1957 - It Was A Very Good Year Quiz

Answer: Barker

Laika was originally thought to have died after four days in space. In 2002 it was revealed that she died about five hours into the flight from stress and overheating.

Answer: Indonesia

President Sukarno had visited Tjikini elementary school to take part in the school's anniversary celebrations. As he left, five grenades were thrown. He survived the attack but ten people were killed and 48 injured.

In July 1963 President Sukarno had himself proclaimed President for Life. He was forced to hand over his executive powers on 11th March 1966 and stripped of his presidential title on 12th March 1967. He remained under house arrest until his death on 21st June 1970.

Answer: Arkansas

Orval Faubus was the governor known for his stand against racial integration in schools in Little Rock. He deployed the Arkansas National Guard to block nine black students from entering Little Rock Central High School.

Answer: Audrey

Approximately four hundred people died when Hurricane Audrey struck. It is the sixth deadliest storm to have hit the US since accurate record-keeping began. Since 1957, the only hurricane to have caused greater loss of life in the US was Hurricane Katrina in 2005, which was responsible for over eighteen hundred deaths.

Answer: Christopher Dean

Ice-skater Christopher Dean was born on July 27, 1958. He and Jayne Torvill are best remembered for winning a gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo in 1984, when they danced to Ravel's Bolero.

Born Simon Ritchie, Sid Vicious was apparently named after Johnny Rotten's pet hamster, who once took a chunk out of him.

Answer: The Cavern Club

The original Cavern Club closed in March 1973 and the site is now a car park. In the 1980s a new club was built next to the original site, using some of the original bricks. It closed again in 1989 but came under new ownership in 1991 and is still used as a music venue today.

Answer: West Side Story

"West Side Story" premiered at the Winter Garden Theatre on September 26, 1957. "My Fair Lady" premiered on March 15, 1956 at the Mark Hellinger Theatre. "Oklahoma!" was first performed on Broadway on March 31, 1943 at the St James Theatre. "The King and I" premiered on March 29, 1951, also at the St James Theatre.

An interesting fact that I unearthed was that Elvis Presley was originally approached for the role of Tony in the film version of West Side Story. However, his manager felt the role to be wrong for him and turned it down.

Answer: Dr Zhivago (by Boris Pasternak)

"The Hobbit" was first published in 1937, "Rosemary's Baby" was first published in 1967 and "The Silmarillion" was first published in 1977.

Astonishingly, parts of "Dr Zhivago" were written in the 1910s and 1920s, but it was not completed until 1956.

Answer: Harold Macmillan

Anthony Eden is best remembered as being Prime Minister at the time of the Suez Crisis of 1956. He was created Earl of Avon in 1961.

Arthur Neville Chamberlain was Prime Minister from 1937-1940. Winston Churchill was Prime Minister from 1940-1945 and led the country through World War II. Despite his massive personal popularity, the Conservatives lost the General Election in 1945 and Churchill was replaced by Clement Attlee. Churchill was re-elected Prime Minister in 1951 and Anthony Eden took over from him in 1955. Harold Macmillan was Prime Minister from 1957-1963.

Answer: Bridge on the River Kwai

"Bridge on the River Kwai" won Academy Awards for Best Director, Best Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Picture, Best Film Editing, Best Music and Best Adapted Screenplay. It was set against the background of the building of the Burma Railway, during which about 96,000 people died.

"The Dambusters" was released in 1954, "633 Squadron" in 1964 and "Battle of Britain" in 1969.