MULTIPLE CHOICE

On what day of the week did we graduate?

A. Mon 

B. Tues 

C. Wed 

D. Thurs 

E. Fri 

F. Sat 

Here's a little quiz, all in good fun, to see how much you recall about some of the little details of the life and times of the mid-Fifties.  These quiz questions were taken from the memorabilia that classmates have contributed (The Hi-Lites, programs of events, The Demitasse and the Tri-Cities Daily).  Most of the sources are present on this website.

Click Here to go to the "Answer Sheet."

Now, you come back!  Y'hear?   There's more to come.

We plan to add new questions from time to time.  These were rushed to press, so to speak.  As we have time to research others, gather documentation and pictures, we will post new ones at the end of this group.   If you remember some neat SHS trivia that would make good questions for this page, please send your contributions to Louis.

JUST FOR FUN (extras)

Like 1950's Trivia Quizzes?  Check out these sites:

Bad Astronomy & Universe Forum

Oldies Trivia Quiz

Fifties Trivia from Petersburg Gospel Center

Elvis Trivia Quiz

Another Elvis Trivia Quiz

An e-mail Quiz making the rounds

Links to a Bunch of Fifties Trivia Pages

MATCHING

Who are these comic page characters that graced the funny page of the Tri-Cities Daily?

A.        1.  Captain Easy

B.           2.  Dick Tracy

C.       3.  Major Hoople

D.      4.  Alley Oop

E.      5.  Oaky Dokes

MATCHING

Match the name of the teacher (below) with the activity he or she sponsored (above).

A.  Cheerleaders

B.  The Hi-Lites

C.  The Glee Club

D.  Ink-Trails

E.  le Cercle Francais de Sheffield

F.  Catalysts

1.  Mrs. Barbara Thrash

2.  Mr. James Hodges

3.  Mrs Homer Kimbrough

4.  Miss Mary Ella Hammond

5.  Mr. Bill Adair

6.  Mrs. James Pride

EXTRA POINTS

Name one of the top billing performers who appeared with Elvis at the Community Center in Sheffield.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

How many appearances did Elvis make in Sheffield during our junior & senior years?

A. One

B.  Two         

C.  Three

D.  Four

E.  Five

MULTIPLE CHOICE

The CBS television show, The $64,000 Question, was the most popular of the dozens of game shows on TV, back then.  One of the most popular contestants was Gino Prato, the Bronx shoemaker whose category was "Opera."

Did he go for the $64,000?

A.  YES--and he got it
B.  YES--and he missed it

C.  NO--He took the $32,000

Match the special attribute in the list above with the person who possessed it in the list below.

A.  Oldest member of the Class of 1956

B.  Had a 15-year old cat

C.  Had a sister born at the exact same time on the exact same date (a national holiday) two years later.

D.  In addition to being an SHS teacher was an ordained minister in the Church of Christ

1.  Mrs. Dewey Vines

2.  Jimmy Kirsch

3.  Mr. Morris Ruby

4.  Mr. S. T. Hammond

5.  Jimmy Todd

Remember SHS football our senior year?  Here are 3 questions for you:

A.  What was the season's record?

1.  We won more than we lost.

2.  We broke even.

3.  We had a losing season.

B.  What did Coach Wright think the  

      team would do for the season back 

      at the first of September, before  

      the first game was played?

1.  We would win them all.

2.  We would break even.

3.  We were going to have a losing

     season.

C.  How did we do on our most     

      important game of the Senior Year

      season?

1.  We lost to Deshler

2.  We beat Deshler

3.  We lost to Coffee

4.  We beat Coffee

EXTRA POINTS

Click on the thumbnail above and identify the SHS players elected to the All-Tri-Cities Football Team in 1955 (at least that's what the guys at the September Bulldog Breakfast think this collage created by Annette Clark represents).

How many children did Miss Sherrod have?

1.  None, silly!  Can't you see her name is

     MISS Sherrod?

2.  One

3.  Two

To place a telephone call in Sheffield the year we graduated, you had to:

A.  Ring the switchboard operator.

B.  Dial an "EV(ergreen) 3-" number.

C.  Dial a 2-digit to 4-digit number.

Winners:

Who was the only 4-year "LetterWoman" majorette in our class?

A.  Eleanor Morrison

B.  Sarah Tidwell

C.  Elise Hastings

Who would have been the only 4-year member of the Cheerleader Squad from our class if he or she had not dropped out the senior year?

A.  Rejetta McNutt

B.  Irelle Dunning

C.  Patsy Green

NOW FOR SOME CONTEST QUESTIONS!

Send in your answers to the questions below to Louis, and if you are correct, you, yes, you will be enjoying an RC Cola and a Moon Pie at the reunion.

1.  Don Burleson, SHS star lineman (on both offense and defense) and All Tri-Cities First Team, Birmingham News-Post Herald All State, and All American, played college football at:

A.  The University of Alabama

B.  Auburn University

C.  Vanderbilt University

D.  The University of Tennessee

2.  How many years did he play football there?

A.  1

B.  2

C.  3

1.  When was the current SHS built?

A.  Started in 1929; finished in 1930

B.  Started in 1939; finished in 1940

C.  Started and completed in 1935

D.  Started and completed in 1945

2.  Who was the recently graduated young architect whose first big job (the design of Sheffield High School) got him national recognition and fame?

Several members of our class went  by their middle name when we were in high school.  What are the first names of the following classmates?

1.  Winston Carter

2.  Stanley Brook

3.  Irelle Dunning

4.  Eddie Frost

5.  Elise Hastings

6.  Mike Jackson

7.  Patricia Leath

8.  Buck Locke

9.  Joann Marsh

10.  Gary Menne

11.  Lindsay Nathan

12.  Ann Shook

13.  Gayle Steverson

14.  Farley Vaughn

WINNERS

Answer 2 correctly for the prize

Let's go back to the football season of our Junior year at SHS, Fall of 1954.  You know the positions of our heroes--Don Burleson, a 170 lb. All Tri-Cities, All-State and All-American Guard and Jimmy Todd, an unstoppable 140 lb. broken field runner at Halfback, Ronald Gene Pace, a 140 lb. Quarterback, and Bob Proctor, 154 lb. Fullback. 

But. . . do you remember the positions played by the others in our class:

1.  Tillman Gargis, 137 lb.

2.  Ralph Emmons, 158 lb.

3.  Ronald Martin, 155 lb.

4.  Jim Holland, 138 lb.

5.  Wallace Driskell, 148 lb.

6.  Buck Locke, 140 lb.

7.  Bobby Glover, 160 lb.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

What was the name of the band that played at our Junior-Senior Prom our Senior year right before graduation.

A.  The Aces

B.  Edsel Holden Band

C.  "Chigger" Parrish Orchestra