Answer: Spanish Flu
The Spanish Flu was a deadly influenza pandemic caused by HINI influenza virus. The pandemic lasted from February 1918 to April 1920, infecting 500 million people, a third of the world's population during that time. Approximately 100 years later, the world was affected by another global pandemic, COVID-19.
From Quiz: 20th-Century History in the 1920s
Answer: Hungary
Miklos Horthy de Nagybanya was born in 1868 in a small town in what was then still the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. He chose a career in the Austrian-Hungarian Navy and rose to the rank of vice-admiral and chief of staff in 1918. After the First World War, the Empire Austria-Hungary broke up, and several new countries arose. One of these new countries was landlocked Hungary, on the territory in which Horthy lived. As his new country did not need a vice-admiral (nor a navy), Horthy turned to another career: that of politics. The national assembly chose the kingdom, but the Allies from the First World War were reluctant to allow the return of the only candidate to the throne - the former Austrian-Hungarian Emperor Charles (Charles I in Austria, Charles III in Bohemia or Charles IV in Hungary). So Hungary was turned into a Kingdom, without any suitable candidate for the throne. Miklos Horthy assumed the position of Regent and would remain in office until 1944. A few months after Horthy's abdication, Hungary became a People's Republic where the communists ruled.
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From Quiz: Where did this Happen? 1920s Edition
Answer: Babe Ruth
Before Ruth was sold, the Red Sox had been incredibly successful, winning the first World Series in 1903 and racking up four more in the next sixteen years. After Ruth went to the New York Yankees, though, there would be a championship drought in Boston for 86 years, ending finally in 2004 (while the Yankees would win 26 World Series championships in that timespan). It was called 'The Curse of the Bambino' (one of Ruth's nicknames).
EDIT: I'm informed that the Red Sox owner (Henry Frazee) also secured a $300,000 loan (with Fenway Park as collateral) from the Yankees in the Ruth sale. Thanks, ignotus!
From Quiz: What Happened in ...? (1920s edition)
Answer: Ramsay MacDonald
Ramsay MacDonald's tenure as Prime Minister was short-lived as the Labour government fell in November over the issue of recognizing the Soviet Union. MacDonald alternated power with Conservative Stanley Baldwin several times during the 1920s and 1930s. Clement Atlee was the next Labour Prime Minister to take office, replacing Winston Churchill in 1945. David Lloyd George, Prime Minister from 1916 to 1922, was a Liberal.
From Quiz: 1924
Answer: Joseph G. Cannon, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
Joseph G. Cannon, Republican from Illinois, was one of the most powerful politicians in America in the early twentieth century. He served as Speaker of the House from 1903 to 1911. Charles Lindburgh's famous flight and "The Jazz Singer" occurred in 1927. Calvin Coolidge did become President in 1923, but not until August (see question 6).
From Quiz: 1923
Answer: June 16, 1904
"Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed." So begins Joyce's long, challenging tale that encompasses one day, June 16, 1904, in the lives of Dubliners Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom. June 16 is known the world over by Joyce fans as "Bloomsday".
From Quiz: 1922
Answer: Jackie Coogan
Jackie Coogan was seven when he played Chaplin's little sidekick. The others were also child actors, but Rooney, Cooper, and Bartholomew were from a slightly later era, making their film debuts in 1927, 1929, and 1935, respectively. Later in his career, Coogan regained fame playing Uncle Fester on the Addams Family television series.
From Quiz: 1921
Answer: Cork, Ireland
The Royal Irish Constabulary Reserve Force was recruited largely from British war veterans. Outfitted initially in dark blue tunics and khaki trousers, they were dubbed "Black and Tans" after a well-known pack of hunting dogs in Limerick. The Black and Tans were involved in numerous violent clashes with local residents and became a hated element of British rule in Ireland.
