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Pop Quiz: The 50s

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1.

Frank Sinatra appeared in twenty movies during the '50s. Which of these films is not one of them?

Guys and Dolls
The Manchurian Candidate
From Here to Eternity

2.

Which of the following did not make its first appearance in the 1950s?

Kellogg's Sugar Frosted Flakes
Silly Putty™
Roll-on deodorant

3.

Where did Ike send U.S. Marines in July 1958, after proposing in his Eisenhower Doctrine that military and economic aid be sent to Middle Eastern nations against Communist aggression?

Israel
Lebanon
Jordan

4.

The 1994 movie Quiz Show was based on the scandalous rigging of which popular '50s show?

Twenty-One
I've Got a Secret
$64,000 Question

5.

Which year saw the publication of literary classics Dr. Zhivago, On the Road, and The Cat in the Hat?

1951
1957
1955

6.

Roughly how many Hula-Hoops did creator Wham-O sell in 1958?

100 million
19 million
41 million

7.

Which key event in the black civil rights movement happened in 1954?

Rosa Parks refuses to move to the back of a segregated bus in Montgomery, Ala.
Congress passes the first civil rights bill since 1875, establishing the Civil Rights Commission and protecting voting rights.
Supreme Court ends school segregation with its ruling in Brown v. Board of Education.

8.

Which song won the first Grammy Award, in 1958?

"Swingin' the Blues," Count Basie
"All I Have to Do Is Dream," Everly Brothers
"Nel blu dipinto di blu," Domenico Modugno