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Quiz about Remembering the 50s 1951 Americana

Remembering the 50s - 1951 Americana Quiz

As the Korean War was raging, the U.S. detonated a hydrogen bomb and the Air Force ordered B-52 bombers. Despite all this, life went on in 1951 America.

A multiple-choice quiz by rblayer. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
rblayer

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
182,731

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
1972

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Question 1 of 10

1. What did an east coast politician and a west coast politician do for the first time on November 10, 1951? Hint

Debated on a coast-to-coast television hookup

Used a direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service

Sent a coast-to-coast telefax

Received exactly the same number of election votes

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was "Hydraguide"? Hint

Rain tire

Power steering

Watercraft

Auto-pilot

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Question 3 of 10

3. What did the Topps Company begin including with its chewing gum in 1951? Hint

TV character cards

Baseball cards

Puzzles

Prizes

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Question 4 of 10

4. What did Mickey Mantle do on March 17, 1951? Hint

Hit his first home run as a New York Yankee

Got married

Struck out four times

Played his first baseball game as a New York Yankee

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Question 5 of 10

5. President Harry Truman's firing of what popular figure caused a public uproar? Hint

Dwight Eisenhower

Douglas MacArthur

John Foster Dulles

Adlai Stevenson

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Question 6 of 10

6. What fast-food drive-thru chain opened its first restaurant in San Diego in 1951? Hint

Jack-in-the-Box

Dairy King

Dairy Queen

Shoney's

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Question 7 of 10

7. What new television show sparked a protest by the NAACP? Hint

I Love Lucy

Beulah

The Andy Griffith Show

Amos 'n' Andy

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Question 8 of 10

8. What was unusual about Eddie Gaedel's pinch-hit at-bat for the St. Louis Browns on August 19, 1951? Hint

He was blind

He was 87 years old

He was tiny

He was missing a leg

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Question 9 of 10

9. In July of 1951 "Catcher in the Rye" was published. What is the name of the novel's young narrator? Hint

Phoebe Caulfield

Faith Cavendish

Robert Ackley

Holden Caulfield

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Question 10 of 10

10. For what 1951 movie based on a Tennessee Williams play does Marlon Brando don an undershirt? Hint

Sayonara

The Wild One

A Streetcar Named Desire

On the Waterfront

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What did an east coast politician and a west coast politician do for the first time on November 10, 1951?

Answer: Used a direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service

Mayor M. Leslie Denning of Englewood, New Jersey called Mayor Frank Osborn in Alameda, California, initiating direct-dial, coast-to-coast telephone services.

2. What was "Hydraguide"?

Answer: Power steering

In 1951 Chrysler introduced the legendary "Hemi" V-8 which was the most powerful passenger car engine in America. The high-performance, 331-cubic-inch hemi engine offered remarkable volumetric efficiency. Also new for 1951 was Chrysler's Hydraguide coaxial power steering.

3. What did the Topps Company begin including with its chewing gum in 1951?

Answer: Baseball cards

Chewing gum manufacturer Topps Company was founded in 1938. In 1950 to increase sales, they included Hopalong Cassidy trading cards. The next year they added baseball cards and soon the cards became more popular than the gum, which sometimes stained the cards.

4. What did Mickey Mantle do on March 17, 1951?

Answer: Played his first baseball game as a New York Yankee

Mantle went 1 for 4 in his initial game. He didn't get his first home run until May 1, 1951.

5. President Harry Truman's firing of what popular figure caused a public uproar?

Answer: Douglas MacArthur

US Army General Douglas MacArthur had asked Truman for permission to use atomic weapons in the Korean War. President Truman refused and later had to relieve the general because of insubordination. War hero and medal of honor winner MacArthur was extremely popular with the American public and there were even impeachment rumors after his dismissal.

6. What fast-food drive-thru chain opened its first restaurant in San Diego in 1951?

Answer: Jack-in-the-Box

Robert O. Peterson opened the first Jack-in-the-Box restaurant in San Diego on a main city thoroughfare. It had an intercom system and a drive-thru window, and served hamburgers to passing motorists for 18 cents. The store top was decorated with a large jack-in-the-box clown.

7. What new television show sparked a protest by the NAACP?

Answer: Amos 'n' Andy

The antics of The Kingfish and the Mystic Knights of the Sea Lodge was found by the NAACP to be degrading to African-Americans, and the popular show was taken off the air after two years.

8. What was unusual about Eddie Gaedel's pinch-hit at-bat for the St. Louis Browns on August 19, 1951?

Answer: He was tiny

Brown's owner Bill Veeck was a true showman when he sent the 3'7" Gaedel in to pinch hit. Wearing number 1/8 on his uniform, the miniature ballplayer walked in his only professional baseball appearance.

9. In July of 1951 "Catcher in the Rye" was published. What is the name of the novel's young narrator?

Answer: Holden Caulfield

The emotionally troubled Holden tells his sister Phoebe that he would like to be "a catcher in the rye," and he imagines himself standing at the edge of a cliff as children play around him. He would catch them before they ran too close to the cliff.

10. For what 1951 movie based on a Tennessee Williams play does Marlon Brando don an undershirt?

Answer: A Streetcar Named Desire

Brando's character, Stanley Kowalski, tries to cope with his pregnant wife Stella and her sister Blanche in post-WWII New Orleans.

Source: Author rblayer

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