From Quiz: 1920
Answer: Woodrow Wilson
Wilson was president until 1921, when Harding came into office. A couple of interesting facts about Harding for you to ponder; even though prohibition was in full force, Harding secretly stocked the White House with illegal bootleg liquor. He was also an avid poker player. He would often hold poker games at the White House and even gambled away a complete set of White House china.
From Quiz: Hear the Twenties Roar!
Answer: Washington Disarmament Conference
Great Britain, France, Italy, China, Japan, Portugal, Holland, and Belgium attended, Russia was not invited.
From Quiz: The 20th Century - 1921-1930
Answer: Georgia
In 1920, Georgia was recognized by Russia as an independent state in the Treaty of Moscow. Josef Stalin, himself a Georgian got the consent from Lenin to invade Georgia. The Russian started an expansionary policy to occupy territories which were formerly part of the Russian Empire. Georgia was overrun within three weeks on 17th March 1921. However, it was not until September 1924 that the Soviet rule was firmly established.
From Quiz: 20th-Century History in the 1920s
Answer: Monaco
Monte Carlo hosted the 1921 event. One hundred women from five countries participated in ten track and field events. This event was put on because women were not allowed to participate in track and field events in the upcoming 1924 Olympics.
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From Quiz: Where did this Happen? 1920s Edition
Answer: Chamonix
Chamonix, at the foot of Mont Blanc, was the site of the first Winter Olympics. Subsequent Winter Games were held in Grenoble (1968) and Albertville (1992).
From Quiz: 1924
Answer: Harold Lloyd
Harold Lloyd, whose movie roles often found him in precarious situations, did many of his own stunts.
From Quiz: 1923
Answer: Pius XI
Pius XI succeeded Benedict XV and was Pope from 1922 to 1939. During his papacy, the Lateran Treaties, ending formal hostilities with the government of Italy, were signed. Paul V and Urban VIII reigned in the 17th century; John XXII reigned in the 14th century.
From Quiz: 1922
Answer: Arc de Triomphe
The Arc de Triomphe is a war memorial that was begun during the time of Napoleon. The body of an unidentified soldier was meant to symbolize the great number of men who were lost in World War I without any identification or proper burial. In Britain, an Unknown Soldier was buried in Westminster Abbey in 1920 and in the United States the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was dedicated at Arlington Cemetery on Armistice Day in 1921.
From Quiz: 1921
Answer: Howard Carter
The discovery gave rise to claims that a curse would fall on those involved in uncovering the tomb.
From Quiz: The 20th Century - 1921-1930
Answer: Benito Mussolini in Italy
Benito Mussolini, founder of National Fascist Party, established his power on broad base support of his ideas of nationalism and anti-Bolshevism. The other three leaders became dictators of their own countries in 1926. Mussolini ruled Italy until he was killed on April 28, 1945 by an Italian partisan in the small village of Giulino di Mezzegra in northern Italy.
From Quiz: 20th-Century History in the 1920s
Answer: Italy
Some 30 to 34 countries took part in the Genoa Conference, among them Britain, France, Italy, German, Russia, and Japan; the USA did not. American historian Alfred L.P. Dennis suggested that one of the factors keeping the USA away was an unwillingness to discuss debts. The meeting faced insurmountable obstacles. Both France and Belgium were insisting on full payment of prewar loans and the return of property confiscated by Soviet Russia; Russia wanted to limit the repayment amounts and wanted significant trade and technological assistance. Western countries were not ready to offer very much in loans. The Russians were also calling for disarmament and representation of the British and French colonies. Neither side met with success. While the conference was considered a failure by many, there were a few outcomes, one being a partial return to the gold standard.
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From Quiz: Where did this Happen? 1920s Edition
Answer: Tutankhamun's tomb
On the 26th of November, Carter (an English archaeologist) with Lord Carnarvon (his sponsor) cracked open the tomb and found wondrous treasures inside. Tutankhamun ruled Egypt from 1333 B.C. to 1324 B.C., and his tomb was the most complete ever found (by legitimate scientists, anyway).
