Birth Year Quiz

The 1948 quiz

21 questions in the archive mention 1948. Here are 20 of them; New mix gives another lot.

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1947 1949

19 questions are about 1948 itself; the other 1 are about the years just before and after it.

1. One of the most expensive paintings in the world is titled 'No. 5, 1948'. Who painted it?

2. Which island in the Florida Keys is also the title of a classic 1948 film noir movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall?

3. Dr Edwin Land invented the instant camera in which decade?

4. Born in 1928 this actor made his debut in Fighter Squadron (1948) . He later became known by the nickname ‘The baron of Beefcake’. Can you name him?

5. "No 5, 1948" sold for a record 140 million dollars in 2006. What is "No 5,1948"?

6. Where was the first UN peace keeping mission in 1948?

7. London hosts/hosted the 2012 Olympic Games. In which previous years have London hosted the games?

8. Who was the first black man to captain West Indies in a Test Match?

9. Who was the Israeli Prime Minister from 1948 to 1963?

10. What Paul Newman movie is based on the founding of Israel as a modern nation in 1948?

11. Which female Dutch athlete won 4 gold medals at the 1948 London Olympics?

12. Which Chicago newspaper printed the famous wrong headline "Dewey Defeats Truman" after the 1948 election?

13. Which famous bridge was built between the 26th June 1948 and 12th May 1949?

14. Who played the title roles in the 1944 film Henry V, and the 1948 film Hamlet?

15. Who was assassinated on 30th January 1948?

16. Which female singer was born LaDonna Gaines on New Year?s Eve 1948?

17. The first UN peace keeping mission in 1948 was sent to keep the peace between which two countries?

18. Which life saving bridge was established between June 1948 and May 1949?

19. What was the name of the 1948 and 1953 reports based on thousands of interviews that shocked the US public?

20. Over the course of the 9-10 March, 1945; in which city were an estimated 100,000 people killed in the deadliest aerial bombing raid of WWII?

ANSWERS

1. Jackson Pollock

2. Key Largo

3. 1940s (1948)

4. Rock Hudson

5. Oil painting (Jackson Pollock)

6. Israel

7. 1948 and 1908

8. George Headley in 1948

9. David Ben Gurion

10. Exodus

11. Fanny Blankers-Koen

12. The Chicago Daily Tribune

13. Berlin air bridge

14. Lawrence Olivier

15. Mahatma Gandhi

16. Donna Summer

17. Isreal and Palastine

18. The Berlin airbridge

19. Kinsey

20. Tokyo

Where these questions come from
  1. Pauls Art & Literature Quiz 1
  2. Pauls Quiz 342
  3. Photography Quiz 1
  4. Movie and Moviestars Quiz 2
  5. Pauls Quiz 476
  6. Pub Quiz 118
  7. Olympic Games Quiz 3
  8. Cricket Quiz 3
  9. World Leaders Quiz 1
  10. Paul Newman Quiz 1
  11. Sport Quiz 15
  12. United States Elections Quiz 1
  13. Pauls Quiz 64
  14. Television Quiz 4
  15. Same initials Quiz 3
  16. New Year Quiz 1
  17. Pauls Quiz 283
  18. Pauls Quiz 273
  19. Pauls Quiz 460
  20. Pauls Quiz 396

Questions are chosen because they mention the year. Now and then one is only loosely about it: press New mix for another lot.