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1 So You Want to Know What Happened in 1955
Have you always had a burning desire to know what happened in 1955? Whether you have or not, here are ten questions about that eventful year.
Easy
10 Q
deputygary
Feb 03 09
867 plays
2 A Slice in Time: 1950s History
This is the first of my quizzes on the 1950's, the decade of Elvis, poodle skirts and bomb shelters. Good Luck!
Tough
10 Q
brewster76
Jul 13 08
1167 plays
3 The 1950s
This is a quiz on one of the most dynamic and groundbreaking decades of the 20th century, the 1950s.
Tough
15 Q
philipstevens
Aug 30 05
3885 plays
4 A Slice in Time: 1950s History Part 2
This is the second of my quizzes that salutes the decade of the Baby Boom, bomb shelters and the birth McDonalds. Good luck!
Tough
10 Q
brewster76
Jul 18 08
1062 plays
5 The 20th Century - 1951-1960
Another in the series, this quiz covers events in the decade of the 1950s. One question per year. Good Luck!
Tough
10 Q
sportcon
Oct 12 00
3780 plays
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Last Updated Nov 21 09 5:45 AM

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?


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