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<h1>1959</h1><p>The end of the Golden Age...</p>
<p>Quiz created by: <a href="http://www.amiwrong.com/authors/billgraves.shtml">Bill Graves</a></p><br>1. Which state was the 49th admitted into the United States?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Alaska</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Hawaii</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Virginia</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Utah</div>
<br>2. Who became Premier of Cuba?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Raul Castro</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Fidel Castro</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Che Guevara</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Fulgencio Batista</div>
<br>3. What popular toy made it's debut March 9th?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Ken</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Rubik's Cube</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Barbie</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Slinky</div>
<br>4. The first US astronauts were known as the ...
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Voyager 4</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Fab 4</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Mercury Seven</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Apollo 13</div>
<br>5. Britain lifted what kind of tariffs?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Toothpaste</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Import</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Export</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Tea</div>
<br>6. Which submarine was the first to carry ballistic missiles?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) USS George Washington</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) HMS Pinafore</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) USS Enterprise</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) USS Arizona</div>
<br>7. Charles Ovnand & Dalre Buis were...
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) The first astronauts</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Killed during the Bay of Pigs</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) The first Americans killed in Vietnam.</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Co-winners of the Nobel Prize for Mathematics</div>
<br>8. Explorer VI sent the first picture of what?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) The dark side of the moon</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Close up of the rings of Saturn</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Earth from space</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) The surface of Mars</div>
<br>9. What was the first man made object to reach the moon?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Luna 2</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Enterprise</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) V'Ger</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Apollo 13</div>
<br>10. Luna 3 sent back the first pictures of what?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Earth from space</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) The dark side of the moon</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) The surface of Mars</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) The rings of Saturn</div>
<br>11. What epic MGM movie is released, which would win 11 Oscars the following year?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Titanic</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Ben-Hur</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Pillow Talk</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Gone With the Wind</div>
<br>12. 12 nations signed a treaty protecting which area as a scientific preserve?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) The North Pole</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Alaska</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Washington, DC</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Antarctica</div>
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