From Quiz: What Happened in ...? (1920s edition)
Answer: Series of strokes
Lenin suffered strokes in 1922 and 1923 that left him debilitated. He was, in fact, shot and wounded in 1918 by a disaffected revolutionary, a woman named Fanya Kaplan, and this most likely contributed to his eventual decline.
From Quiz: 1924
Answer: Yankee Stadium
The New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 4-1 and Babe Ruth blasted a home run against his former team as Yankee Stadium had its grand opening. The Lincoln Tunnel opened in 1937, while the Empire State Building and the George Washington Bridge were opened in 1931.
From Quiz: 1923
Answer: Wyoming
The Teapot Dome oil field is located north of Casper, Wyoming. The ensuing scandal shook the administration of President Warren G. Harding and unleashed a long Senate investigation. Fall was eventually sentenced to one year in prison for his misdeeds.
From Quiz: 1922
Answer: She opened a birth control clinic
Marie Stopes (1880-1958) was a scientist, writer, and social reformer. Her 1918 book "Married Love", which argued for intellectual and sexual equality between partners, incurred the wrath of religious authorities and was banned in the U.S. until 1931. She was a strong advocate of birth control, not only as a means of female self-determination, but also as an instrument of cleansing society. Her support of the eugenics movement, controversial by today's standards, was, in part, an attempt to give credibility to family planning at that time.
From Quiz: 1921
Answer: Spirit of St. Louis
Lindbergh became famous when he flew across the Atlantic in the "Spirit of St. Louis". One wonders if he regretted his fame when years later it led to the kidnapping and murder of his young son.
From Quiz: Hear the Twenties Roar!
Answer: Rudolf Hess
Hitler was sentenced to 5 years in prison, but served less than 9 months.
From Quiz: The 20th Century - 1921-1930
Answer: Calvin Coolidge
29th American president Harding (1865-1923) who served from March 4, 1921 passed away on August 2, 1923 from a heart attack during his visit to San Francisco. A number of scandals, Teapot Dome and his extramarital affair with Nan Britton began to surface after his death. He was succeeded by his vice-president Calvin Coolidge who served from 1923 to 1929.
From Quiz: 20th-Century History in the 1920s
Answer: Germany
All four of these countries suffered hyperinflation at least once, but the 1923 instance hit Germany. Within the course of one year, the value of a Papiermark (paper mark) decreased by a factor of 500 million with November alone seeing a devaluation factor of 295 in the 20 days before the new Rentenmark was introduced. While these numbers are extreme, they pale compared to the Zimbabwean hyperinflation of 2006 to 2009 that saw three redenominations totalling a factor of 10 septillion (10^25) and the Hungarian one of 1946 that saw a redenomination by a factor of 400 octillion (4x10^29) and price doublings every 15 hours.
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From Quiz: Where did this Happen? 1920s Edition
Answer: Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue was performed with George Gershwin at the piano. 1924 was a busy year for Gershwin. Together with his brother Ira, he wrote the Broadway hit "Lady, Be Good!" that included songs such as "The Man I Love", "Fascinating Rhythm", and the title number. Ferde Grofé, who worked on the arrangement for Rhapsody in Blue for Whiteman's orchestra, finished his Grand Canyon Suite in 1931. Maurice Ravel's Bolero was first played in 1928 and Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring, a ballet score, premiered in 1944.
From Quiz: 1924
Answer: Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon married Prince Albert, Duke of York. He would later reign as King George VI and she would become Queen Elizabeth. After his death, Elizabeth lived on another fifty years as the Queen Mother. Princess Mary of Teck married Prince George, Duke of York, at St. James Palace in 1893. He later became King George V and she was Queen Mary (and eventually mother-in-law to Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon). Wallis Simpson married the Duke of Windsor (the abdicated Edward VIII) in France in 1937. Clementine Hozier married Sir Winston Churchill at St. Margaret's, Westminster in 1908.
