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1. In what American city were federal troops needed to implement court-ordered school desegregation?
2. How many times did Elvis Presley appear on the Ed Sullivan Show?
3. What was a "beatnik"?
4. Lawrence Harvey Ziegler began a long radio broadcasting career on May 1, 1957. By what name is the former Miami disc jockey better known today?
5. On September 24, 1957 the last baseball game was played at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York as the home team prepared to move to another city. To what city did they move?
6. Who was the Most Valuable Player of the 1957 World Series?
7. In October, 1957 a song by the Everly Brothers hit number one on the U.S. charts. What was the name of the girl in the song that fell asleep with her boyfriend at the drive-in movies?
8. In December, 1957 singer Jerry Lee Lewis married Myra Gale Brown. Why was this union controversal?
9. Tom and Jerry, appeared on "American Bandstand" on November 22, 1957. By what name did the duo later become known?
10. What future astronaut set a coast-to-coast air speed record in 1957?
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