13 questions are about 1952 itself; the other 7 are about the years just before and after it.
1. In which 1952 film did Grant appear alongside Marilyn Monroe?
2. The sequence of events in which famous 1952 Hollywood western take place in so called 'real time'?
3. Where was Gene Kelly Singin' in 1952?
4. What are the roman numerals for the year that English King George VI died?
5. Where were the 1952 Olympic games held?
6. Between 1952 and 1955, La Plata Argentina was given a new name. Who was it renamed after?
7. Who replaced King Farouk in a 1952 coup?
8. Which Australian Opera singer made her debut in England in 1952?
9. Which airline was the first to introduce passenger jet service in 1952?
10. How did Christine Jorgensen make headlines around the world in Dec 1952?
11. Which company invented the transistor radio in 1952?
12. An American liner gained the blue riband of the Atlantic for the fastest crossing in 1952. (She travelled at an average speed of 35.59 knots). What was her name?
13. Which American man was the world number one professional tennis player eight years in a row from 1952 to 1960?
14. Who played Louis Armstrong in 1954 film The Glen Miller Story?
15. Which gambling game is played in the 1955 film Guys and Dolls?
16. Which TV police series ran from 1955 ? 1976 for total of 434 episodes?
17. What was stolen from Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day 1950?
18. Who in 1949 startled spectators at Wimbledon with her frilly lace edges to her tennis clothes?
19. Which baseball player married Marilyn Monroe in 1954?
20. Between 1953 and 1990 the East German city Chemnitz was named after which man?
ANSWERS
1. Monkey Business
2. High Noon
3. In The Rain
4. MCMLII (1952).
5. Helsinki
6. Eva Peron (Eva Peron City)
7. Gamel Abdel Nasser
8. Joan Sutherland
9. BOAC
10. The first or one of the first to undergo a sex change operation
11. Sony
12. The S.S. United States
13. Pancho Gonzales
14. He played himself
15. Craps
16. Dixon of Dock Green
17. The Stone of Scone
18. Gorgeous Gussie Moran
19. Joe Dimaggio
20. Karl Marx (Karl Marx Stadt)
Where these questions come from
- Pauls Cary Grant Quiz 1
- Pauls Quiz 415
- 1940s and 1950s Films Quiz 1
- History Quiz 22
- Pub Quiz 39
- Pauls Quiz 429
- History Quiz 10
- Australasia Quiz 1
- Pauls Quiz 466
- Pauls Quiz 184
- Inventions Quiz 1
- Ships and their Captains Quiz 1
- Pauls Quiz 427
- Pub Quiz 23
- Games Quiz 1
- Colours Quiz 4
- Christmas Quiz 2
- Tennis Quiz 1
- Lovers Quiz 1
- Pauls History Quiz 7
Questions are chosen because they mention the year. Now and then one is only loosely about it: press New mix for another lot.