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1. In which year did the "Suez Crisis" take place?
 
1954
1955
1956
1957
 
 
2. Which 1950s icon starred in the film "Rebel Without A Cause"?
 
Elvis Presley
James Dean
Marlon Brando
Tony Curtis
 
 
3. The River Yalu was significant during the Korean War; it marked the border between which two countries?
 
North Korea and Japan
North Korea and Manchuria
North Korea and South Korea
North Korea and the U.S.S.R.

This was the most northerly point reached by UN forces
 
 
4. Introduced in the late 1950s, what has E.R.N.I.E. been used to select?
 
Eurovision Song Contest winners
Postponed football match results
Premium Bond numbers
Clearing system for universities
 
 
5. Which city hosted the 1956 Olympic Games?
 
Helsinki
London
Melbourne
Rome
 
 
6. With which musical genre was British musician Lonnie Donegan associated?
 
Punk Rock
Rockabilly
Skiffle
Trad Jazz
 
 
7. In 1958 Fulgencio Batista was overthrown as leader of which country?
 
Cuba
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Panama

Communist revolutionary Fidel Castro later assumed the leadership
 
 
8. Which opera did the composer Benjamin Britten complete in 1954?
 
Billy Budd
Gloriana
Peter Grimes
The Turn Of The Screw
 
 
9. Which of Queen Elizabeth II's children was born in the 1950s?
 
Prince Andrew
Prince Charles
Prince Edward
Princess Anne

Prince Charles was born in 1948 and the two younger princes in the 1960s
 
 
10. What in October 1957 was Sputnik 1?
 
A Common Market directive
The first personal computer
The first shopping mall in Moscow
The first man-made space satellite

The first of 9 Sputniks was launched on 4th October 1957
 
 
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