Remembering the 50s - 1951 Americana

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1. What did an east coast politician and a west coast politician do for the first time on November 10, 1951? Used a direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service Sent a coast-to-coast telefax Debated on a coast-to-coast television hookup Received exactly the same number of election votes

2. What was "Hydraguide"? Rain tire Power steering Watercraft Auto-pilot

3. What did the Topps Company begin including with its chewing gum in 1951? TV character cards Baseball cards Puzzles Prizes

4. What did Mickey Mantle do on March 17, 1951? Hit his first home run as a New York Yankee Got married Struck out four times Played his first baseball game as a New York Yankee

5. President Harry Truman's firing of what popular figure caused a public uproar? Dwight Eisenhower Douglas MacArthur John Foster Dulles Adlai Stevenson

6. What fast-food drive-thru chain opened its first restaurant in San Diego in 1951? Dairy Queen Jack-in-the-Box Dairy King Shoney's

7. What new television show sparked a protest by the NAACP? I Love Lucy Beulah The Andy Griffith Show Amos 'n' Andy

8. What was unusual about Eddie Gaedel's pinch-hit at-bat for the St. Louis Browns on August 19, 1951? He was 87 years old He was a midget He was missing a leg He was blind

9. In July of 1951 "Catcher in the Rye" was published. What is the name of the novel's young narrator? Holden Caulfield Robert Ackley Phoebe Caulfield Faith Cavendish

10. For what 1951 movie based on a Tennessee William play does Marlon Brando don an undershirt? The Wild One Sayonara On the Waterfront A Streetcar Named Desire