How Much Random 1950s Knowledge Do You Have?

What was Lucy's husband's name on I Love Lucy?

• Ralph Kramden

• Jim Anderson

• Archie Bunker

• Ricky Ricardo

Who did Marilyn Monroe marry on January 14th, 1954?

• Arthur Miller

• John F. Kennedy

• James Dougherty

• Joe DiMaggio

What famous author pictured below won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954?

• Ray Bradbury

• Allen Ginsberg

• J. D. Salinger

• Ernest Hemingway

When was the Korean Armistice Agreement signed bringing an end to the Korean War?

• 1955

• 1951

• 1953

• 1957

Where did the United States test the first hydrogen bomb in 1954?

• 3-Mile Island

• Amchitka Island

• Nevada Test Site

• The Marshall Islands

In 1954, UK Health Minister Iain Macleod announced in a press conference that a government study showed what important medical discovery?

• A vaccine for polio

• A link between alcohol and liver damage

• A link between smoking and cancer

• A vaccine for yellow fever

What is the current name of the former British colony known as the British Gold Coast that gained its independence from Britain on March 6, 1957?

• Uganda

• Nigeria

• Haiti

• Ghana

Winston Churchill resigned as Prime Minister in 1955 due to declining health. Who replaced him?

• Harold Macmillian

• Neville Chamberlain

• Edward Heath

• Anthony Eden

After Joseph Stalin died in 1953, Georgy Malenkov spent about a month as the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Who replaced him in the role beginning on September 14th, 1953?

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Konstantin Chernenko

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Yuri Andropov

What was the name of the first Earth-orbiting satellite that was launched, in the year 1957?

• Mir

• Sputnik I

• Spektr-R

• Koronas-Foton

The Diner's Club began issuing what important new items in 1950?

• Cheques

• Credit cards

• Takeout menus

• ID Cards

Who is widely credited with having invented the term "Rock N Roll" during the 1950s?

• Elvis Presley

• Time-travelling Marty McFly

• Chuck Berry

• Alan Freed

What author wrote the first James Bond novel "Casino Royale" in 1953?

• Charlie Higson

• Ian Fleming

• John Gardner

• Kingsley Amis

What was the name of Elvis Presley's first studio album released on March 23rd, 1956?

• Something for Everybody

• Elvis

• Elvis Presley

• Elvis Country