all know, was assassinated only two years later. Ten presidents after that brings us up to Donald J. Trump.

1. The '60s
   The '70s
2. The '80s
   The '90s

Although the Cube was invented in 1974, it wasn't patented for worldwide sales until 1980. From there, it caught fire, and is still popular today.

1. Orel Hershiser
   Tim Lincecum
2. Clayton Kershaw
   Nolan Ryan

Nolan Ryan was the second-youngest player in the major leagues when he took the mound for the Mets in 1966. Hershiser had his day in the 1980s, Kershaw is still pitching, and Lincecum's status is unknown (as of the writing of this quiz).

1. The Great Gatsby
   The Portrait of a Lady
2. Neuromancer
   1984

This was a pleasant piece of synchronicity. Apple introduced the Mac with a stunning commercial in which a young woman hurls a hammer into the ranting, televised face of Big Brother. It was great until the commercial's tagline, which suggested the Macintosh would be the reason "1984 won't be like '1984.'" What? A model of computer is going to stave off a totalitarian regime? How?

1. The '80s
   The '90s
2. The 2000s
   The 20-teens

Fun fact: In the movie "Fight Club," the narrator and Tyler Durden smash up a new Beetle, which reflected both Brad Pitt's and Edward Norton's dislike of the cynical repackaging of a '60s symbol for '90s consumption.

1. Peggy Fleming
   Linda Fratianne
2. Dorothy Hamill
   Kristi Yamaguchi

Hamill invented a new skating move, the "Hamill camel." But it was her haircut that girls and women across America could easily emulate.

1. The Cold War
   School segregation
2. Infectious disease
   Stock trading

"Domino theory" was the idea that communism would spread from nation to neighboring nation -- like dominoes falling -- unless it was stopped with force. Washington politicians were devout believers in it throughout the Cold War.

1. Charlie's Angels
   Happy Days
2. M*A*S*H
   St. Elsewhere

The '70s were "the best of times and the worst of times" for television. While a lot of "jiggle TV" and bad sitcoms premiered, shows like "M*A*S*H" upheld a brainy, playwright-like school of writing that has since disappeared from the small screen.

1. Geraldine Ferraro
   Carly Fiorina
2. Nancy Pelosi
   Maxine Waters

Geraldine Ferraro was Walter Mondale's running mate on the unsuccessful 1980 presidential ticket. It wasn't exactly new for women to be on a ticket. Women like VIctoria Woodhull ran for president as early as 1872, just without the cachet of a major party behind them.

1. Camelot
   Kubla Khan
2. Middle Earth
   Narnia

Kennedy's wife, Jackie, is credited with naming his White House "Camelot," after the famous court of King Arthur in British legend. It was briefly (and not very successfully) revived to describe Barack and Michelle Obama's White House.

1. France
   England
2. Japan
   Italy

Mod culture was marked with bright colors and synthetic fabrics, as punk culture would be a generation later. The "Austin Powers" movies are an excellent send-up of London's Mod scene.

1. Farrah Fawcett
   Cheryl Ladd
2. Kate Jackson
   Jaclyn Smith

Cheryl Ladd was brought in later, along with angels Shelley Hack and Tanya Roberts. Fun fact: Cheryl Ladd is the daughter of '40s and '50s actor Alan Ladd, and the mother of "Death Proof" actress Jordan Ladd.

1. Hershey's Kisses
   Peppermint bark
2. Reese's Pieces
   Skittles

Yes, in one of the 1980s most egregious cases of product placement, Reese's Pieces played a significant role in this Spielberg extravaganza. For a short time, the candy enjoyed a bump in popularity. (We'll stick with the peanut butter cups, thanks).

1. Fonzie
   J.R.
2. Laura Palmer
   Walter White

J.R. Ewing was the baddest of TV bad guys in the late '70s and early '80s. He survived his shooting, which turned out to have been committed by his angry mistress, Kristin.

1. Boxing
   Equestrian
2. Fencing
   Track and Field

The eyes of the world were on Carl Lewis when he tried to match Jesse Owens' feat of winning four gold medals at the 1984 Olympics. He did so, and continued to compete at the Olympic level until 1996.

1. Wes Craven
   Tobe Hooper
2. George Lucas
   Steven Spielberg

Craven, who died in 2015, was a soft-spoken former English teacher. He broke into horror films with the still-controversial "Last House on the Left" before settling down to make more mainstream fare like "Nightmare" and "Scream."

1. Buzz Aldrin
   Neil Armstrong
2. Alan Shepard
   Mark Coates

Shepard was preceded into space by Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. He made his space flight the same year, though: 1961.

