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1953

If you were alive then, you're getting pretty old! If you remember anything, that's worse!!

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1. What TV character famously gave birth?

June Cleaver
Lucy Ricardo
Harriet Nelson
Wilma Flintstone

2. What did Watson & Crick discover?

The structure of DNA
Pluto
HIV
Electricity

3. Who became Premier and First Secretary of the Communist Party of USSR?

Georgy Maksimilianovich Malenkov
Leonid Brezhnev
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khruschev

4. What was the first James Bond novel?

Goldfinger
For Your Eyes Only
Casino Royale
In Her Majesty's Secret Service

5. Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first to do what?

Scale the sheer side of Half-Dome
Walk on the moon
Perform a successful BASE jump
Reach the top of Mt. Everest

6. Who became the new monarch of Britain?

Elizabeth II
Elizabeth I
Henry VIII
Edward II

7. Which major war ended at the end of July?

WWII
Vietnam
Falklands War
Korean

8. Which state was formally admitted to the United States?

Alaska
Hawaii
Arizona
Ohio

9. Who became the head of the Soviet Central Committee in September?

Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khruschev
Sergei Prokofiev
Georgy Maksimilianovich Malenkov

10. Konrad Adenauer was elected chancellor of which nation?

Switzerland
East Germany
West Germany
Luxembourg

11. Cambodia gained it's independence from which nation?

England
France
Trinidad & Tobago
United States

12. What was the rough cost of the first color television?

1000
10,000
100
5000

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<h1>1953</h1><p>If you were alive then, you're getting pretty old! If you remember anything, that's worse!!</p>
<p>Quiz created by: <a href="http://www.amiwrong.com/authors/billgraves.shtml">Bill Graves</a></p><br>1. What TV character famously gave birth?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) June Cleaver</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Lucy Ricardo</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Harriet Nelson</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Wilma Flintstone</div>
<br>2. What did Watson & Crick discover?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) The structure of DNA</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Pluto</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) HIV</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Electricity</div>
<br>3. Who became Premier and First Secretary of the Communist Party of USSR?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Georgy Maksimilianovich Malenkov</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Leonid Brezhnev</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Joseph Stalin</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Nikita Khruschev</div>
<br>4. What was the first James Bond novel?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Goldfinger</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) For Your Eyes Only</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Casino Royale</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) In Her Majesty's Secret Service</div>
<br>5. Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first to do what?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Scale the sheer side of Half-Dome</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Walk on the moon</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Perform a successful BASE jump</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Reach the top of Mt. Everest</div>
<br>6. Who became the new monarch of Britain?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Elizabeth II</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Elizabeth I</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Henry VIII</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Edward II</div>
<br>7. Which major war ended at the end of July?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) WWII</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Vietnam</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Falklands War</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Korean</div>
<br>8. Which state was formally admitted to the United States?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Alaska</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Hawaii</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Arizona</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Ohio</div>
<br>9. Who became the head of the Soviet Central Committee in September?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Joseph Stalin</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Nikita Khruschev</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Sergei Prokofiev</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Georgy Maksimilianovich Malenkov</div>
<br>10. Konrad Adenauer was elected chancellor of which nation?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Switzerland</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) East Germany</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) West Germany</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Luxembourg</div>
<br>11. Cambodia gained it's independence from which nation?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) England</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) France</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Trinidad & Tobago</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) United States</div>
<br>12. What was the rough cost of the first color television?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) 1000</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) 10,000</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) 100</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) 5000</div>
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