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Mr. Michael 20th Century History Quiz
Mr. Michael 20th Century History Quiz
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What do you already know about the 20th Century? #history
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1
Which event involved America being attacked by the Japanese in WWII?
Pearl Harbour
Cold War
October Revolution
Dropping of the atomic bombs
2
Who was assassinated in 1968?
Gandhi
JFK
Martin Luther King jr
Mother Theresa
3
Who was the PM of Australia during WWII?
John Barton
Robert Menzies
FDR Roosevelt
John Howard
4
How did Adolf Hitler die?
Natural causes
Soviets caught him
Assassination
Suicide
5
I am considered Australia's greatest run scorer, averaging 99.9 every time I went to bat
Brian Lara
Donald Bradman
Shane Warne
Justin Langer
6
I married a prince, had two sons, fought for human rights & died in a horrific car crash?
Diana Spencer
Margaret Thatcher
Grace Kelly
Marie Antoinette
7
Which Prime Minister led Britain into WWII?
David Cameron
Winston Churchill
Anthony Eden
FDR Roosevelt
8
The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 occurred in what city?
Mumbai
Moscow
Manila
Beijing
9
Who served as president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999?
Pol Pot
Robert Mugabe
Nelson Mandela
Juan Person
10
In what decades did the Vietnam War take place?
1920-1930s
1940-1950s
1960-1970s
1980-1990s
11
Which event severely damaged World Trade Towers 1&2?
Twin Towers Attack
All the above
9/11
September 11
12
Mao Tse-tung was a leader in what political party?
Communist
Socialist
Capitalist
Democratic
13
Margaret Thatcher was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for all of which decade?
1980s
1950s
1990s
1970s
14
In which decade did the Great Depression take place?
1910s
1940s
1930s
1920s
15
The horrors of WWI prompted the creation of which human rights organisation?
The League of Nations
NATO
The United Nations
The Global Partnership
16
One catalyst for the start of World War I was:
All the above
The fight against slavery
Racial tensions
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
17
What did not happen in the 20th century?
Man landed on moon
Assassination of Caesar
Berlin Wall was built and fell
Cambodian Genocide
18
WWI was over what years?
1915-1919
1914-1918
1905-1910
1900-1914
19
Who is the only black man to win the singles title at Wimbledon?
Andre Agassi
Michael Jordan
Bjorn Borg
Arthur Ashe
20
My greatest films include 'E.T', 'Schindlers List' and Jurassic Park.
Alfred Hitchcock
Buz Laharum
James Cameron
Steven Spielberg
21
Who am I?
Young JFK
Young Churchill
Young Hitler
Young Stalin
22
Who coined the phrase "I have a dream"
Malcom X
Joe Louis
Muhammad Ali
Martin Luther King jr
23
Earth Day was first celebrated in what year?
1995
1970
1930
1911
24
In what decade did the Korean War occur?
1960s
1940s
1930s
1950s
25
The 1972 incident referred to as "Bloody Sunday" took place in which nation?
Britain
Australia
USA
Northern Ireland
26
What time period in history does the 20th Century cover?
1918-2018
1900-2000
1890-1990
1905-2005
27
I had a number hit with 'Jailhouse Rock'?
Elvis Presley
Paul McCarthy
Roy Orbinson
John Lennon
28
The Iran Hostage Crisis lasted for:
4 days
14 days
444 days
40 days
29
What was the longest war of the 20th Century?
WWI
Boer War
Cold War
WWII
30
What great technology was launched in 1984?
Windows
Yoyo
Apple Mac Computer
Discman
31
In which year did cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin become the first man to travel in space?
1961
1969
1959
1957
32
Which event involved Israeli athletes murdered at the Olympics?
Oklahoma Bombings
Munich Massacre
LA Riots
March on Washington
33
I was the 2nd man to walk on the moon in 1969?
Michael Collins
Edwin Buzz Aldrin
Neil Armstrong
Yuri Gagarin
34
What terrorist attack took place in 1995?
Westgate Bridge Collapse
Chinese Subway Bomb
London Bombings
Oklahoma Bombing
35
The "unsinkable" ship that famously sank in 1912 was called:
The Northern Star
The Queen Mary
The HMS Pinafore
The Titanic
36
I am considered one of the greatest gangsters of the 20th century?
Al Capone
All the above
Bonnie & Clyde
Bugsy Siegel
37
The beach landings at Normandy on June 6, 1944 are commonly referred to as what?
