Birth Year Quiz

The 1957 quiz

25 questions in the archive mention 1957. Here are 20 of them; New mix gives another lot.

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1956 1958

18 questions are about 1957 itself; the other 2 are about the years just before and after it.

1. What was the name of the 1957 war film, based on the life of Douglas Bader?

2. Who was sang about a Blue Christmas in 1957?

3. Which film was based on John Wyndham's 1957 science fiction novel 'The Midwich Cuckoos'?

4. Which three year old female made around the world news after her death on November 3, 1957?

5. In which year did Paul McCartney first meet John Lennon?

6. Which long-running B.B.C. TV programme famously showed footage of spaghetti trees on April Fools' Day in 1957?

7. In what country is the River Kwai, best known from the 1957 movie?

8. Which 1957 treaty created the European Economic Community?

9. Who was the first man named John to become World Snooker Champion?

10. What pink piggy pals first hit the British screens in 1957?

11. Who starred in the 1957 film showboat as June?

12. In the 1957 film about Japanese prisoners of war, where was the Bridge?

13. Which Canadian won the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize for Suez?

14. The title of which 1957 number one hit song on both sides of the Atlantic, considered by some Christians as blasphemous, was a famous line from Scarlett in Gone With The Wind? (four words)

15. What was the name of the popular British film production company run by the director duo Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger between 1943 and 1957?

16. Meaning 'companion' in Russian, what shocked the United States and made headlines around the world in October 1957?

17. What were the first animals to go into space?

18. Russias first successful satelite blasted off in 1957- What was its name?

19. What was the name of the Russian space probe that was the first to land (or crash) on the moon Sept 13, 1959?

20. Which J.S. was for much of the 1960s the highest paid model in the world?

ANSWERS

1. Reach For The Sky

2. The King, Elvis Presley

3. Village of the Damned

4. Laika

5. 1957 (6 July, 1957 at the Woolton Parsh Church fete)

6. Panorama

7. Thailand

8. The Treaty of Rome

9. John Pulman - In 1957. Other men named John to win the title are John Spencer, John Parrott and John Higgins

10. Pinky and Perky

11. Ava Gardner

12. Over the River Kwai

13. Lester Pearson

14. Great Balls Of Fire (Scarlett: "Great balls of fire. Don't bother me anymore, and don't call me sugar.")

15. The Archers

16. Sputnik I

17. Fruit flies in 1946 (Laika was the first animal to orbit Earth, 1957).

18. Sputnik

19. Luna (Luna 2)

20. Jean Shrimpton

Where these questions come from
  1. Movie and Moviestars Quiz 7
  2. Christmas Quiz 1
  3. Pauls Quiz 322
  4. Pauls Quiz 329
  5. Pauls Quiz 467
  6. Pub Quiz 115
  7. QuizMiz Quiz 38
  8. European Union Quiz 1
  9. John The First Quiz 1
  10. Entertainment Quiz 14
  11. 1950s Quiz 1
  12. 1940s and 1950s Films Quiz 1
  13. Pub Quiz 15
  14. Pauls Quiz 300
  15. Pauls Quiz 460
  16. Pauls Quiz 301
  17. Famous Firsts and Foods Quiz 1
  18. Top to Toe Quiz 1
  19. Pub Quiz 96
  20. Pauls Quiz 466

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