Trivia Questions With Answers!
 

1955 Trivia Quiz Questions and answers

Great 1955 Trivia Quiz Questions From the 50s.

 

1955 Trivia Quiz Questions and answers

What happened to José Antonio Remón Cantera, president of Panama?
A: He was assassinated at a race track in Panama City.

Who then became president of Panama?
A: José Ramón Guizado.

Who was the first African-American singer to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City?
A: Marian Anderson.

USS Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine, does what?
A: Puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.

What board game makes its debut?
A:  The game Scrabble.

The Pentagon announces a plan to do what?
A: Develop ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missiles) armed with nuclear weapons.

United States Congress authorizes President Dwight D. Eisenhower to do what?
A: To use force to protect Formosa from the People's Republic of China.

 

The United States Seventh Fleet helps the Republic of China do what?
A: Evacuate Chinese Nationalist army and residents from the Tachen Islands to Taiwan.

U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends what to South Vietnam?
A: The first U.S. advisors.

Jim Henson builds the first version of what?
A: Kermit the Frog.

KXTV of Stockton, California, signs on the air in the United States, becoming what?
A: 100th commercial television station in this country.

Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for what reason?
A: Ill-health at the age of 80.

The Salk polio vaccine, having passed large-scale trials earlier in the United States, receives what?
A: Full approval by the Food and Drug Administration.

Where does Ray Kroc open his first McDonald's?
A: In Des Plaines, Illinois.

 

West Germany joins what?
A: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

What television quiz program premiered on CBS-TV in the United States?
A: The $64,000 Question.

What Disney animated film, premiered in Chicago?
A: Lady and the Tramp.

Ruth Ellis is hanged for murder in London, becoming the what?
A: Last woman ever to be executed in the United Kingdom.

What amusement park opens to the public in Anaheim, California?
A: Disneyland.

The first nuclear-generated electrical power is sold commercially, partially powering what town?
A: The town of Arco, Idaho.

What hurricane hits the northeastern United States, killing over 200 people?
A: Diane.

 

First edition of what book is published in London?
A: Guinness Book of Records.

What famous actor dies in a car wreck?
A: James Dean.

What long-running TV western debuts on the CBS-TV network?
A: Gunsmoke.

What happened to Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States?
A: He suffered a coronary thrombosis while on vacation in Denver, Colorado.

What hugely popular Disney TV show debuts on the ABC-TV network in the United States?
A: The Mickey Mouse Club.

The Brooklyn Dodgers finally do what?
A: Win the World Series, defeating the New York Yankees 2–0 in Game 7 of this year's baseball playoff.

The Soviet battleship Novorossiysk explodes at moorings in Sevastopol Bay, killing how many?
A: 608, the Soviet Union's worst naval disaster.

 

In Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to make room for a white passenger and is what?
A: Arrested, leading to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge to become what?
A: The AFL–CIO.

General Motors becomes the first American corporation to do what?
A: Make a profit of over one billion dollars in one year.

 
© 2022 triviaplaying.com - All rights reserved.      

Privacy Policy