1956 Trivia Quiz Questions With Answers - 50s Trivia
By popular demand, Peter Pan, starring Mary Martin, is
what?
A: Restaged live by Producers' Showcase on
NBC-TV.
Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser vows to do what?
A: Reconquer Palestine.
The 1956 Winter Olympic Games open where?
A: Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
British spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean resurface in
the Soviet Union after what?
A: After being missing for 5 years.
Elvis Presley enters the United States music charts for the
first time, with what song?
A: "Heartbreak Hotel."
Norma Jean Mortenson legally changes her name to what?
A: Marilyn Monroe.
Doris Day records her most famous song. What song is it?
A: Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be).
Morocco declares its independence from what country?
A: France.
96 U.S. Congressmen sign the Southern Manifesto. What was
it?
A: A protest against the 1954 Supreme Court ruling (Brown v. Board of Education)
that desegregated public education.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above what for the
first time?
A: 500
Elvis Presley releases his first what?
A: Gold Album titled Elvis Presley.
What hit Broadway
musical opens in New York City?
A: My Fair Lady.
Tunisia gains independence from what country?
A: France.
The first episode of what soap opera is broadcast on the
CBS television network?
A: As the World Turns.
Actress Grace Kelly marries whom?
A: Rainier III, Prince of Monaco.
Heavyweight boxing champion Rocky Marciano retires having
never what?
A: Lost a professional boxing match.
Elvis Presley performs "Hound Dog", on what TV show?
A: The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip
movements.
Playwright Arthur Miller appears before the what?
A: The House UnAmerican Activities Committee.
Gamal Abdel Nasser becomes the what?
A: The 2nd president of Egypt.
Actress Marilyn Monroe marries whom?
A: Playwright Arthur Miller.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Federal Aid
Highway Act, creating what?
A: The Interstate Highway System
Where was the first Lockheed U-2 spy plane flown over?
A: The Soviet Union.
At New York City's Copacabana nightclub, Dean Martin and
Jerry Lewis perform their what?
A: Last comedy show together.
The Italian ocean liner SS Andrea Doria sinks after
colliding with what?
A: The Swedish ship SS Stockholm in heavy fog, killing 51.
A joint resolution of Congress is signed by President
Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorizing what?
A: "In God we trust" as the U.S. national motto.
Elvis Presley appears on what TV show for the first time?
A: The Ed Sullivan Show.
What Cecil B. DeMille epic film, starring Charlton Heston
as Moses, is released in the United States?
A: The Ten Commandments.
13-year-old Bobby Fischer beats grandmaster Donald Byrne in
what tournament?
A: The Rosenwald Memorial Tournament in New York City.
The Huntley-Brinkley Report debuts on what TV network?
A: NBC-TV in the United States.
The United States Supreme Court declares illegal the state
and municipal laws requiring what?
A: Segregated buses in Montgomery, Alabama, thus ending the Montgomery Bus
Boycott.
The 1956 Summer Olympics begin in what city?
A: Melbourne, Australia.
Floyd Patterson wins the what?
A: The world heavyweight boxing championship.
What country becomes a member of the United Nations?
A: Japan.
What TV game show debuts on CBS-TV?
A: To Tell the Truth.
Bob Barker makes his TV debut as host of what game show?
A: Truth or Consequences.
