Question
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Answer
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What "rebel without a cause" died in a car crash at age 24?
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James Dean
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What was Norma Jeane Mortenson better known as?
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Marilyn Monroe
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What became the 50th U.S. state?
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Hawaii
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For what disease did Jonas Salk create a vaccine?
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Polio
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What was Sputnik?
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a Satellite
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What was J. D. Salinger's most famous novel?
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The Catcher in the Rye
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What canal was seized by Egypt?
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Suez Canal
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What region did China annex?
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Tibet
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Who starred as Moses in "The Ten Commandments"?
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Charlton Heston
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What singer was managed by Colonel Tom Parker?
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Elvis Presley
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What art movement was exemplefied by Jackson Pollock?
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Abstract Expressionism
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What subculture wore turtlenecks, played bongos, and smoked marijuana?
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Beatniks
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What country had an "economic miracle" under the leadership of Konrad Adenauer?
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West Germany
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What were 78's, 45's, and 33's?
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Records
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What peninsula was divided between two countries at the 38th parallel?
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Korea
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In what (modern-day) country did The Mau Mau Uprising occur?
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Kenya
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What pact was the Communist equivalent to NATO?
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Warsaw Pact
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What was the world's largest corporation by revenue, according to the first edition of the Fortune 500 in 1955?
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General Motors
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Who sang "Johnny B. Goode" and "Roll Over Beethoven"?
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Chuck Berry
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What was discovered by Francis Crick and James Watson?
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Structure of DNA
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It also says that it probably disintegrated before it made it to space though.
Just could not remember Charleton Heston.