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1950s Sports Moments - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 27 times
- The average score is 10 of 24
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Baseball franchise that became first to win 5 consecutive World Series | New York Yankees | 71%
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| 1958 | As a 17-year old this Footballer scores a hat-trick in the Semi Final and 2 in the Final to win his first FIFA World Cup | Pelé | 71%
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| 1954 | This country wins it's first FIFA World Cup | West Germany | 71%
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| 1952 | Country that wins a 6th Gold Medal in Men's Ice Hockey at the Winter Olympics | Canada | 67%
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| 1954 | The NBA introduces a shot clock of how many seconds? | 24 | 63%
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| 1956 | This Heavyweight boxer retires undefeated at 49-0 | Rocky Marciano | 58%
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| 1952 | Nazar Mohammad becomes the first player to score a Test century for this country | Pakistan | 54%
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| 1955 | Country that wins the Davis Cup 5-0 | Australia | 50%
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| 1957 | This F1 Driver wins his 5th Championship, all in the 1950s | Juan Manuel Fangio | 50%
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| 1959 | Footballer wins his second Ballon D'or award | Alfredo Di Stéfano | 46%
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| 1952 | The 1952 Summer Olympics is hosted in this city | Helsinki | 46%
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| 1954 | Middle-distance runner that becomes the first to run a sub-4-minute mile | Roger Bannister | 46%
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| 1954 | Canadian Ice Hockey player nicknamed 'Mr Hockey' wins his fourth Art Ross Trophy in a row | Gordie Howe | 42%
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| 1956 | English Footballer becomes the inaugural winner of the Ballon d'Or | Stanley Matthews | 38%
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| 1953 | Golfer who became the first to win a Triple Crown | Ben Hogan | 33%
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| 1952 | Long-distance runner that wins gold medals in the 5,000m, 10,000m and the marathon | Emil Zátopek | 33%
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| 1950 | Giuseppe Farina wins the inaugural FIA World Championship driving for which team? | Alfa Romeo | 29%
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| 1951 | Baseball catcher wins his first (AL) MVP award | Yogi Berra | 29%
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| 1956 | Boxer becomes Heavyweight champion at the age of 21 | Floyd Patterson | 25%
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| 1957 | The first African-American woman to win the US Nationals (later US Open) | Althea Gibson | 17%
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| 1950 | These Basketball players become the first African-Americans to play in the NBA | Earl Lloyd / Chuck Cooper / Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton | 17%
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| 1958 | The first Black player to play in the NHL | Willie O'Ree | 13%
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| 1956 | The first High Jumper to clear 7 ft | Charles Dumas | 4%
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| 1953 | Marathon runner that sets a world record with the first run under 2 hours 20 minutes | Jim Peters | 0%
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