D-Day
J-Day
Pearl Harbour
The Blitz
38
Who was the first woman to fly solo around the world?
Carol Anderson
Gaby Kennard
Amelia Earhart
Amy Johnson
39
What year was Queen Elizabeth II crowned?
1966
1975
1905
1953
40
What natural disaster hit Australia, killing 15 people in 1974?
Port Arthur Massacre
Cyclone Tracy
Thredbo landslide
Black Saturday
41
Who was the dictator in charge of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia?
Chairman Mao
Adolf Hitler
Pol Pot
Juan Peron
42
The 1992 riots in Los Angeles happened because of the beating of who by police?
OJ Simpson
Eric Garner
Mike Tyson
Rodney King
43
Which country liberated the Jews who were held in the death hole that was Auschwitz?
Great Britain
Russia
Spain
USA
44
Richard Nixon is the only U.S. President to have:
Died while in office
Lived in LA
Been impeached
Resigned from office
45
Upon my death my father found my diary & it told the story of my life as a Jew in Nazi Germany
Diana Babbit
Miep Gies
Anne Frank
Sophie Scholl
46
My greatest fights included 'thriller in Manilla' and 'the Rumble in the Jungle'?
Muhammad Ali
Sugar Ray Robinson
Joe Francis
George Forman
47
Who won a record 4 gold at the Nazi Berlin Olympics in 1936?
Carl Lewis
Jesse Owens
Usain Bolt Senior
Jack Johnson
48
What event began with the Wall st crash of 29th October, 1929?
The Great Depression
Hyperinflation
The Crash
Fictitious Capital
49
Which group was not a terrorist group in the 20th century?
IRA
Scientology
Al Qaeda
KKK
50
Who was the leader of Italy during the start of World War II?
Enrico Fermi
Silvio Berluscino
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
51
What was the highlight of 2000 for most Australians?
Sydney Olympics opening/closing ceremonies
Ian Thorpe's gold in 200m freestyle
All the above
Cathy Freemans gold in 400m
52
This man led the Indian independence movement in the early 1900s. Who is he?
Che Guevara
Pol Pot
Mahatma Gandhi
Nelson Mandela
53
The National Guard killed 4 students& wounded nine others at what American university in 1970?
Kent State
Berkley
Princeton
Harvard
54
Who am I?
Elizabeth Taylor
Marilyn Monroe
Olivia de Hallid
Audrey Hepburn
55
Michael Jordan was a Basketball player for which team?
Lakers
Bears
Chicago
Celtics
56
The Holodomor was a man-made famine in the 1930s that killed millions of:
Mexicans
Portuguese
Indians
Ukrainians
57
In 1999, 2 kids in which Colorado town killed 12 classmates, a teacher, and themselves?
Austin
Salt Lake City
New York
Columbine
58
Who led the Soviet Union from the 1920s through his death in 1953?
Boris Yeltsin
Joseph Stalin
Leon Trotsky
Vladimir Lenin
59
What was the name of the first artificial earth satellite?
Hubble
Buzz Lightyear
The moon
Sputnik
60
Who am I?
Hitler
Stalin
Menzies
Churchill
61
Held in prison for over 27 years & became South Africas first black president upon release.
Muhammad Ali
Barack Obama
Nelson Mandela
Malcom X
62
The Diary of Anne Frank
was written by a young Jewish girl during:
WWII
WWI
The Iran Hostage Crisis
Apartheid
63
Kristallnacht, or the Night of the Broken Glass, happened in which year against German Jews?
1922
1938
1912
1948
64
What was the name of the combat phase of the 1990-1991 Gulf War?
Operation Middle East
Operation Gulf
Operation Desert Storm
Operation Dunbuggy
65
Which iconic musician was murdered by Mark Chapman in 1980?
Elvis Presley
Ronald Reagan
John Lennon
Yoko Ono
66
What fell in 1989?
Challenger Shuttle
White House
Berlin Wall
Communism
67
Jonestown was the site of a famous what in 1978?
Earthquake
Mass suicide
Tsunami
Fire storm
68
Which event involved 'little boy' and 'fat man'?
Dropping of the Atomic Bombs
Pearl Harbour
JKF's assassination
Oklahoma Bombing
69
I refused to give up my seat to a white man thereby helping to begin the Civil Rights Movement
Diana Ross
Ruby Bridges
Joe Louis
Rosa Parks
70
In which city did a nuclear reactor explode in 1986?
Chernobyl
Sochi
Moscow
Minsk
