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1 So You Want to Know What Happened in 1955 coolicon
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 qns
654 plays
 Feb 03 09
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2 A Slice in Time: 1950s History coolicon
This is the first of my quizzes on the 1950's, the decade of Elvis, poodle skirts and bomb shelters. Good Luck!
 Tough 10 qns
1020 plays
 Jul 13 08
brewster76 gold
3 The 1950s icon
This is a quiz on one of the most dynamic and groundbreaking decades of the 20th century, the 1950s.
 Tough 15 qns
3726 plays
 Aug 30 05
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4 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 10 qns
987 plays
 Jul 18 08
brewster76 gold
5 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 10 qns
3633 plays
 Oct 12 00
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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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