What board game made its debut in January 1955?
Scrabble Click to see the answer
A 1955 train crash in Guadalajara in which country killed over 300 people?
Mexico
What type of fastening was patented in 1955?
Velcro
What type of kitchen gadget was introduced by Tappan in October 1955?
Microwave Oven
General Peron of which country was overthrow in a 1955 coup?
Argentina
What animal was on a 'Hot Tin Roof' in the title of a 1955 play?
Cat
In 1955, the Olympic Committee awarded the 1960 Summer Olympics to which city?
Rome Click to see the answer
What state is in the name of the writer of the 1955 hit play 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'?
Tennessee
83 people were killed at a 24 hour car race in which country in 1955?
France
What word completes the title of the 1955 Disney release, 'The Lady and the '?
Tramp
How old was James Dean when he died in a car crash in September 1955?
24
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in which state in 1955?
Alabama
In December 1955, Barbra Streisand recorded her first album at what age?
13
What was the first name of actor Dean, who died in a car crash in September 1955?
James
Chiva Stoica became leader of which country in 1955?
Romania
Bulganin replaced Malenkov as leader in which country in 1955?
Soviet Union
Who was US Vice President in 1955?
Richard Nixon
What was the third volume of 'Lord of the Rings', published in 1955?
Return of the King
Who released the single 'Folsom Prison Blues' in 1955?
Johnny Cash
Sugar Ray Robinson won the world title in which sport in December 1955?
Boxing
Which US state became the first to enact seatbelt legislation in 1955?
Illinois Click to see the answer
The last Soviet forces left which European country in August 1955?
Austria
The Mir mine opened in the Soviet Union in June 1955, to extract which precious gemstone?
Diamond
The popular 1955 TV quiz show had a title worth how many dollars?
$64,000
In 1955, who became the first US President to appear on color TV?
Eisenhower
How many Communist Bloc countries signed the Warsaw Pact in 1955?
8
What was the atomic number of Mendelevium, discovered in 1955?
101 Click to see the answer
Ichirō Hatojama was recognised as leader of which country in 1955?
Japan
What type of fuel did 1955 submarine Nautilus use?
Nuclear
To which country did General Peron flee after a coup in 1955?
Spain
Who topped the charts with 'Rock Around the Clock' in 1955?
Bill Haley
The US signed a 'Canal Treaty' with which country in 1955?
Panama
In 1955, the Baghdad Pact was signed between Iraq and which country?
Turkey
Which European country gained full indepdence in 1955 after being occupied by 4 powers since 1945?
Austria
What European city gave its name to a pact between Communist countries, signed in May 1955?
Warsaw
Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on which type of transport in 1955?
Bus
In October 1955, the first edition of L'Express newspaper was published in which city?
Paris
In 1955, the Soviet space center opened in which part of the country?
Kazakhstan
Which country acquired 4 of the 7 Dead Sea Scrolls in 1955?
Israel
José Antonio Remón Cantera, President of which coutnry, was assassinated in January 1955?
Panama Click to see the answer
An emergency crisis was declared in the UK in 1955 over a strike in which industry?
Rail
The first plant to try to produce a man-made version of which precious stone opened in 1955?
Diamond
Which tiny Asian nation issued its first postage stamps on January 1, 1955?
Bhutan
In which US state did Albert Einstein die at the age of 76 in April 1955?
New Jersey
What was the name of the first book of world records which was published in 1955?
Guinness
The British government of which island declared a state of emergency in November 1955?
Cyprus
Josephine Kroesen was elected first female jufge in which country in 1055?
Netherlands
In which US state did James Dean die in a car crash in September 1955?
California
In South Africa, 60,000 black residents of which city were forcibly evicted in 1955?
Johannesburg
Which singer made his first TV appearance on 'Lousiana Hayride' in March 1955?
Elvis Presley