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What do you already know about the 20th Century? #history
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1
The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 occurred in what city?
Mumbai
Beijing
Moscow
Manila
2
Who is the only black man to win the singles title at Wimbledon?
Andre Agassi
Bjorn Borg
Arthur Ashe
Michael Jordan
3
Which country liberated the Jews who were held in the death hole that was Auschwitz?
Russia
USA
Spain
Great Britain
4
Michael Jordan was a Basketball player for which team?
Chicago
Celtics
Lakers
Bears
5
Who was the PM of Australia during WWII?
John Barton
Robert Menzies
John Howard
FDR Roosevelt
6
The Diary of Anne Frank
was written by a young Jewish girl during:
Apartheid
WWI
WWII
The Iran Hostage Crisis
7
Who was assassinated in 1968?
Martin Luther King jr
JFK
Gandhi
Mother Theresa
8
Jonestown was the site of a famous what in 1978?
Fire storm
Tsunami
Mass suicide
Earthquake
9
Who led the Soviet Union from the 1920s through his death in 1953?
Vladimir Lenin
Joseph Stalin
Leon Trotsky
Boris Yeltsin
10
Who am I?
Menzies
Churchill
Hitler
Stalin
11
My greatest films include 'E.T', 'Schindlers List' and Jurassic Park.
Buz Laharum
Steven Spielberg
Alfred Hitchcock
James Cameron
12
I married a prince, had two sons, fought for human rights & died in a horrific car crash?
Diana Spencer
Marie Antoinette
Margaret Thatcher
Grace Kelly
13
The National Guard killed 4 students& wounded nine others at what American university in 1970?
Berkley
Kent State
Harvard
Princeton
14
What did not happen in the 20th century?
Cambodian Genocide
Assassination of Caesar
Man landed on moon
Berlin Wall was built and fell
15
How did Adolf Hitler die?
Suicide
Soviets caught him
Assassination
Natural causes
16
Who won a record 4 gold at the Nazi Berlin Olympics in 1936?
Usain Bolt Senior
Jesse Owens
Jack Johnson
Carl Lewis
17
In what decades did the Vietnam War take place?
1920-1930s
1940-1950s
1980-1990s
1960-1970s
18
In what decade did the Korean War occur?
1930s
1960s
1940s
1950s
19
Which Prime Minister led Britain into WWII?
Winston Churchill
FDR Roosevelt
David Cameron
Anthony Eden
20
I am considered Australia's greatest run scorer, averaging 99.9 every time I went to bat
Donald Bradman
Justin Langer
Shane Warne
Brian Lara
21
Who coined the phrase "I have a dream"
Martin Luther King jr
Joe Louis
Malcom X
Muhammad Ali
22
Who served as president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999?
Juan Person
Pol Pot
Robert Mugabe
Nelson Mandela
23
What was the longest war of the 20th Century?
Boer War
WWI
WWII
Cold War
24
Who was the first woman to fly solo around the world?
Amelia Earhart
Carol Anderson
Gaby Kennard
Amy Johnson
25
What fell in 1989?
Communism
White House
Berlin Wall
Challenger Shuttle
26
Which group was not a terrorist group in the 20th century?
KKK
Al Qaeda
IRA
Scientology
27
What time period in history does the 20th Century cover?
1905-2005
1918-2018
1890-1990
1900-2000
28
I had a number hit with 'Jailhouse Rock'?
Elvis Presley
Paul McCarthy
John Lennon
Roy Orbinson
29
In which decade did the Great Depression take place?
Sochi
Minsk
Chernobyl
Moscow
30
What was the name of the first artificial earth satellite?
The moon
Buzz Lightyear
Sputnik
Hubble
31
I was the 2nd man to walk on the moon in 1969?
Michael Collins
Neil Armstrong
Edwin Buzz Aldrin
Yuri Gagarin
32
My greatest fights included 'thriller in Manilla' and 'the Rumble in the Jungle'?
Joe Francis
Muhammad Ali
George Forman
Sugar Ray Robinson
33
The Iran Hostage Crisis lasted for:
4 days
14 days
40 days
444 days
34
One catalyst for the start of World War I was:
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Racial tensions
The fight against slavery
All the above
35
In which decade did the Great Depression take place?
1910s
1920s
1940s
1930s
36
Richard Nixon is the only U.S. President to have:
Lived in LA
Died while in office
Resigned from office
Been impeached
37
Held in prison for over 27 years & became South Africas first black president upon release.
