Published: Friday 3rd April 2020A free quiz about the history of the 1950s.
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In which year of the 1950s were the Oscars first broadcast on TV?
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Who opened the Royal Festival Hall at the beginning of the Festival of Britain in 1951?
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Which horse, in 1953, provided Gordon Richards with his only Derby win?
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Which heavyweight boxer retired in 1955 after a career with no professional defeats?
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At which airport were 21 people including 7 Manchester United players killed in an air crash in 1958?
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Which party won the 1950 UK General Election?
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Which Scandinavian country hosted the 1952 Summer Olympics?
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In which city did Roger Bannister first run a sub-four minute mile?
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What was established by the Treaty of Rome in 1957?
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What caused at least 4000 deaths in London in December 1952?
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The first Carry-On film was released in August 1958 what was it's title?
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What was formed by eight communist countries including the Soviet Union in 1955?
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Which British movie of 1959 gave Cliff Richard his acting debut?
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Which cartoon character made his first appearance in the Daily Mirror in August 1957?
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Who topped the US charts in 1951 with "Cry"?
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Which Western TV series, which holds the record for the longest running US series of the 20th century, was first aired in 1955?
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What was the title of the first of CS Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia, first published in 1950?
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Which organ was successfully transplanted for the first time by Joseph Murray in 1954?
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Which three pop stars were killed in an air crash on February 3rd 1959?
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The 1956 Winter Olympics were the first to be broadcast to an International audience, where were they held?
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