* 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?