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	Hint	Answer	% Correct
C	Oscar winning classic from 1942 based on the unproduced play "Everyone Comes To Rick's."	Casablanca	94%
K	In 1946 Umberto II became Italy's last one of these.	King	86%
N	Island off the east coast of Canada that, along with mainland neighbor Labrador, became a Canadian province in 1949.	Newfoundland	86%
D	U.S. city dubbed "The Arsenal of Democracy."	Detroit	83%
F	Walt Disney and RCA developed a stereophonic sound system for this feature film.	Fantasia	83%
O	Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II teamed up for the first time and revolutionized musical theater when this musical opened on Broadway.	Oklahoma!	77%
W	At twenty-five years old he co-wrote, produced, directed and starred in "Citizen Kane," considered by many to be the greatest film ever made.	Orson Welles	74%
E	Nazi Lieutenant Colonel who helped orchestrate the removal of Jews from their Ghettos to Concentration Camps. He would latter be tried, convicted and sentenced to death in Israel in 1962.	Adolf Eichmann	71%
M	In 1949 his play "Death of a Salesman" opened on Broadway, today considered by many to the greatest American play yet written.	Arthur Miller	71%
I	Cleveland sports team that won their sports world championship in 1948 (to date they haven't won another).	Indians	63%
X	Lionel Hampton played an intrument called a vita_____, which is very similar to this percussion instrument.	Xylophone	63%
A	This Comedy duo made their film debut in "One Night in the Tropics."	Abbott and Costello	60%
H	Nationwide, orange roofed restaurant chain that went from having over 200 locations in 1941, down to twelve in 1944 and then began building another 200 when turnpikes were built in Ohio, New Jersey and Connecticut.	Howard Johnson's	51%
B	Iconic song by the Andrew Sisters about a street musician drafted into the army. Actually released a year before Pearl Harbor.	Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy	46%
J	Made his debut in Batman #1.	The Joker	46%
S	This gossip columnist began hosting a variety show on CBS called "Toast of the Town" in 1948 (the show was officially renamed after him in 1955).	Ed Sullivan	43%
G	In 1948 this emcee's "Talent Scouts" began airing simutaniously on both radio and television.	Arthur Godfrey	40%
Y	Name given for the summit held in the Soviet Union and attended by Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin	Yalta Conference	40%
T	In 1944 this world renouned conductor resumed his duty as full time musical director of the NBC Symphony Orchestra.	Arturo Toscanini	34%
U	Japan formally surrendered to the U.S. on the deck of this battleship.	U.S.S. Missouri	26%
P	Communist state formed in 1949 following the Chinese Civil War.	The People's Republic of China	23%
Z	1945 MGM musical based on a famous Broadway revue. The only time Fred Astair and Gene Kelly danced together.	Ziegfeld Follies	20%
R	Italian filmmaker who's "Rome, Open City" is generally sighted as the first Italian Neo-Realist film.	Roberto Rossellini	14%
Q	English hospital in West Sussex that became world renowned for it's treatment of RAF burn victims.	Queen Victoria Hospital	6%
V	Eleven day battle in which Soviet Forces took control of Austria.	Vienna Offensive	0%