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1 trivia quiz  A Slice in Time: 1950s History Part 2 icon
This is the second of my quizzes that salutes the decade of the Baby Boom, bomb shelters and the birth McDonalds. Good luck!
Tough 10Q
597 plays
Jul 18 08
brewster76 gold
2 trivia quiz  A Slice in Time: 1950s History icon
This is the first of my quizzes on the 1950's, the decade of Elvis, poodle skirts and bomb shelters. Good Luck!
Average 10Q
435 plays
Jul 13 08
brewster76 gold
3 trivia quiz  The 1950s icon
This is a quiz on one of the most dynamic and groundbreaking decades of the 20th century, the 1950s.
Tough 15Q
3342 plays
Aug 30 05
philipstevens
4 trivia quiz  The 20th Century - 1951-1960 icon
Another in the series, this quiz covers events in the decade of the 1950s. One question per year. Good Luck!
Tough 10Q
3195 plays
Oct 12 00
sportcon

Some sample questions from this category:

* Who, in 1952, was the first sex-change operation performed on at Copenhagen Hospital in Denmark?
* Which World War II leader died in March 1953?
* In 1954, the U.S. Navy launched the world's first nuclear powered submarine, the Nautilus. Who was the head of the Navy's nuclear submarine program?
* Rock 'n Roll is said to have started in 1955 with the release of one of these recordings. Which?
* Jacques Cousteau, a world leader in oceanographic studies obtained photographs of ocean depths down some four and a half miles in 1956. What was the name of Cousteau's research ship?
* Successfully launched in 1957, what was the name of the first man-made satellite?
* In 1958, a petition urging a ban on nuclear bomb tests and signed by 9000 scientists from 43 countries was presented to United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold. Who was selected to present the petition?
* In 1959, the European Common Market began with six member nations. Which of the following countries was NOT one of the six?
* In 1960, Israeli agents captured former Nazi Adolf Eichmann. In which South American country was he captured?
* Who succeeded Joseph Stalin as Premier of the Soviet Union after his death on 5th March 1953?
* Where was Queen Elizabeth II on 6th February 1952 when her father died and she ascended to the British throne?
* Which wartime hero won an election on 26th October 1951?
* Which conflict officially began on 25th June 1950?
* Who ran the four minute mile on 6th May 1954?
* Which of these countries did NOT sign the Warsaw Pact on 15th May 1955?
* Which of these iconic figures died on 30th September 1955?
* Rosa Parks? refusal to give up her seat on a bus led to a bus boycott in which state?
* On 22nd February 1956, Elvis Presley entered the music charts for the first time with what song?
* On 24th October 1958, Angelo Roncalli became Pope. What name did he take?
* Arthur Miller?s play ?The Crucible? was based on which event of the 1950s?

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