Statistics for 1950s Sports Moments

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	Hint	Answer	% Correct
1952	Country that wins a 6th Gold Medal in Men's Ice Hockey at the Winter Olympics	Canada	76%
1954	This country wins it's first FIFA World Cup	West Germany	76%
1954	The NBA introduces a shot clock of how many seconds?	24	71%
1953	Baseball franchise that became first to win 5 consecutive World Series	New York Yankees	71%
1958	As a 17-year old this Footballer scores a hat-trick in the Semi Final and 2 in the Final to win his first FIFA World Cup	Pelé	71%
1956	This Heavyweight boxer retires undefeated at 49-0	Rocky Marciano	65%
1955	Country that wins the Davis Cup 5-0	Australia	59%
1957	This F1 Driver wins his 5th Championship, all in the 1950s	Juan Manuel Fangio	59%
1952	Nazar Mohammad becomes the first player to score a Test century for this country	Pakistan	53%
1959	Footballer wins his second Ballon D'or award	Alfredo Di Stéfano	47%
1954	Middle-distance runner that becomes the first to run a sub-4-minute mile	Roger Bannister	47%
1953	Golfer who became the first to win a Triple Crown	Ben Hogan	41%
1952	Long-distance runner that wins gold medals in the 5,000m, 10,000m and the marathon	Emil Zátopek	41%
1954	Canadian Ice Hockey player nicknamed 'Mr Hockey' wins his fourth Art Ross Trophy in a row	Gordie Howe	41%
1952	The 1952 Summer Olympics is hosted in this city	Helsinki	41%
1956	English Footballer becomes the inaugural winner of the Ballon d'Or	Stanley Matthews	41%
1950	Giuseppe Farina wins the inaugural FIA World Championship driving for which team?	Alfa Romeo	35%
1956	Boxer becomes Heavyweight champion at the age of 21	Floyd Patterson	24%
1951	Baseball catcher wins his first (AL) MVP award	Yogi Berra	24%
1957	The first African-American woman to win the US Nationals (later US Open)	Althea Gibson	18%
1950	These Basketball players become the first African-Americans to play in the NBA	Earl Lloyd / Chuck Cooper / Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton	18%
1958	The first Black player to play in the NHL	Willie O'Ree	12%
1956	The first High Jumper to clear 7 ft	Charles Dumas	6%
1953	Marathon runner that sets a world record with the first run under 2 hours 20 minutes	Jim Peters	0%