Barack Obama
Nelson Mandela
Malcom X
Muhammad Ali
38
What year was Queen Elizabeth II crowned?
1966
1953
1975
1905
39
Who was the leader of Italy during the start of World War II?
Silvio Berluscino
Enrico Fermi
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
40
What was the name of the combat phase of the 1990-1991 Gulf War?
Operation Desert Storm
Operation Gulf
Operation Dunbuggy
Operation Middle East
41
Margaret Thatcher was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for all of which decade?
1950s
1990s
1970s
1980s
42
In 1999, 2 kids in which Colorado town killed 12 classmates, a teacher, and themselves?
Columbine
Salt Lake City
New York
Austin
43
Which event involved America being attacked by the Japanese in WWII?
Pearl Harbour
Dropping of the atomic bombs
October Revolution
Cold War
44
I am considered one of the greatest gangsters of the 20th century?
All the above
Al Capone
Bonnie & Clyde
Bugsy Siegel
45
Which event involved 'little boy' and 'fat man'?
Pearl Harbour
Dropping of the Atomic Bombs
JKF's assassination
Oklahoma Bombing
46
Who am I?
Young JFK
Young Stalin
Young Churchill
Young Hitler
47
What event began with the Wall st crash of 29th October, 1929?
The Crash
Fictitious Capital
Hyperinflation
The Great Depression
48
What great technology was launched in 1984?
Yoyo
Apple Mac Computer
Windows
Discman
49
The Holodomor was a man-made famine in the 1930s that killed millions of:
Mexicans
Ukrainians
Portuguese
Indians
50
Mao Tse-tung was a leader in what political party?
Communist
Capitalist
Socialist
Democratic
51
This man led the Indian independence movement in the early 1900s. Who is he?
Che Guevara
Mahatma Gandhi
Nelson Mandela
Pol Pot
52
Upon my death my father found my diary & it told the story of my life as a Jew in Nazi Germany
Sophie Scholl
Diana Babbit
Anne Frank
Miep Gies
53
In which year did cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin become the first man to travel in space?
1959
1957
1961
1969
54
The "unsinkable" ship that famously sank in 1912 was called:
The Northern Star
The Titanic
The HMS Pinafore
The Queen Mary
55
Earth Day was first celebrated in what year?
1995
1970
1911
1930
56
What was the highlight of 2000 for most Australians?
All the above
Ian Thorpe's gold in 200m freestyle
Sydney Olympics opening/closing ceremonies
Cathy Freemans gold in 400m
57
Which event severely damaged World Trade Towers 1&2?
September 11
All the above
Twin Towers Attack
9/11
58
The 1992 riots in Los Angeles happened because of the beating of who by police?
Eric Garner
Mike Tyson
Rodney King
OJ Simpson
59
WWI was over what years?
1914-1918
1915-1919
1905-1910
1900-1914
60
I refused to give up my seat to a white man thereby helping to begin the Civil Rights Movement
Joe Louis
Rosa Parks
Diana Ross
Ruby Bridges
61
Kristallnacht, or the Night of the Broken Glass, happened in which year against German Jews?
1922
1948
1912
1938
62
Which event involved Israeli athletes murdered at the Olympics?
Munich Massacre
Oklahoma Bombings
LA Riots
March on Washington
63
What terrorist attack took place in 1995?
Oklahoma Bombing
London Bombings
Westgate Bridge Collapse
Chinese Subway Bomb
64
Who am I?
Olivia de Hallid
Audrey Hepburn
Elizabeth Taylor
Marilyn Monroe
65
The horrors of WWI prompted the creation of which human rights organisation?
The United Nations
The Global Partnership
NATO
The League of Nations
66
The beach landings at Normandy on June 6, 1944 are commonly referred to as what?
D-Day
J-Day
Pearl Harbour
The Blitz
67
The 1972 incident referred to as "Bloody Sunday" took place in which nation?
USA
Britain
Australia
Northern Ireland
68
What natural disaster hit Australia, killing 15 people in 1974?
Port Arthur Massacre
Cyclone Tracy
Black Saturday
Thredbo landslide
69
Which iconic musician was murdered by Mark Chapman in 1980?
John Lennon
Ronald Reagan
Elvis Presley
Yoko Ono
70
Who was the dictator in charge of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia?
Juan Peron
Chairman Mao
Adolf Hitler
Pol Pot
