Answer: New York
In 1945, Miss New York, Bess Myerson became the first Jewish woman and the first woman from New York to win the Miss America pageant. The pageant directors tried to get her to change her last name to make it sound less Jewish, but she refused.
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Answer: dress
Claire McCardell designed the popover, a type of wrap-around dress, in 1942. It was versatile and could be used for entertaining, parties, and as a swimsuit coverup.
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Answer: Leslie Howard
Howard was more than just a famous actor. He was a patriot who, on completion of 'Gone with the Wind' returned to the UK in order do his bit for the war effort. He directed and starred in films such as ' First of the Few', and made many anti-Nazi broadcasts. He was believed to be involved in secret work, and in 1943 was on a BOAC commercial flight from Portugal to England when the plane was shot down by eight Junkers 88s over the Bay of Biscay. Everyone on board died, and there have been many theories about why it was targeted. No-one knows, but it has been claimed that Goebbels ordered the attack.
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Answer: Archie
The "Archie" gang first appeared in "Pep Comics" in 1941; by 1942, they had their own comics: "Archie Comics," eventually shortened to "Archie."
Archie Andrews was a student at Riverdale High School. His best friend is Forsythe Pendleton "Jughead" Jones III. Jughead is a non-conformist and extremely clever and creative. Archie has two female friends who he goes back and forth between as to who he wants to be with. Veronica Lodge is one of the most beautiful girls at Rivendale but also a bit vain. Her best friend, Betty Cooper, is intelligent, funny, clever, and more of a tomboy than Veronica.
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Answer: Death of a Salesman
Cobb made over 30 films, including most notably, "On the Waterfront", "12 Angry Men", and "The Exorcist." He also had lead roles in six major Broadway dramas, including the title role of "King Lear", along with Stacey Keach and Rene Auberjonois in 1968, in a 72-performance run which was Broadway's longest-running drama up to that time. His performance in "On the Waterfront" earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 1954.
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Answer: The Little Prince
"The Little Prince" (aka "Le Petit Prince") was written in 1943 by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It follows the adventures of a prince of a small planet. In fact, he is the only inhabitant aside from a girl in a rose flower. He becomes lonely and leaves the planet and visits other planets. The novella became very popular and was the second highest-selling book aside from The Bible.
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Answer: All the King's Men
Rated at number 36 on the list of greatest novels of the Twentieth Century by Modern Library, "All the King's Men" was made into two Hollywood films of the same name, the first in 1949 and the second in 2006. The 1946 film won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Actor (Broderick Crawford), and Best Supporting Actress (Mercedes McCambridge).
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Answer: The Strip
The Strip was filled with places for gamblers to win and lose big money. Mobster, Bugsy Siegel, and others opened one of the most famous casinos - The Flamingo. Siegel was murdered a year later, but mobsters continued to grow Las Vegas.
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Answer: Jiminy
Pinocchio was a puppet who wanted to be a real boy. Since he was made of wood, he did not have a conscience to tell him right from wrong. The Blue Fairy makes Jiminy Pinocchio's conscience. Jiminy explains to Pinocchio what a conscience is and tells him to "give a little whistle, and always let your conscience be your guide."
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Answer: "The Shadow"
"The Shadow" premiered on CBS in 1930. Orson Welles voiced the title character in 1937 and 1938. The program left the air in 1954.
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Answer: Tweety
Tweety is a Warner Brothers' cartoon yellow canary owned by Grandma. He first appeared in "A Tale of Two Kitties," a "Merry Melodies" cartoon. In the beginning, Tweety was more aggressive and mean to Sylvester. He has been toned down since then.
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Answer: NFL's Chicago Bears and college football's Minnesota Golden Gophers
The Bears would win four NFL championships in the Forties, but their 73-0 victory over the Washington Redskins in 1940 was probably their highlight of the decade. Minnesota was one of three colleges to win two or more national titles in the Forties. The others were Army, featuring Heisman Trophy winners Doc Blanchard ("Mr. Inside") and Glenn Davis ("Mr. Outside") in 1944 and 1945, and Notre Dame, which won four titles: in 1943, 1946, 1947, and 1949.
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Answer: Song of the South
The film is a re-telling of Joel Chandler Harris' 'Brer Rabbit' stories. It is set on a southern plantation during the days of slavery, and though it paints a somewhat idealised portrait of life there, the sequences that feature interaction between real human beings and cartoon animals are still enchanting. James Baskett stars as Uncle Remus, and who could forget seeing him singing 'Zippity Doo Dah' with the cartoon bluebirds? Hattie McDaniel (who played 'Mammy' in 'Gone with the Wind') also featured as Aunt Tempy.
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Answer: Elizabeth Taylor
The story concerns a young girl called Velvet Brown, who is encouraged to train her horse, Pie, to enter the Grand National. It's based on a story by Enid Bagnold.
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Answer: White Christmas
"White Christmas" won the Oscar for best original song at the 15th Academy Awards. Bing Crosby made the best-known recording, but many people have recorded it since. In fact, it's the most recorded Christmas song of all time.
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Answer: Chutes and Ladders
The original version of the game was called "Snakes and Ladders." A game requiring mostly luck with virtually no skill, it also was infused with a moral element, in that the ladders were symbolic of virtues and the snakes of sins. The Indian game board was illustrated with moralistic images. When the game was brought to England and adapted there, the virtues and vices were replaced by English ones.
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Answer: Martin and Lewis
Dino Paul Crocetti, better known as Dean Martin, was born on June 7, 1917. He was a singer and part of the Rat Pack (Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr. Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop). His best-known song is probably "That's Amoré"). He died on Christmas day in 1997.
Joseph Levitch, better known as Jerry Lewis, was born on March 16, 1926. Aside from being part of on of the most famous duos ever, he was also well-known for running "The Jerry Lewis Telethon" which raised money for Muscular Dystrophy. He rand the telethon from 1966 to 2010, during the time over 2.5 million dollars was raised.
The two teamed up on July 25, 1946, and broke up on July 25, 1956. Together they worked at night clubs, television and in films. Their first film was "War with the Army" in 1950. After they split they did not speak for twenty years publically, according to Lewis, However, in 1960, they both happened to be performing at Sands Hotel. Lewis saw the end of Martin's act and Martin introduced Lewis after he was done and for fifteen minutes the two did an impromptu act together. In 1976 with the help of Frank Sinatra the two reconciled.
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Answer: The Lone Ranger
'The Lone Ranger' began broadcasting in 1949, and starred Clayton Moore as the Masked Hero, and Jay Silverheels as his friend Tonto - Tonto's horse was called Scout.
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