We are celebrating Wyatt's Grandma's Birthday on the 3rd of September (1955) by placing this cache!
Cache is not at the listed coordinates. You will need to figure out the correct answers below for each of the following 14 questions and then do some calculations to come up with the coordinates.
We enjoyed researching and remembering with grandma childhood moments while creating the questions; therefore if you don't remember or HAD NOT YET BEEN BORN, the internet has ALL the answers!!
Hopefully you will have FuN solving and reminising these past history tibits!!!
Bring your own pen or pencil!
Watch out for MUGGLES and happy caching!
The cache is located at: North AB CD.EFG West TU VW.XYZ
55! Oh! What a Year!
What happened 1955???
The year began on a Saturday and was greeted with familiar changes!
Pocket transistor radios are all the rage and the first Atomically generated power is used in the US.
Rock and Roll music continues to grow in popularity with more idols including Elvis Presley , Bill Haley and the Comets, Chuck Berry and The Platters
Young men's fashion matches the times with pink shirts and charcoal grey suits.
Seven out of ten families now owned a motor car, and new laws were put in place requiring seat belts to be installed on all new cars. The National Highway System was expanded with Interstate highways across many parts of US.
A - Who was the American president in 1955?
Harry Truman – 3
Dwight D. Eisenhower – 4
John F. Kennedy – 5
Richard Nixon – 6
B - On December 1, 1955, which African-American woman refused to give up her seat on a bus which prompted a bus boycott led by civil rights leaders?
Rosa Parks – 1
Dorothy Dandridge – 2
Althea Gibson – 3
Bessie Coleman – 4
C - What can we thank Eugene Polley for inventing in 1955, which gave birth to the "couch potato"?
CB Radio – 1
Microwave – 2
Wireless T.V. remote – 3
La-z-Boy – 4
D - Do you know the name of the vaccine tested by Jonas Salk for the first time on April 12, 1955?
Hepatitis B – 5
Ebola – 6
Flu – 7
Polio – 8
E - Name the TV western that made its debut on CBS in 1955.
Gunsmoke – 1
Shane – 3
Little House on the Prairie – 5
Maverick – 7
F - What Disney animated film was released to theaters on June 22, 1955, to box office success. It was the first animated film to be filmed in the CinemaScope widescreen film process., as well as Disney's first animated film to be distributed by their Buena Vista division?
Sleeping Beauty – 3
Fantasia – 5
Lady and the Tramp – 7
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea – 9
G - The New York Yankees did not win the World Series in 1955, who won?
Los Angeles Dodgers – 5
New York Giants – 6
Brooklyn Dodgers – 7
Worcester Ruby Legs – 8
T - Which long-running children's television series made its debut on October 3, 1955?
The Mickey Mouse Club – 8
Romper Room – 6
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin – 4
Lassie – 2
U - Name the Hollywood heartthrob who died in a car crash on September 30, 1955.
Lee Van Cleef – 1
James Dean – 3
George Peppard – 5
Yul Brunne – 0
V - One of the greatest rock musicians of all time, can you name the guitarist born in Holland on January 26, 1955?
Jimmy Page – 1
Eddie Van Halen – 3
B.B. King – 2
Eric Clapton – 4
W - Which famous theme park opened its doors for the first time on July 17, 1955?
Disneyland – 1
Walt Disney World – 2
Universal Studios – 3
Cedar Point - 4
X - Can you name the American actor born on January 18, 1955 and loved dancing with wolves and played Robin Hood?
Kevin Costner – 1
Russel Crowe – 3
Arnold Schwarzenegger – 7
Jason Roberts – 9
Y - Where does Ray Kroc open his first famous American fast food chain on April 15, 1955?
Des Plaines, Illinois – 0
Chicago, Illinois – 1
Gary, Indiana – 2
Indianapolis, Indiana – 3
Z - In 1955, a world famous book detailing many human feats was published for the first time. Can you name it?
Guinness Book of World Records – 1
Oxford Dictionary – 2
Roget's Thesaurus – 3
Ripley's Believe it or Not – 4
1955 WAS AN INTRIGUING YEAR, MORE INTERESTING INFO BELOW:
COST OF LIVING IN 1955
- Average cost of a new House $10,950.00
- Average cost of Wages per year - $4.130.00
- Minimum Hourly Rate $1.00
- Average Monthly Rent $87.00 per month
- Average cost of a new Car $1,900.00
- Gallon of Gas 23 cents
- Loaf of Bread 18 cents
- Dozen Eggs 61 cents
- Gallon of Milk 93 cents
- Postage Stamp .03 cents
- Black and White TV $99.95
- Fast Food Hamburgers 15 cents
BORN IN THE YEAR 1955
- January 18 – Kevin Costner, film actor, producer and director
- February 8 – John Grisham, writer of legal thrillers
- February 24 – Steve Jobs, founded Apple Inc.
- March 19 – Bruce Willis, DIE HARD American actor
- March 28 – Reba McEntire, country singer, songwriter and actress
- May 6 – Tom Bergeron, American TV personalith, game host, comedian and actor
- May 16 – Olga Korbut, Sovient Union gymnast, won 4 gold and 2 silver metals in Sunner Olympics of 1972 and 1976
- May 29 – John Hinckley Jr., attempted assassin of Ronald Reagan
- July 9 – Jimmy Smits, American actor
- October 28 – Bill Gates, Co-founder of Microsoft Corp.
- November 5 – Caitlyn Marie (Kris) Jenner, media personality socialite, political candidate and retired Olympic gold medal winner decathete
- November 13 – Whoopie Goldberg, TV personality, comedian, author and actress
- November 29 – Howie Mandel, Canadian comedian and TV personality
- November 30 – Billy Idol, English musian, singer and songwriter
1955 POPULAR FILMS AND TV SHOWS INCLUDE: