20th Century Trivia Quiz

Answer: 76,212,000

The U.S had only 45 states then. Oklahoma became a state in 1907, Arizona and New Mexico in 1912, and Alaska and Hawaii in 1959. However, the country was sparsely populated by comparison with the 21st century.

Answer: Charlie Chaplin

Chaplin was the director, producer, writer and star of his hilarious films. He composed the music for his later movies, which had sound.

Answer: Ford

Henry Ford's company used a system by which conveyor belts carried automobile parts to teams of workers. Each worker performed one task and this made for a greater output and a big price drop for consumers.

Answer: Ohio

In 1914, Ohio was the first state to use the traffic signals. This was created to help improve driving conditions at cross roads.

Answer: 1914

DiMaggio was one of the greatest outfielders in baseball history.He played for the NY Yankees from 1936 through 1951. He had a lifetime batting average of .325 in 1,736 games, and played in 10 World Series and 11 major league All-Star games. He was elected to the baseball Hall of Fame in 1955.

Answer: McDonald's franchise

Impressed by the McDonald's brothers drive-in restaurant in California, Mr. Kroc persuaded the brothers to let him start a franchise. They agreed only if they could keep the original McDonald's. Within five years, Kroc had 228 successful restaurants - and kept growing.

Answer: 1955

Answer: 1986

On Jan. 28, the Challenger lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Fl. Just 73 seconds after lift off and 46,000 feet above Earth, it exploded. One of the 7 astronauts killed was Christa McAuliffe, a school teacher chosen to be the first private citizen in space. Experts had found that a solid-rocket joint had failed, causing the blast.

Answer: 232 days

It began on Aug. 12, 1994 when players and team owners couldn't settle financial disagreements. The World Series was also cancelled. The strike ended on April 2, 1995.

Answer: whale

In Sept 1998, an orca whale-the one that starred in 'Free Willy'-was sent from the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport, OR to his home in Iceland. The 4.5 ton whale was lifted by a crane and put into a US Parcel Service truck, then driven to a US Air Force cargo plane to be flown home.

Answer: Tara Lipinski

Tara won the gold medal at the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano, Japan.

Answer: 42nd

William Jefferson Clinton became our 42nd president in 1993 and would end up serving two terms.

Answer: Rubik's Cube

The rubik's cube is a plastic cube made up of 27 sub-cubes in six different colors. The challenge is to scramble all the colors and then try to return all six sides of the cube to their original solid colors. The puzzle was created in 1974 by Erno Rubik, a Hungarian professor of architecture and an interior design.

Answer: microwave cooking

While working in a lab, Spencer noticed the candy bar in his pocket had melted. He fiqured out that the signals he had been using in the lab had caused the candy bar's molecules to vibrate rapidly. This caused friction among the molecules, which created heat, which melted the candy bar. The first microwave was patented in 1945.

Answer: bikini

The bikini was first revealed in Paris, France, on July 5, 1946.

Answer: Franklin D Roosevelt

FDR was first elected in 1932, then again in 1936, 1940, and 1944. He died in office in 1945. In 1951, the states approved Amendment XXII to the Constitution, which limits the presidency to two terms.

Answer: 872 days

Started in Sept. 1941 and ended in Jan. 1944. German troops tried to starve people of the Soviet Union's second largest city into surrendering. At least 641,000 Lenigrad residents died of hunger, illness, or cold, but the Soviets refused to surrender their city. In 1944, Red Army Forces reached Lenigrad and drove the Germans away.

Answer: 56

Her mother, Gertrude, who made sure of the exact number, set her hair everyday.

Answer: Tiger Woods

Woods' father had him playing golf at the tender age of 3 and it has paid off. He made history by becoming the youngest player to win a Masters tournament. His opponents were some of golfs greatest achievers.

Answer: first person to fly faster than the speed of sound

On Oct. 14, 1947, Yeager boarded the Glamorous Glennis, a Bell X-1 rocket plane, and made aviation history. Yeager flew at an altitude of 43,000 feet at up to 700mph, breaking the sound barrier.