Quiz About the 1950s
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Published 2019-07-18
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Question 1: What was the surname of Sugar Ray, a 1958 boxing champion?
Answer a: Davidson
Answer b: Anderson
Answer c: Williamson
Answer d: Robinson
Question 2: Composer Shostakovich was from which country?
Answer a: Russia
Answer b: Spain
Answer c: Germany
Answer d: Canada
Question 3: In 1950s America, the phrase 'better dead than red' referred to which group of people?
Answer a: Jews
Answer b: Blacks
Answer c: Communists
Answer d: Brits
Question 4: Who directed 1954 hit movie "Rear Window"?
Answer a: Cecil B De Mille
Answer b: Alfred Hitchcock
Answer c: Orson Welles
Answer d: William Wyler
Question 5: Elvis moved to Memphis in which US state when he was 13?
Answer a: Mississippi
Answer b: Missouri
Answer c: Alabama
Answer d: Tennessee
Question 6: 50s actress Ingrid Bergman was from which country?
Answer a: Norway
Answer b: Australia
Answer c: Canada
Answer d: Sweden
Question 7: Which country implemented legislation to segregate universities by race in 1957?
Answer a: South Africa
Answer b: Nigeria
Answer c: Norway
Answer d: Japan
Question 8: JD Salinger published a 1950s novel about a Catcher in the what?
Answer a: Wheat
Answer b: Rye
Answer c: Potatoes
Answer d: Corn
Question 9: What was the name of George VI's daughter who became Queen when he died in 1952?
Answer a: Louise
Answer b: Beatrice
Answer c: Elizabeth
Answer d: Victoria
Question 10: Ireland won the 5 Nations in which sport in 1951?
Answer a: Rugby Union
Answer b: Shooting
Answer c: Tennis
Answer d: Cricket
All Comments (21)
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Hello my friend, I had 9 out of 10. I missed #10. I enjoy your quizzes. All the best to you. 🤗
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Got all ten...and I was only a kid back then... it's just remembering through out the years of information
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Got them all! Fun to revisit this time period. Thank you.
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Truly enjoy these quizzes. Also, enjoy seeing you on great video's endorsing good things!
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Thank you so much! I love these quizzes and I really like the down home easy atmosphere. The gentleman is very good.
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10 of 10 here - - in my 60's.
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Very easy questions 10/10. Thanks for all the quizzes.
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I love your quizzes keep them coming I only got 9 right this time
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9 out of 10, missed the last one on Ireland's question. Hooah!
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Some of you dont respect others.Its about the quiz not his looks n how he keeps his house. So rude.He is a nice gentleman interacting with us.If you have complaints just avoid his channel.Amen
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I was born in '53, and I got them all! 🙌🙌🙌😺
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Got them all and I enjoyed it!
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I got 7right but I would love to sit and just talk with him ... priceless
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10-10 yes I'm older than dirt, some days.
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Yeah, another fun quiz. Did this one while I was napping. As a senior, I must be proficient at managing my nap activity.
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9 out of 10 and I wasn't even around in the 50s.
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10/10. Lived it.
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Can't believe I got all of them. Might just have been lucky on two.
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10 for 10 Greetings from North Michigan USA. I am 63 and enjoyed the quiz.
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10/10 but at 74 years of age, I guess that's 2 B expected.
