Do You Remember 1956?

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

2. Who denounced Stalin in 1956? Krushchev Molotov Malenkov 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? David Niven Peter O'Toole Lawrence Olivier Dirk Bogard

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

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

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

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

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

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