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What do you know or remember from 75 years ago
Question 1
1. How much was the average cost of a new house in 1937?


Question 2
2. Amelia Earhart mysteriously disappeared over what ocean during a circumnavigation flight in 1937?


Question 3
3. Who became the British Monarch in 1937 after King Edward VIII left the throne to marry Wallis Simpson ?


Question 4
4. What was the name of the German airship that burst into flames over Lakehurst, New Jersey in 1937?


Question 5
5. What was the average cost of a gallon of gas 75 years ago?


Question 6
6. Franklin D. Roosevelt began his _______ term as US president in 1937: First, Second, Third?


Question 7
7. In 1937, the 999 emergency telephone service began in what country?


Question 8
8. The NBL (National Basketball League) was created by which three companies ?


Question 9
9. Which book by J.R.R. Tolkien was published 75 years ago ?


Question 10
10. What was the average price of a new car ?


Question 11
11. 75 Years ago Japanese forces seized the city of Nanking in China and killed how many people? (estimate)


Question 12
12. The book, "Death on the Nile" was published by which author ?


Question 13
13. The first flying car that could actually fly was flown in 1937 and built by whom?


Question 14
14. What famous San Francisco bridge was first opened ?


Question 15
15. What were the average yearly wages for a worker 75 years ago?


Question 16
16. Who became the British Prime Minister in 1937?


Question 17
17. The Toyota Motor Company was founded in 1937 in Japan, by whom?


Question 18
18. What Disney movie was first released 75 years ago?


Question 19
19. The first blood bank opened in what US city in 1937?


Question 20
20. How much did a loaf of bread cost 75 years ago?







Answers for those without Javascript enabled
1. $4,100.00 2. Pacific Ocean 3. King George VI 4. The Hindenburg 5. 10 cents 6. Second term 7. United Kingdom 8. General Electric, Firestone, and Goodyear 9. The Hobbit 10. $760.00 11. Estimated 200,000 people died in the Nanking Massacre 12. Agatha Christie 13. Waldo Waterman 14. The Golden Gate Bridge 15. $1,780.00 16. Neville Chamberlain 17. Kiichiro Toyoda 18. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 19. Chicago, Illinois 20. 9 cents