Do You Remember 1956?

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1. Which television program would you NOT have been able to watch in 1956? Bonanza The Edge of Night As the World Turns The Price Is Right

2. Who denounced Stalin in 1956? Malenkov Krushchev Molotov Kaganovich

3. What was Elvis Presley's FIRST number one pop hit? Answer: (Two Words, both start with the same letter)

4. The Oscar winning movie 'Around the World in 80 Days' was released in 1956. Which actor starred in it? Dirk Bogard Lawrence Olivier David Niven Peter O'Toole

5. Where were the Summer Olympics held in 1956? Rome Mexico City Helsinki Melbourne

6. After Egypt took over the Suez Canal in 1956, which two countries attacked Egypt in 1956, after an initial Israeli attack? USSR and Yugoslavia Britain and France Britain and the Sudan Britain and India

7. Which ship rammed the Andrea Doria, causing her to sink? Carpathia Stockholm Copenhagen Marie Celeste

8. Whom did Marilyn Monroe marry in 1956? Joe DiMaggio Arthur Miller Neil Simon Frank Sinatra

9. In 1956 a vaccine for this disease, developed by Dr Jonas Salk, was first marketed. What was this disease? smallpox tetanus diptheria Polio

10. Audrey Hepburn starred in the Broadway production of 'My Fair Lady'. True or False? True False