Q 01/05

Elvis Presley released his first studio album in what year?

A) 1954

B) 1955

C) 1958

D) 1956

Answer · why

D) 1956

Elvis Presley's self-titled debut album was released in March 1956 by RCA Victor.

Q 02/05

Which of these songs is often credited with helping to popularize rock and roll music in the mid-1950s?

A) That's Amore

B) Rock Around the Clock

C) Mr. Sandman

D) Que Sera, Sera

Answer · why

B) Rock Around the Clock

Bill Haley & His Comets' 'Rock Around the Clock' became a massive hit after being featured in the 1955 film 'Blackboard Jungle', significantly boostin...

Q 03/05

In what year did Ray Kroc open his first McDonald's in Des Plaines, Illinois?

A) 1950

B) 1960

C) 1959

D) 1955

Answer · why

D) 1955

Kroc opened his Des Plaines, Illinois store on 15 April 1955 - his first and McDonald's ninth - and went on to buy out the McDonald brothers in 1961.

Q 04/05

Who developed the first effective polio vaccine in the 1950s?

A) Louis Pasteur

B) Alexander Fleming

C) Jonas Salk

D) Robert Koch

Answer · why

C) Jonas Salk

Jonas Salk developed the first successful inactivated polio vaccine, which was introduced to the public in 1955.

Q 05/05

In what year did the Soviet Union launch Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite?

A) 1959

B) 1961

C) 1962

D) 1957

Answer · why

D) 1957

Sputnik 1 was launched on October 4, 1957, by the Soviet Union, initiating the Space Race.