From Quiz: 1923
Answer: Daniel Chester French
Daniel Chester French (1850-1931), whose first major commission was the statue of the Minute Man (1875) in Concord, Massachusetts, studied Matthew Brady's photographs of Lincoln in his modeling of his sculpture for the Lincoln Memorial. Sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907) died before the Lincoln Memorial project began, while Gutzon Borglum (1867-1941) was occupied with the Confederate Memorial at Stone Mountain, Georgia before taking on the great task of Mount Rushmore. Horatio Greenough, who sculpted a seated statue of George Washington in a Roman toga, lived in the first half of the 19th century.
From Quiz: 1922
Answer: Tulsa, Oklahoma
The alleged assault of a white woman by a black man led to a retaliatory attack, including the dropping of explosives from planes, that obliterated an entire black neighborhood. No official death toll was ever established, but it is estimated that hundreds died. Many details of this ugly event were suppressed for years by Oklahoma authorities and only came to light in the 1990s.
From Quiz: 1921
Answer: Finland
The "Flying Finns", led by Paavo Nurmi and Hannes Kolehmainen, won gold medals in the 10,000 meter run, marathon, individual cross-country, and team cross-country events.
From Quiz: 1920
Answer: Theory of evolution
John Scopes, a 24-year-old teacher, was put on trial and convicted for teaching a biology class the theory of evolution. He was defended at his trial by Clarence Darrow and prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan. William Jennings Bryan had previously run for the office of president three times, each time to no avail. This trial, which came to be called the Scopes Monkey Trial, would be immortalized in the movie "Inherit the Wind" in which Spencer Tracy played the part of the defense lawyer.
From Quiz: Hear the Twenties Roar!
Answer: France
Another first in 1924, was the circumnavigation of the globe by airplane, actually four U.S. Army planes.
From Quiz: The 20th Century - 1921-1930
Answer: Lenin
Vladimir IIyich Ultanov (1870-1924) best known as Lenin passed away on January 21, 1924. He was the first paramount leader of the Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1924. His death led to a power struggle between Josef Stalin and Leon Trotsky. Trotsky lost the power struggle and was exiled to Turkey. He was eventually killed in 1940 in Mexico.
From Quiz: 20th-Century History in the 1920s
Answer: France
The first Winter Olympics were held in the French ski resort of Chamonix from 5 January to 5 February 1924. The Games were actually commissioned as an "International Winter Sports Week" to be held in conjunction with that year's Summer Olympic Games, which had been awarded to Paris. They were retrospectively designated as the first Winter Olympiad after the International Olympic Committee took the decision to formally separate the two events the following year.
The 16 nations who took part were all European, with the exception of the United States and Canada, and their athletes competed for a total of 16 gold medals in five main categories of events - skiing, skating, bobsleigh, curling and ice hockey.
Switzerland, the United States and Germany, in that order, were the next three host nations of the Winter Olympics between 1928 and 1936.
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From Quiz: Where did this Happen? 1920s Edition
Answer: Chicago, Illinois
Leopold and Loeb were students at the University of Chicago. They killed the 14-year-old Bobby Franks, a cousin of Loeb's. Defended by Clarence Darrow, they pled guilty and were spared the death sentence. Loeb died in prison in 1936 after being attacked by another prisoner. Leopold was paroled in 1958 and died in 1971.
From Quiz: 1924
Answer: Pancho Villa
All of these leaders died violently between 1919 and 1928, a tumultuous period in Mexican history. Pancho Villa ended his revolutionary activity in 1920, but had made enough enemies during his violent career that the ambush that took his life while he was driving his car was almost foreordained. His assassins were never identified.
From Quiz: 1923
Answer: Judy Garland
Frances Gumm, with two of her sisters, performed on stage as a child in an act known as the Gumm Sisters. In 1934, comedian George Jessel suggested the troupe choose a more appealing name. Thus they became the Garland Sisters and Frances decided to be known as Judy. She was signed to a contract by MGM the following year.
From Quiz: 1922
