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<h1>1947</h1><p>Life continued to forge ahead...</p>
<p>Quiz created by: <a href="http://www.amiwrong.com/authors/billgraves.shtml">Bill Graves</a></p><br>1. What was televised in America for the first time?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Congressional proceedings</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Presidential debate</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Inaugural address</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) State of the Union</div>
<br>2. Which nation ceased to exist?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Prussia</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Canada</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Canada</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) France</div>
<br>3. The Truman Doctrine was intended to combat what?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Communism</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Drugs</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Crime</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Republican Party</div>
<br>4. Who was the first African American to play Major League Baseball?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Jackie Robinson</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Willie Mays</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Roberto Clemente</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Bobby Bonds</div>
<br>5. The United States gave $400 million to which 2 nations?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Turkey & Italy</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Romania & Afghanistan</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Italy & Greece</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Turkey & Greece</div>
<br>6. The Taft-Hartley Act restricted what?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Journalists</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Communists</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Labor unions</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Democrats</div>
<br>7. Where did a UFO allegedly crash?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Honolulu, Hawaii</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Tacoma, Washington</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Roswell, New Mexico</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Phoenix, Arizona</div>
<br>8. What was the name of Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Crusoe</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Pinafore</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Kon-Tiki</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Rikki-Tikki-Tavi</div>
<br>9. Which branch of the US military was formed?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Army</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Navy</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Air Force</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Marines</div>
<br>10. Who broke the sound barrier?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Chuck Jones</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Chuck Yeager</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Neil Young</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Neil Armstrong</div>
<br>11. Who designed the Spruce Goose?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Wilbur Wright</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Orville Wright</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Frank Lloyd Wright</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Howard Hughes</div>
<br>12. Who wrote 'A Streetcar Named Desire'?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Tennessee Ernie Ford</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) William Shakespeare</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Tennessee Williams</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Arthur Miller</div>
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