1950 Trivia Quiz Questions
A fire consumes Mercy Hospital in Davenport,
Iowa, killing
how many patients?
A: 39.
The Israeli government recognizes what government?
A: The People's Republic of China.
What mountain erupts in New Guinea?
A: Mount Lamington.
What British submarine collides with a Swedish oil tanker
in the Thames Estuary and sinks?
A: Truculent, 64 die.
Eleven thieves steal more than $2 million from the what?
A: The Brink's armored car company headquarters in
Boston,
Massachusetts.
Accused communist spy Alger Hiss is convicted on what?
A: Two counts of perjury.
United States President Harry S. Truman orders the
development of the what?
A: The hydrogen bomb.
Chiang Kai-shek is what?
A: Re-elected as a president of the Republic of China.
Albert Einstein warns what?
A: That nuclear war could lead to mutual destruction.
The Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China sign
what?
A: A mutual defense treaty.
Walt Disney releases his 12th animated film with what
title?
A: Cinderella in Hollywood.
Klaus Fuchs is convicted in London of spying against whom?
A: Both Britain and the United States for the Soviet Union.
Chiang Kai-shek resumes his duties as Chinese president
after moving his government to where?
A: Taipei, Taiwan.
University of California, Berkeley researchers announce the
creation of element 98, which they call what?
A: "Californium".
L. Ron Hubbard publishes what book?
A: Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health.
What Hawaiian volcano begins to erupt in Hawaii?
A: Mauna Loa.
North Korean troops cross the what?
A: 38th parallel into South Korea.
President Truman orders American military forces to aid in
the defense of what country?
A: South Korea.
The North Korean People's Army kills around 800
medical
staff and patients where?
A: Seoul National University Hospital
Uruguay beat Brazil 2–1 to win the 1950 what?
A: World Cup.
A bomb-laden B-29 Superfortress crashes into what?
A: A residential area in California, killing 17 and injuring 68.
Florence Chadwick swims across the English Channel with
what time?
A: 13 hours, 22 minutes.
What comic strip is created by Mort Walker?
A: Beetle Bailey.
What game show debuts on television?
A: Truth or Consequences.
Indonesia is admitted to the what?
A: United Nations.
The comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz is first
published in how many U.S. newspapers?
A: Seven.
Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar
Collazo attempt to assassinate what U.S. President?
A: Harry S. Truman.
While in an F-80, Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown intercepts
2 North Korean MiG-15s near the Yalu River and does what?
A: Shoots them down in the first jet-to-jet dogfight in history.
Shirley Temple announces her what?
A: Retirement from show business.
Where does President Truman send United States military
advisers?
A: To Vietnam to aid French forces.
France institutes a government-guaranteed what?
A: Minimum wage.
