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1.

What event marked the beginning of the Cold War in the late 1940s and continued throughout the 1950s?

Answer: The Iron Curtain.
2.

Who was the American president from 1953 to 1961?

Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower.
3.

What popular television show featured a character named Lucy Ricardo?

Answer: I Love Lucy.
4.

Which music genre emerged prominently in the 1950s, characterized by its upbeat tempo and use of electric guitars?

Answer: Rock and Roll.
5.

What landmark Supreme Court case in 1954 declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional?

Answer: Brown v. Board of Education.
6.

Who was the famous heartthrob and actor known as “The King of Rock and Roll”?

Answer: Elvis Presley.
7.

What candy bar was first introduced in the 1950s and became a famous treat?

Answer: The Mars Bar.
8.

What Soviet leader led during the early years of the Cold War?

Answer: Nikita Khrushchev.
9.

What was the name of the first artificial satellite launched into space in 1957?

Answer: Sputnik.
10.

Which Disney animated film, featuring a young girl befriending woodland animals, was released in 1955?

Answer: Lady and the Tramp.
11.

What popular style of dance became associated with rock and roll music in the 1950s?

Answer: The Twist.
12.

What was the first suburb built outside Chicago, representing post-war urban expansion?

Answer: Levittown.
13.

What famous television quiz show scandal involved the rigging of answers?

Answer: TwentyOne.
14.

Which 1954 science fiction film featured giant mutated insects?

Answer: Them!
15.

What was the name of the iconic American car brand that produced the Thunderbird beginning in 1955?

Answer: Ford.
16.

Which fast-food chain introduced the first drive-in restaurant during this decade?

Answer: McDonald's.
17.

Who was the author of "Fahrenheit 451," published in 1953?

Answer: Ray Bradbury.
18.

What animated character made his first appearance in 1950 and became a staple of Warner Bros. cartoons?

Answer: Bugs Bunny.
19.

In 1955, what groundbreaking toy was introduced that allowed children to create their own colorful designs using thin pieces of plastic?

Answer: The Hula Hoop.
20.

What infamous incident in 1950 involved the Korean Peninsula as the North invaded the South?

Answer: The Korean War.
21.

Who wrote the iconic American novel "On the Road," published in 1957?

Answer: Jack Kerouac.
22.

What popular 1950s sitcom featured the characters Rob and Laura Petrie?

Answer: The Dick Van Dyke Show.
23.

What was the name of the first microwave oven introduced in the 1950s?

Answer: Radarange.
24.

What iconic pop artist of the 1950s is known for his work with Campbell's Soup cans and celebrity portraits?

Answer: Andy Warhol.
25.

Who starred as the lead character in the 1955 film "Rebel Without a Cause"?

Answer: James Dean.
26.

What rebellion in 1956 saw citizens rise against Soviet control in Hungary?

Answer: The Hungarian Revolution.
27.

Which fashion trend was popularized by Christian Dior in the late 1940s and flourished in the 1950s?

Answer: The New Look.
28.

What was the name of the famous 1959 award-winning film about a group of juvenile delinquents?

Answer: The Wild One.
29.

What animated film featuring a fox and a hound was released by Disney in 1953?

Answer: The Fox and the Hound
30.

What popular toy that became a symbol of the 1950s was marketed as a "magic" wand and could light up?

Answer: The Light Bright
31.

Who was the antagonist in the 1956 movie "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"?

Answer: Alien pod people.
32.

Which popular singer was known as "The Voice" and became a major influence in the 1950s?

Answer: Frank Sinatra.
33.

What children's cartoon featuring a family of stone-age people became popular in the 1950s?

Answer: The Flintstones.
34.

What landmark 1950s toy was known for its interlocking bricks?

Answer: LEGO.
35.

Who was the first African American woman to win an Academy Award, doing so in 1954?

Answer: Hattie McDaniel
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