Music? Movies? Television? 1940s

Pick which MOVIE  did NOT come out in the 1940s?

• "12 O'Clock High"
• "Miracle on 34th Street"
• "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer"
• "Sands of Iwo Jima"

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All of these are TELEVISION events from the 1940s EXCEPT...?

• First Grammy Awards
• First Telethon
• First Soap Opera "Faraway Hill"
• First televised World Series

Who is NOT a singer from the 1940s?

• Bing Crosby
• Frank Sinatra
• Judy Garland
• Natalie Cole

True or False:  "It's a Wonderful Life" and "Miracle on 34th Street" deal with the Christmas holiday?

• True
• False
  "Miracle on 34th Street"

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True or False?  Broadway musicals from this time period arose from the popular music of this decade.

• True
• False

Which is NOT a popular type of music from the 1940s?

• Bebop/Bop
• Big Band
• Hip Hop
• Jazz
  Jazz

"Howdy Doody" was a

• 13 year running show.
• child's television program.
• ventriloquist dummy/puppet.
• All of the above.

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True or False?  "The Ed Sullivan Show" is the earliest version of shows like "The Tonight Show".

• True
• False

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Who is NOT a famous person from the 1940s?

• Dr. Benjamin Spock
• Harry Truman
• Marge Simpson
• Judy Garland

True or False?  Mrs. Hernandez was NOT alive in the 1940s.

• True
• False

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