50s History
Which president of the United States was in office from Jan. 20, 1953, to Jan. 20, 1961?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Which film won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1960?
The Apartment
Which Olympic athlete set a record in 1972 by winning seven gold medals?
Mark Spitz
Abraham Lincoln had no middle name
TRUE.
n which year did World War II begin?
1939
What was the name of the first satellite launched into orbit by Russia in 1957?
Sputnik
Which actor won the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird?
Gregory Peck
What major sports award did Stanford quarterback Jim Plunkett win in 1970?
Heisman trophy
Germany drinks the most beer in the world per person.
FALSE. THE CZECH REPUBLIC DRINKS THE MOST BEER
Who was the 32nd President of the United States during the 1940s?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What year did Disneyland open?
1955
Which film was the highest-grossing release of 1963, yet still lost money because it was one of the most expensive films ever made?
Cleopatra
Which athlete was the first to earn a perfect score in the history of Olympic gymnastics?
Nadia Comaneci
Ronald Reagan was a waiter during high school. Ronald Reagan was a waiter during high school.
FALSE. HE WAS A LIFEGUARD
Which iconic movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman was released in 1942?
Casablanca
What is the name of the woman who refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955?
Rosa Parks
Who played the role of Norman Bates in the 1960 horror movie, Psycho?
Anthony Perkins
Who was the first member of the Negro League inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame?
Leroy "Satchel" Page
There was noWorld Series in 1994.
TRUE. BASEBALL PLAYERS WERE ON STRIKE THAT YEAR.
Which nation dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945?
United States
Which member of the royal family became head of state in Great Britain in 1953?
Queen Elizabeth II
What was the name of Butch Cassidy's gang in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid?
Hole in the Wall Gang
In 1979, who became the first man to win the Daytona 500 six times?
Richard Petty
- Broccoli was once banned from the White House.
TRUE. IN 1990, GEORGE H.W. BUSH CLAIMED BROCCOLI WOULD NO LONGER BE IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
Who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1940 for his role in "The Philadelphia Story"?
James Stewart
What famous explorer first climbed Mount Everest in 1953?
Sir Edmund Hillary
What type of airplane appears in Dr. Strangelove?
Boeing B-52
In 1972, Franco Harris put the Steelers in the AFC Championship game with a miracle catch. What was that catch called?
Immaculate reception
Japan has square watermelons. Japan has square watermelons.
TRUE.
Which famous baseball player made his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, breaking the sport's color barrier?
Jackie Robinson
Senator Joseph McCarthy, who conducted a nationally televised hearing in 1954 to root out Communists in the government, represented what state?
Wisconsin
Who landed at 17 Cherry Tree Lane in a well-known Walt Disney movie from 1964?
Mary Poppins
Who beat the Babe Ruth's home run record in 1974?
Hank Aaron
“Pinocchio” was the first animated, full-color Walt Disney feature film.
FALSE. IT WAS
SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
Which American president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
What color is the "badge of courage" in Stephen Crane's famous Civil War novel? The "badge" represents a battlefield wound.
Red