1. The Centennial Park Olympic bombing
   The Oklahoma City bombing
2. The USS Cole attack
   The 1993 World Trade Center bombing

Richard Jewell, the security guard who discovered the bomb at the entertainment venue near the Olympic Games, was believed to be a glory-seeking "lone wolf" bomber. He was later exonerated​, and Eric Robert Rudolph later confessed to the attack. Rudolph was motivated by his opposition to abortion and wanted to embarrass the U.S. government, which sanctioned it.

1. Steve Wozniak
   Kevin Mitnick
2. Ross Ulbricht
   This has never been revealed.

Satoshi Nakamoto is the pseudonym of a person whose true identity has never been revealed, the inventor of Bitcoin. He turns up in a quiz on "America since the 1950s" because analysis of his log-on and log-off patterns strongly suggests he lives (or then lived) in the eastern half of the United States.

1. Chevrolet Corvette
   Ford Fairlane
2. Ford Mustang
   Nash Rambler

The first Mustangs were so named because they debuted in the middle of 1964. This wasn't a typical schedule for the releases of new cars. The Mustang proved so popular, that it's still with us today.

1. Fencing
   Golf
2. NASCAR
   Tennis

Tiger Woods was a child prodigy who became one of the most popular athletes of the late 1990s. In the late 2000s, though, his carefully maintained public persona fell apart among the revelations of many extramarital affairs, followed by a DUI arrest.

1. Rodney Dangerfield
   Howie Mandel
2. Jay Leno
   Ed McMahon

Leno campaigned tirelessly for the job, beating out Letterman, who was the expected heir. CBS jumped to give Letterman a rival show. This period of TV history is sometimes called "The Late Night Wars."

1. Decisive
   Getting Back to Even
2. Switch
   Who Moved My Cheese?

"Who Moved My Cheese?" was published in 1998 and was very widely read. It's a fable involving mice and cheese that illustrates how people do, as well as should, react to change.

1. Christian Dior
   Tommy Hilfiger
2. John Galliano
   Norma Kamali

American designer Tommy Hilfiger was particularly popular with hip-hop artists. This positioned his designs to filter into the mainstream, as dressed-down hip-hop style, overall, was big in the early 2000s.

1. Jimmy Carter
   George Bush
2. Lyndon B. Johnson
   Ronald Reagan

Carter is one of the rare presidents who became higher-profile after his occupation of the White House. He was considered an ineffective president, but is highly regarded for his post-presidential work.

1. Five
   Eight
2. Fifteen
   Eighteen

The original show went off the air in 1969. Interest in the concept didn't really revive until 1987, when "TNG" premiered. Now, of course, it's an entire franchise.

1. John Kasich
   John McCain
2. Mitt Romney
   Bill Richardson

John McCain died in mid-2018. He respectfully referred to Barack Obama as "my opponent, not my enemy" -- a lesson which American politics seems to have lost sight of in only 10 years' time.

1. Gerald Ford
   Lyndon B. Johnson
2. Ronald Reagan
   Donald Trump

In 1984, Ronald Reagan didn't think America needed to be made great again. He thought it already was -- thanks to four years of his leadership!

1. The '80s
   The '90s
2. The 2000s
   The 20-teens

While Dr. Atkins began to promote his diet in 1989, it wasn't until the early 2000s that it became a huge success. Enthusiasm cooled after Dr. Atkins died in a fall on icy pavement, which was rumored to have been caused by a heart attack. His estate denies this, but he did have a history of heart disease, casting doubt on the wisdom of "eating fat to lose fat."

1. The '60s
   The '70s
2. The '80s
   The '90s

Mapping the human genome was one of the marquee scientific accomplishments of the late 20th century. But it barely made it into that time frame. The results were published in 2000.

1. Drink alcohol
   Carry prescription drugs
2. Smoke
   Call a flight attendant a "stewardess"

The smoking ban began in 1988, on domestic flights of two hours or fewer. It became an across-the-board prohibition in 2000. This is only for U.S.-based airlines. Some airlines in other countries still allow smoking.

1. One
   Two
2. Three
   Four

In an odd coincidence, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump were all born in 1946. This means that America has elected increasingly older men to lead the country since 1992 -- not necessarily a good thing for fresh thinking. (Sorry, AARP!)

1. The Bridges of Madison County
   Eat, Pray, Love
2. Northanger Abbey
   Me Without You

"The Bridges of Madison County" was the story of a lonely farmer's wife and a National Geographic photographer who have a life-changing affair in 1960s Iowa. It was so popular that it inspired a parody, "The Ditches of Edison County."

1. Chariots of Fire
   The English Patient
2. Rocky
   Schindler's List

"Chariots of Fire" won Best Picture of 1981. It was a biographical film about two athletes, one Jewish and one Christian, whose religious convictions both fuel and hinder their athletic aspirations. Both were Cambridge runners who went to the Paris Olympics.

1. 1998
   2003
2. 2007
   It is still operational.

The core part of the ISS was launched in 1998, and additions were made in space thereafter. It will continue to operate for about another 10 years.