In this 1956 history quiz , you travel back to a time when political dogmas were shaken, new music styles exploded, glamor made history and toys changed children’s everyday lives forever. If you travel back in time today, exactly seventy years later, you will find that many events from back then still shape our lives today. It is the era of new beginnings, when old dogmas fell and new icons were born. Test your historical knowledge and find out whether you really know the milestones of this year.
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Something monstrous happened behind the doors of the Kremlin in February 1956 that shook the communist world to its foundations. A high-ranking functionary appeared before the delegates of the XX Party Congress of the CPSU and, in a secret speech lasting several hours, radically broke with the reign of terror of his predecessor. This reckoning with the personality cult and the crimes of Stalinism ushered in the phase of de-Stalinization and caused a political upheaval worldwide. Do you know which CPSU leader dared to take this courageous step and thus changed the course of the Soviet Union forever?
While politics shook in the East, the air in the West vibrated with new rhythms that were to liberate an entire generation from the strict morals of the post-war era. In May 1956, a black guitarist and songwriter released an anthem that symbolically pushed the classical composer Beethoven aside to make way for rock’n’roll. With his electrifying riffs and unmistakable duckwalk, he shaped the sound of a new era. Can you name this musical pioneer who revolutionized music history with “Roll Over Beethoven”?
Legends were written not only in music, but also in the glamor of high society in 1956, when an event that seemed like a modern fairy tale kept the world’s press in suspense. A world-famous American actress, who had already won an Oscar, turned her back on Hollywood to marry a European monarch. Her marriage to Prince Rainier III made her the princess of a small city-state on the Mediterranean and cemented her status as a timeless style icon. Do you remember which Hollywood beauty took center stage at this wedding of the century? Then check out our history quiz 1956.
At the same time, a triumphal march began in the children’s rooms of the young Federal Republic of Germany, which has left its mark on almost every household to this day. Small, colorful plastic building blocks made their way from Denmark to Germany and gradually replaced the heavy wooden blocks or metal building sets. The innovative plug-in system allowed you to create entire worlds according to your own ideas and playfully explore the limits of gravity. Which company was behind these clamping building blocks, which permanently changed the German toy landscape from 1956?
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