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1953

If you were alive then, you're getting pretty old! If you remember anything, that's worse!!

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1. What TV character famously gave birth?

Lucy Ricardo
Harriet Nelson
June Cleaver
Wilma Flintstone

2. What did Watson & Crick discover?

Electricity
Pluto
HIV
The structure of DNA

3. Who became Premier and First Secretary of the Communist Party of USSR?

Leonid Brezhnev
Georgy Maksimilianovich Malenkov
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khruschev

4. What was the first James Bond novel?

For Your Eyes Only
In Her Majesty's Secret Service
Goldfinger
Casino Royale

5. Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first to do what?

Reach the top of Mt. Everest
Perform a successful BASE jump
Walk on the moon
Scale the sheer side of Half-Dome

6. Who became the new monarch of Britain?

Henry VIII
Elizabeth II
Elizabeth I
Edward II

7. Which major war ended at the end of July?

Falklands War
Korean
Vietnam
WWII

8. Which state was formally admitted to the United States?

Ohio
Arizona
Alaska
Hawaii

9. Who became the head of the Soviet Central Committee in September?

Joseph Stalin
Georgy Maksimilianovich Malenkov
Nikita Khruschev
Sergei Prokofiev

10. Konrad Adenauer was elected chancellor of which nation?

West Germany
Luxembourg
East Germany
Switzerland

11. Cambodia gained it's independence from which nation?

England
Trinidad & Tobago
France
United States

12. What was the rough cost of the first color television?

10,000
100
5000
1000

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<h1>1953</h1><p>If you were alive then, you're getting pretty old! If you remember anything, that's worse!!</p>
<p>Quiz created by: <a href="http://www.amiwrong.com/authors/billgraves.shtml">Bill Graves</a></p><br>1. What TV character famously gave birth?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Lucy Ricardo</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Harriet Nelson</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) June Cleaver</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Wilma Flintstone</div>
<br>2. What did Watson & Crick discover?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Electricity</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Pluto</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) HIV</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) The structure of DNA</div>
<br>3. Who became Premier and First Secretary of the Communist Party of USSR?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Leonid Brezhnev</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Georgy Maksimilianovich Malenkov</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Joseph Stalin</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Nikita Khruschev</div>
<br>4. What was the first James Bond novel?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) For Your Eyes Only</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) In Her Majesty's Secret Service</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Goldfinger</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Casino Royale</div>
<br>5. Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first to do what?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Reach the top of Mt. Everest</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Perform a successful BASE jump</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Walk on the moon</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Scale the sheer side of Half-Dome</div>
<br>6. Who became the new monarch of Britain?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Henry VIII</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Elizabeth II</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Elizabeth I</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Edward II</div>
<br>7. Which major war ended at the end of July?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Falklands War</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Korean</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Vietnam</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) WWII</div>
<br>8. Which state was formally admitted to the United States?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Ohio</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Arizona</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Alaska</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Hawaii</div>
<br>9. Who became the head of the Soviet Central Committee in September?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Joseph Stalin</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Georgy Maksimilianovich Malenkov</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Nikita Khruschev</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Sergei Prokofiev</div>
<br>10. Konrad Adenauer was elected chancellor of which nation?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) West Germany</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Luxembourg</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) East Germany</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Switzerland</div>
<br>11. Cambodia gained it's independence from which nation?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) England</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Trinidad & Tobago</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) France</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) United States</div>
<br>12. What was the rough cost of the first color television?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) 10,000</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) 100</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) 5000</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) 1000</div>
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