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This Year in Focus Quiz Question
The Average income per year in the United States was $1,750

the German battleship Bismarck sinks the HMS Hood

Japan Attacks Pearl Harbour

The first RAF aircraft equipped with radar

Cost of a gallon of Gas 12 cents

The Average House Price in the US is $4,075.00

Popular Musicians include Glenn Miller Jimmy Dorsey and Andrews Sisters




This Year in Focus Quiz Question
The Average income per year in the United States was $4,000.00

Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay climb Mount Everest

Sugar Rationing Ends in The United Kingdom

The first color television sets go on sale for about $1,175

Cost of a gallon of Gas 20 cents

The Average House Price in the US is $9.550.00

Cigarette Smoking is linked to causing Lung Cancer

The first full Transister Radio goes on sale from Texas Instruments

Popular Films include Peter Pan, How to Marry a Millionaire, and The War of The Worlds

History of Radio




This Year in Focus Quiz Question
The Average income per year in the United States was $38,100.00

The Search Engine Google is founded.

The FDA approves Viagra for use as a treatment for male impotence

Apple Computer unveils the iMac.

Cost of a gallon of Gas $1.15

The Average House Price in the US is $129,300.00

Car Bomb devastates Oklahoma City Federal Building

India and Pakistan test nuclear weapons

Popular Films include Armageddon Titanic and Saving Private Ryan




This Year in Focus Quiz Question
The Average income per year in the United States was $2,950.00

The first Long Playing Record's or LP made of vinyl that was played at 33 rpm appeared

Mahatma Gandhi is murdered in India

The NHS or National Health Service is created in the United Kingdom

Cost of a gallon of Gas 16 cents

The Average House Price in the US is $7,700.00

Soviet Union blockades West Berlin in Germany and the US starts an 11 month airlift of food and supplies

Velcro is invented

Fashions becoming more daring with the introduction of the Bikini




This Year in Focus Quiz Question
The Average income per year in the United States was $1,970.00

The Crysler Building in New York is Completed and the The Empire State Building Opens

The First World Cup Final ( soccer ) is won by Uruguay

Alphonse Capone ( Scarface ) gangster is jailed for income tax evasion

Cost of a gallon of Gas 10 cents

The Average House Price in the UK is 590 pounds

Unemployment is 8.9% in the US

Frozen Food is invented by Clarence Birdseye in the USA

And A Willys 2 passenger coupe cost $673




This Year in Focus Quiz Question
The Yearly Inflation Rate USA 9.2% UK 24.2%
Interest Rates Year End Bank of England 11.25% Federal Reserve 7.25%
The Average income per year in the United States was $14,100.00

BIC launches first disposable Razor

Sony introduces Betamax videotapes and Matsushita / JVC introduce VHS

The Suez Canal reopens for the first time since the Six-Day War

The Unemployment Rate in the US reaches 9.2%

The film version of The Who's Tommy premiers in London

The Film Jaws is first shown





This Year in Focus Quiz Question
The Average income per year in the United States was $8,550.00

The Microprocessor ( a miniture set of integrated circuits ) is invented opening the way for the computer revolution that followed

Seiko sells the first Quartz Watch

The Harrier Jump Jet enters service with the RAF

The Beatles release their final album Abbey Road.

Chevrolet Corvette was selling for $3631

Beef Chuck Roast cost 62 cents per pound

This Lakeside Property was for sale in Oshkosh Wisconsin for $29,300
cosy 3 bedroom ranch with boat dock 2 car garage on lake winnebago


This Year in Focus Quiz Question
The Average income per year in the United States was $6,000.00 .

Cassius Clay won the Boxing World heavyweight championship from Sonny Liston.

The Computer Mouse was invented by Douglas Engelbart USA.

The first Ford Mustang from Ford Motor Company is made.

Top of the Pops premieres on BBC television.

A 26 inch color TV cost $379.00.A new Pontiac Catalina Cost $3,149. and a Roadmaster Bike cost $34.77.

This house was for sale in Auburn New York for $16,900
Cape Cod Style 4 bedroom , family room , attached garage


This Year in Focus Quiz Question
The Average income per year in the United States was $12,900.00.

Roe v. Wade makes abortion a US constitutional right in the United States.

In a Tennis Match billed as the battle of the sexes Mrs Billy Jean King defeats Bobby Riggs.

2 Popular TV Programmes are The Odd Couple and Columbo.

U.S. involvement in Vietnam War ends with the signing of peace treaty.

This house was for sale in Long Beach California for $27,500,
Spanish Villa Fine Corner Lot 3 beds stone fireplace.



This Year in Focus Quiz Question
The Average income per year in the United States was $4.450.00

Black-and-white portable TV sets hit the market.

Sony exports it's first ever products to Canada "a Transister Radio".

Warsaw Pact troops invade Hungary.

Elvis Presley enters the US music charts for the first time, with " Heartbreak Hotel. "

Eggs cost 79 cents for a dozen and an Oldsmobile, "88" holiday sedan cost $2,929.

This House was for sale in Coshocton Ohio
Country Home 7 room brick house oil heating and basement $7,000.



This Year in Focus Quiz Question
The Average income per year in the United States was $1,550.00 .

The Depression was at it's peak in the United States and Britain with 1 in 4 people unemployed.

The Loch Ness Monster is sighted for the first time in modern times.

The Chevrolet 6 was selling From $475 with a 60 horsepower engine and silent synchromesh gearbox.

A tube of Tooth paste cost 27 cents and the very latest in Radio A Philco Radio able to pick up stations from countries around the world and Police, Air, and shipping cost a whopping $188.00

This farm was for sale in Sheboygan Wisconsin for $1,900
10 acre chicken farm large basement barn and small house


This Year in Focus Quiz Question
The Average income per year in the United States was $37,070.00

The Channel Tunnel, which took 15,000 workers over seven years to complete, joining France and England opens

OJ Simpson flees police in his white ford bronco.

Ayrton Senna of Brazil, age 34, is tragically killed during the San Marino Grand Prix in Imola.

Lisa marie Presley marries Michael Jackson.

Coca Cola is 99 cents for 6 cans. and a new Volkswagon Golf GTI costs $12,635.

This House was for sale in Annapolis Maryland
Semi Detatched 3 bedroom. 2 1/2 bath, Peninsular location over looking ocean $198,000 .


This Year in Focus Quiz Question
The Average income per year in the United States was $22,400.00

Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates after launch, killing all on board

The Nicotene patch is invented by Frank Etscorn

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease is first identified

Popular TV Programmes include Cagney and Lacey , Cheers and Fame.

This plot was for sale in Pinedale Wyoming for $9,000
1 acre lot Cleared with well