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1. In 1921, an international conference was held for the purpose of limiting naval armaments, particularly battleships and aircraft carriers. What was the name of this conference?
2. What was the name of the British archaeologist who, in 1922, discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Egypt?
3. While in prison in 1923, after his failed coup, to whom did Adolf Hitler dictate Mein Kampf?
4. In which country were the first Winter Olympic Games held in 1924?
5. In 1925, John T. Scopes, a public school teacher, was put on trial for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution. In what state of the U.S. did this happen?
6. A.A. Milne's, 'Winnie-the-Pooh' and Ernest Hemingway's, 'The Sun Also Rises' were published in 1926.
7. What was the name of the first widely seen 'talkie', a feature film which debuted in 1927 and starred Al Jolson?
8. In 1928 the Pact of Paris, also known as the Kellogg-Briand Pact was signed by 62 nations. What did the Pact propose?
9. In 1929, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences bestowed its first awards in Hollywood.
10. Who won the first Nobel Prize for Literature awarded to an American in 1930?
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