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

Lucille Ball And Desi Arnaz In 'I Love Lucy'

Jim Anderson
Archie Bunker
Ricky Ricardo
Ralph Kramden

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

Joe DiMaggio
Arthur Miller
John F. Kennedy
James Dougherty

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

Ernest Hemingway
Ray Bradbury
J. D. Salinger
Allen Ginsberg

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

1953
1955
1951
1957

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

Nevada Test Site
Amchitka Island
The Marshall Islands
3-Mile Island

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

A link between smoking and cancer
A link between alcohol and liver damage
A vaccine for polio
A vaccine for yellow fever

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What U.S. Supreme Court decision in 1954 ruled that racial segregation was unconstitutional?

Miranda v. Arizona
Schenck v. United States
Brown v. Board of Education
Gideon v. Wainwright

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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?

Ghana
Haiti
Nigeria
Uganda

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

Harold Macmillian
Anthony Eden
Edward Heath
Neville Chamberlain

Slay!

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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?

Leonid Brezhnev
Konstantin Chernenko
Yuri Andropov
Nikita Khrushchev

Nice!

I'm afraid that wasn't it. 😔

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

Mir
Koronas-Foton
Spektr-R
Sputnik I

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

Credit cards
Takeout menus
ID Cards
Cheques

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Doh! 🤬

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

Chuck Berry
Time-travelling Marty McFly
Alan Freed
Elvis Presley

Way to go!

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

Ian Fleming
Kingsley Amis
John Gardner
Charlie Higson

Yay!

That was incorrect.

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

Elvis Country
Something for Everybody
Elvis Presley
Elvis

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

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

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

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

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

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

What U.S. Supreme Court decision in 1954 ruled that racial segregation was unconstitutional?

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?

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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