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Which president of the United States was in office from Jan. 20, 1953 to Jan. 20, 1961?                                                       



    

                                                                                  

Dwight D. Eisenhower                    

                            


                                              

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Which famous song sung by Doris Day was introduced in the 1956 Hitchcock thriller,The Man Who Knew Too Much?

Que Sera Sera

100

Which aspiring rock and roll singer appeared on the Ed Sullivan show in 1956, but could only be shown from the waist up?

Elvis Presley

200

Which disease did Dr. Jonas Salk successfully create a vaccine for in 1952?                      

                                                       


    

Polio

200

What singer had a hit with Sixteen Tons in 1955?

Tennessee Ernie Ford

200

Which rising young star from the movie Rebel Without a Cause died in an automobile accident in 1955?

James Dean

300

What was the name of the first satellite launched into orbit by Russia in 1957?                

                                                       


    

Sputnik

300

Which group had a hit with Twilight Time in 1958

The Platters

300

What famous baseball player married Marilyn Monroe in 1954?

Joe DiMaggio

400

What year did Disney Land Open?                                                 


    

1955

400

Which smoky-voiced singer sang Too Young in 1951?

Nat King Cole

400

What piece of women's clothing, named after a dog, became popular in the 1950s?

Poodle Skirt

500

What famous explorer first climbed Mount Everest in 1953?

Sir Edmund Hillary

500

What Cleveland disc jockey first used the term "Rock N Roll" in 1951?

Alan Freed

500

What piece of women's clothing, named after a dog, became popular in the 1950s?

The Price is Right

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