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