1948
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Quiz created by: Bill Graves
1. Which company showed the first color newsreel?
(#) Warner Brothers
(#) 20th Century Fox
(#) Pixar
(#) MGM
2. The Communist Party seized control of which nation on "Victorious February"?
(#) Hungary
(#) Czechoslovakia
(#) Romania
(#) Poland
3. In which state were the Hells Angels founded?
(#) Washington
(#) New Jersey
(#) Montana
(#) California
4. Which president signed the Marshall Plan?
(#) Dwight Eisenhower
(#) John Kennedy
(#) Harry Truman
(#) Franklin Roosevelt
5. How long after Israel's Declaration of Independence before Arab nations began attacking?
(#) 1 week
(#) 1 month
(#) 1 day
(#) 1 year
6. What was the official currency in what would become the Federal Republic of Germany?
(#) Franc
(#) Mark
(#) Dollar
(#) Rupal
7. Where were the Summer Olympics held?
(#) Los Angeles
(#) London
(#) Beijing
(#) Paris
8. Which republic was established August 15th?
(#) Ivory Coast
(#) Vietnam
(#) Congo
(#) Korea
9. Who played the lead role in the film version of Hamlet?
(#) Marlon Brando
(#) Laurence Olivier
(#) Omar Sharif
(#) Alec Guiness
10. Which team won the World Series?
(#) Boston Braves
(#) Cleveland Indians
(#) Los Angeles Dodgers
(#) Brooklyn Dodgers
11. Who won the 1948 US Presidential election?
(#) Thomas Dewey
(#) Harry Truman
(#) Strom Thurmond
(#) Franklin Roosevelt
12. Mahmud Fahmi Nokrashi was Prime Minister of which nation?
(#) Saudi Arabia
(#) Egypt
(#) Hamas
(#) Israel
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