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Question 1 of 10
Which actress married Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1956?
Question 2 of 10
Thanks to secret U2 flights, what 1950s president knew that there wasn't really a "missile gap" between the US and USSR?
Question 3 of 10
Who ruled as Soviet dictator from 1924 until 1953?
Question 4 of 10
What was the name of the mutual defense treaty that eight communist states in Eastern Europe established on 14 May 1955?
Question 5 of 10
In 1954, the last immigrant to come through Ellis Island was Arne Peterssen, a 48-year-old merchant seaman from Narvik, in what country?
Question 6 of 10
Who founded the Order of the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta in 1950?
Question 7 of 10
Which former British prime minister was awarded the Nobel prize in 1953?
Question 8 of 10
Who became President of France in 1959?
Question 9 of 10
In which country was Juan Peron deposed by a military coup in 1955?
Question 10 of 10
The "Big Bang" theory, whose name was coined in 1950, has to do with the creation of what?

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