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? Received exactly the same number of election votes Debated on a coast-to-coast television hookup Used a direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service Sent a coast-to-coast telefax

2. What was "Hydraguide"? Power steering Watercraft Rain tire 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? Played his first baseball game as a New York Yankee Struck out four times Hit his first home run as a New York Yankee Got married

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

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

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

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

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? Sayonara The Wild One A Streetcar Named Desire On the Waterfront