Movies From The 50s
Who is the star in the 1954 movie A Star is Born?
Judy Garland
Which president was the first president to be sworn in by his nickname?
Jimmy Carter (1924- ), 39th President.
Born James Earl Carter Jr., he was sworn in as “Jimmy,” which made him the first and the only president (so far) to be sworn in by his nickname.
Who wrote the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”, published in 1960?
Harper Lee
South Dakota
Pierre
What is the only number that has the same number of letters as its value in English?
Four
A 1954 movie took viewers how many leagues under the sea?
20000
Which president was a Rhodes Scholar?
Bill Clinton (1946- ), 42nd President.
In 1968, Clinton received the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship from Oxford University. While at Oxford, he studied law and was active in student life, particularly protests against the Vietnam War.
Who is the author of The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy?
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illinois
Springfield
What do you call a number that cannot be divided evenly by any other number except for 1 and itself?
Prime Number
In which country was 50s movie star Elizabeth Taylor born?
England
Who was the only man to be elected twice as U.S. Vice President and twice as President of the United States?
Richard Nixon (1913-1994), 37th President.
Who is the author of the book “A Brief History of Time”?
Stephen Hawking
Kansas
Topeka
What is the name of the paradox where a set is defined by a rule that seems to contradict itself?
Russell’s paradox
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Who plays Victor Frankenstein in the 1957 movie?
Peter Cushing
Before Ronald Reagan, this president was the first to be featured in a dramatic film?
Grover Cleveland (1837-1908), 22nd and 24th President.
Cleveland has the distinction of being the first president to appear, however brief, in a dramatic film. In 1895, Alexander Black (1859–1940), an American photographer, former newspaper man, and the inventor of the pre-cinema “Picture Play,” approached Cleveland to appear in his film. The president agreed and starred in the silent film A Capital Courtship (1896), a photoplay in which he was filmed signing a bill into law.
Who wrote “The Little Mermaid”?
Hans Christian Andersen
Nevada
Carson City
Who is known as the “Father of Geometry”?
Euclid
Charlton Heston plays which Biblical character in The 10 Commandments?
Moses
ne of America’s most well known American poems by Walt Whitman begins:
O Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weathered every track
The prize we sought is won.
In this poem, Whitman’s captain is this president?
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 16th President.
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“Being and Time” is an ontological treatise written by which German philosopher?
Martin Heidegger
North Dakota
Bismarck
What is the value of pi (π) to the first five decimal places?
3.14159