Published: Monday 1st August 2022A free quiz about the people and events of the 1950s.
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Who joined Edmund Hillary to become the first two men to conquer Mt Everest in 1953?
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Which novel by JD Salinger was first published in the USA in 1951?
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Which Welsh poet died in New York in November 1953?
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Who in 1956 became Marilyn Monroe's third and final husband?
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Which two countries contested the Cod War in 1958?
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Which popular radio show, still broadcast today, was first launched in May 1950?
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Which nation became the third after the US and the Soviet Union to possess nuclear weapons?
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Who in 1954 became the first Australian to win the Open Golf Championship?
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Francois Duvalier became President of Haiti in 1957, by what popular name was he known?
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Who was the first chart topper of the NME UK single chart when it was first published in 1952?
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Which was the first of the British banks to offer personal loans when restrictions were lifted in 1958?
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Who was the author of the controversial novel "Lolita", first published in 1955?
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Which team won the 1959 FA Cup Final despite being reduced to 10 men after their goal scorer broke his leg?
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Who was the director and choreographer of West Side Story when it opened on Broadway in 1957?
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The first Miss World competition was held in London in 1951, from which country did the winner hail?
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What was the title of the first animated feature to be shot in cinemascope, released by Disney in 1955?
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Which team humiliated England by inflicting a 1-0 defeat in the 1950 FIFA World Cup?
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The first Indo-China war drew to a close in 1954 with the Geneva Conference setting the borders between which two countries?
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Who was elected the first President of the newly independent Cyprus in 1959?
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Who in March 1956 became Elvis Presley's manager?
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