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A to Z by Decade: 1950s - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 16 times
- The average score is 15 of 26
Answer Stats
| Letter | Clue | Answer | % Correct |
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| A | German-born physicist and father of the Theory of Relativity who died in 1955 | Albert Einstein | 100%
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| F | Vietnam was originally a colony of this nation, who left following the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 | France | 94%
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| P | Deadly disease which Jonas Salk successfully created a vaccine for in 1955 | Polio | 81%
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| U | Country which won its second World Cup in 1950 | Uruguay | 81%
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| K | North Korean leader during the Korean War | Kim Il-Sung | 75%
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| N | Soviet leader who ultimately took over after the death of J, ousting Georgy Malenkov | Nikita Khrushchev | 75%
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| Q | 1956 Doris Day song which means “Whatever will be, will be” | Que Sera, Sera | 75%
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| T | Country annexed by China in 1959 | Tibet | 75%
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| J | Soviet leader who suddenly died of a stroke in 1953, creating a brief power vacuum | Joseph Stalin | 69%
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| L | Artist behind Tutti Frutti and Good Golly, Miss Molly | Little Richard | 69%
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| S | City recaptured and liberated by UN forces following the invasion at Incheon | Seoul | 69%
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| Y | Major dam constructions were started on this river in China throughout the 50s, which flooded in 1958 | Yellow River | 69%
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| M | City where Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white person | Montgomery | 63%
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| D | US general who was relieved by Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1951 after suggesting that the US keep fighting into China following the Korean War | Douglas MacArthur | 56%
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| E | Name for group of communist countries in Central and Eastern Europe in the sphere of Soviet influence | Eastern bloc | 56%
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| I | Campaign slogan showing support for Dwight D. Eisenhower seen on pins | I Like Ike | 56%
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| V | George de Mestral received a patent for this invention, inspired by burs sticking to his dog’s fur, in 1954 | Velcro | 56%
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| Z | Chinese leader behind the Great Leap Forward: Mao ______ | Zedong | 56%
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| H | 1952 blues hit by Big Mama Thornton famously covered by Elvis Presley four years later | Hound Dog | 50%
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| O | 1957 Disney film about a boy and his dog which ends in tragedy | Old Yeller | 44%
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| R | Anti-communist witch hunt led by US Senator Joseph McCarthy | Red Scare | 38%
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| B | 1954 Supreme Court ruling which declared segregation unconstitutional | Brown v. Board of Education | 31%
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| C | Political and military uprising led by Fidel Castro which overthrew the dictatorship of Batista in Cuba | Cuban Revolution | 25%
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| W | A famous photo taken in 1956 shows photographer Cecil J. Williams drinking from a water fountain that reads this phrase | White Only | 25%
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| X | US unit led by Edward M. Almond which led the amphibious landings at Incheon in 1950 | X Corps | 25%
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| G | 1959 rock and roll film named for a Chuck Berry song featuring the performances of several big artists | Go, Johnny, Go! | 13%
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