The 28th Academy Awards were held in Los Angeles in 1956 and covered films from 1955. The Best Picture Oscar went to a movie about a 34-year old unmarried butcher from New York who finally finds love. The film starred Ernest Borgnine. What movie was this?
Ray Kroc opened the 9th restaurant in this famous American fast food chain on April 15, 1955. With which fast food chain was Ray Kroc associated?
McDonald's
Burger King
Kentucky Fried Chicken
What is the name of the organization of Communist states that began in 1955 and included USSR, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Albania and Romania?
Il Comunista
Red Army
Warsaw Pact
The year 1955 saw the release of the film "Blackboard Jungle" starring Glenn Ford, Anne Francis and Sidney Poitier about an inner city high school. The film included a Bill Haley and the Comets song that many feel started rock and roll. The same song was used as the first theme for the TV show "Happy Days." What song was it?
The year 1955 saw the opening of a theme park on a 160-acre former orange grove in Anaheim, California. The park included Main Street USA, Tomorrowland, Frontierland, Adventureland and Fantasyland. Today there are similar theme parks in Florida, Japan, France and Hong Kong. What is the name of this theme park that opened July 17, 1955?
Disneyland
Walt Disney World
Magic Kingdom
The New York Yankees did not win the World Series in 1955. The team that won was managed by Walt Alston and featured star pitchers Johnny Podres and Don Newcombe and hitters Carl Furillo, Gil Hodges and Pee Wee Reese. Who won the 1955 World Series?
New York Giants
Brooklyn Dodgers
Los Angeles Dodgers
On December 1, 1955 a black woman boarded a bus in Montgomery, Alabama and took a vacant seat. When a white passenger subsequently boarded, the bus driver ordered the black woman to give up her seat. She refused, thus sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott which then led to the long overdue Civil Rights Movement in the US. Who was this courageous black woman?
Bessie Coleman
Dorothy Dandridge
Rosa Parks
Which hurricane hit the U.S. in 1955, killing 200 people?
Hurricane Oracle
Hurricane Lillian
Hurricane Diane
Who were the NFL Champions in 1955?
New England Patriots
Pittsburgh Steelers
Cleveland Browns
Which of the following was first developed in 1955?
Microwave oven
Color television
Oral contraceptive
Which popular game show made its debut in 1955?
Jeopardy
The $64,000 Question
Hollywood Squares
Which of the following men died in 1955?
Humphrey Bogart
Albert Einstein
Joseph Stalin
What vaccine began to be administered in schools in 1955?
Which actor died in a car crash in 1955?
James Dean
Hans Albers
Clark Gable
April of 1955 saw the British Prime Minister resign for medical reasons. This man served as Prime Minister from 1940 to 1945, and again from 1951 to 1955. Who was he?
Harold Macmillan
Clement Attlee
Winston Churchill
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15 Comments
11/15
I got 12 out of 15 – 80%
1955 is literally over 60 years ago at this point, but you seem to be able to recall it like it was yesterday. Whether you grew up in this era, or just happen to know a ton about world history, it’s no doubt that you had a great score!
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10 / 10 / 25
I got 14 out of 15!
1955 is literally over 60 years ago at this point, but you seem to be able to recall it like it was yesterday. Whether you grew up in this era, or just happen to know a ton about world history, it’s no doubt that you had a great score!
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I got 15 out of 15!
1955 is literally over 60 years ago at this point, but you seem to be able to recall it like it was yesterday. Whether you grew up in this era, or just happen to know a ton about world history, it’s no doubt that you had a great score!
I think I paid more attention to current events back then compared to now.
Maybe that’s because the music was less interesting than in the ’60s and
there were simply fewer distractions than there are now.
6/15 pretty rubbish but I was only 2 and lot of questions were about USA, that’s my excuse anyway!!
12/15
hi glad to be playing,
14/15
12/15 born in 1948 in France
15/15
9 / 15 – 60% A fair few of the questions were about the USA, me being an Aussie wouldn`t know them also I was born in 1960 so that doesn`t help.
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15/15
12/15 born in 1950.
12/15 – I turned 3 in 1955, but I knew a lot of these. I was particularly excited about the football championship. I read the question and said, “Cleveland Browns and Otto Graham!” I scrolled down and saw Graham in the picture. I am truly a lifelong Browns fan.