Round 1
What year did California's Disneyland first open?
A. 1953
B. 1955
C. 1956
B. 1955
Who sang Ring of Fire?
Johnny Cash
What was the name of the first dog in space?
Laika
What is the name of the 1940 American comedy-western film featuring Mae West and W.C. Fields?
A. Bonanza
B. The Yearling
C. My Little Chickadee
C. My Little Chickadee
This comic book character was seen punching Adolph Hitler in the face on the cover of his first issue before the United States entered World War 2.
A. Superman
B. The Peanuts
C. Captain America
C. Captain America
Which disease did Dr. Jonas Salk successfully create a vaccine for in 1952?
A. Polio
B. Chrone's Disease
C. Influenza
A. Polio
Which popular entertainer was inducted into the US Army in 1958?
Elvis Presley
The Ponderosa was a fictional ranch featured in which 1959 western?
A. Chayenne
B. Bonanza
C. The Lone Ranger
B. Bonanza
What was the highest-grossing film of 1940?
A. Little Women
B. Bewitched
C. Boom Town
C. Boom Town - 5 million !!!
Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour starred in 7 “Road To…” films. Name the first one.
A. Road to EL Dorado
B. Road to Texas
C. Road to Singapore
C. Road to Singapore
What famous explorer first climbed Mount Everest in 1953?
A. Sir Edmund Hillary
B. Jerzy Kakuzca
C. Reinhold Messner
A. Sir Edmund Hillary
Marilyn Monroe married which famous baseball player in 1954?
A. Stan Musial
B. Willie Mays
C. Joe DiMaggio
C. Joe DiMaggio
Julius and Ethal Rosenberg were convicted of spying on behalf of what nation?
A. Soviet Union
B. North Korea
C. China
A. Soviet Union
Who was the Republican Presidential Nominee in 1940?
A. Wendell Willkie
B. James G Blaine
C. Charles McNary
A. Wendell Willkie
In 1940, what was the average life expectancy in the United States?
A. Men – 60.8 years, Women – 65.2 years.
B. Men – 85 years, Women – 82 years.
C. Men – 75 years, Women – 70 years.
A. Men – 60.8 years, Women – 65.2 years.
Who was the first African-American to win an Academy Award (Best Supporting Actress)
A. Lena Horne
B. Ethal Waters
C. Hattie McDaniel
C. Hattie McDaniel, for Gone With The Wind.
Who proclaimed December 7, 1941, "a date which will live in infamy"?
A. Winston Churchill
B. Harry S. Truman
C. Franklin D. Roosevelt
C. Franklin D. Roosevelt
How much did a gallon of gasoline cost in 1940?
A. 0.38
B. 0.18
C. 0.28
B. 0.18!
Name the best-selling female fiction author of all time.
A. Agatha Christie
B. Jane Austen
C. Mary Shelley
A. Agatha Christie
Now considered a classic, this Disney Film took a decade to become profitable.
A. Pinnochio
B. Fantasia
C. Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs
B. Fantasia
his man was the host of the 1940 Oscars and went on to host it a total of 19 times. Who was he?
A. Rob Hope
B. Bob Hope
C. Tom Hope
B. Bob Hope
Which singer had the most Billboard No. 1 singles during the 1940s?
A. Frank Sinatra
B. Glenn Miller
C. Bing Crosby
C. Bing Crosby - as one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century. He was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1930 to 1954.
What research and development project produced the first nuclear weapons during World War II?
A. Openheimer Project
B. Manhattan Project
C. Alan Parson's Project
B. Manhattan Project - on On July 16, 1945, the Manhattan Project successfully detonated an atomic bomb in the New Mexico desert and by August had produced atomic weapons based on two alternate designs.
How many people lived in the United States in 1940?
A. 100,000,000
B. 128,300,200
C. 131,669,275
A. The population was an estimated 131,669,275 people.
Before Bugs Bunny was officially named, this hat-wearing cohort was named first. Name that toon.
A. Tweety
B. Daffy Duck
C. Elmer Fudd
C. Elmer Fudd