Birth Year Quiz

The 1949 quiz

25 questions in the archive mention 1949. Here are 20 of them; New mix gives another lot.

  • 25 questions mention 1949
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1948 1950

1. Who was world heavyweight boxing champion from 1937 to 1949?

2. Plus or minus two years, when was the People's Republic of China established?

3. Which British TV programme, first broadcast in 1949 has been presented by peter West, Brian Johnson, Terry Wogan and Angela Rippon, amongst others?

4. Who in 1949 startled spectators at Wimbledon with her frilly lace edges to her tennis clothes?

5. Which British group of nations did Ireland leave in 1949?

6. In 1949 what was introduced to cars for the first time?

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

8. Which long serving Australian Prime Minister was in office from 1949 ? 1966?

9. Which huge engineering project in south-eastern Australia, built between 1949 and 1974, created dams and power stations in the mountains?

10. What is the name of the string instrument heard throughout the 1949 film noir classic 'The Third Man'?

11. Which Gene Autry recording was the No 1 song in the USA over the Christmas holidays in 1949?

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

13. Name one of the three actors who play sailors on leave in New York in the 1949 film 'On the Town'.

14. What did the famous HOLLYWOOD sign on Mt Lee say between the years 1923 and 1949?

15. "I never knew the old Vienna before the war ...." is the opening line to which classic 1949 film?

16. Which American film director was famous for his westerns such as She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)?

17. Who was the first chancellor of the German federal Republic between 1949-1963?

18. Safety belts (car seat belts) first appeared in cars back in 1949. Which car company brought about this life-saving technology? Five letters.

19. What 1980 film starring Brooke Shields was a remake of a 1949 movie?

20. Which 1965 film; based on a 1949 autobiography, was the biggest box office hit of the 1960s?

ANSWERS

1. Joe Louis

2. 1949

3. Come Dancing

4. Gorgeous Gussie Moran

5. Commonwealth

6. The Ignition key

7. The Berlin airbridge

8. Robert Menzies

9. The Snowy Mountains Scheme

10. Zither

11. Rudolph the red nosed reindeer.

12. Berlin air bridge

13. Gene Kelly, Jules Munshin and Frank Sinatra

14. HOLLYWOODLAND

15. The Third Man

16. John Ford

17. Konrad Adenauer

18. VOLVO

19. The Blue Lagoon

20. The Sound of Music

Where these questions come from
  1. Sport Quiz 24
  2. Pauls Quiz 383
  3. Television Nostalgia Quiz 1
  4. Tennis Quiz 1
  5. Irish Politics Quiz 1
  6. Pub Quiz 29
  7. Pauls Quiz 273
  8. Australasia Quiz 1
  9. Australia Quiz 6
  10. Pauls Quiz 319
  11. Pauls Christmas Quiz 5
  12. Pauls Quiz 64
  13. Pub Quiz 98
  14. Pauls Quiz 380
  15. Pauls Quiz 486
  16. Movie Directors Quiz 1
  17. Firsts and Lasts Quiz 1
  18. Inventions Quiz 1
  19. Blue Movies Quiz 1
  20. Pauls Quiz 444

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