What Do You Know About 1913? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Established Federal Income Tax

A flat rate of income tax was first levied at 3% in the U.S. by the Revenue Act of 1861 in order to pay for the Civil War. The constitution required that 36 of the 48 states ratified the change in order for it to become law and Delaware became the 36th on February 3, 1913. Four states (Connecticut, Rhode Island, Utah and Virginia) rejected the idea and the legislatures in two (Florida and Pennsylvania) never even considered the proposal. Of the alternatives, Prohibition came in with the 18th Amendment in 1919, the 19th Amendment established Women's Suffrage in 1920, and Slavery was outlawed by the 13th Amendment in 1865.

Answer: Jesse Owens

James Cleveland Owens was born the youngest of ten siblings in Oakville AL on September 12, 1913. In the Berlin Olympic Games of 1936 he won gold medals in the 100m, 200m, long jump and 4x100m relay. He died of lung cancer aged 66 in 1980.
Of the alternatives, legendary Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry was born in Texas in 1924, Boston Red Socks superstar Ted Williams was born in San Diego CA in 1918, and 4-time U.S. Open Golf champions Bobby Jones was born in Atlanta GA in 1902.
Another American sporting hero was also born in Alabama but a year later, in 1914, World Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis.

Answer: William Howard Taft

Former New Jersey Governor and Virginia native Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th U.S. President, serving from March 4, 1913 until the same date in 1921. Wilson was succeeded by Warren Harding and died less than three years after leaving office. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, William Howard Taft was a one-term Republican President.

A former Provisional Governor of Cuba and Governor-General of The Philippines, he may be best remembered as the largest US President ever -- he had a special super-sized bathtub installed in the White House.

He was appointed as Chief Justice of the United States in 1921 and is the only person to have held both of these offices.

Answer: Albert Camus

Albert Camus was born in Dréan, El Taref in French Algeria on November 7, 1913. As a soccer player, he won both the North African Champions Cup and the North African Cup twice each in the late 1930s. During World War II he worked as a journalist for the French Resistance.

After the War, he was critical of both the U.S. (for dropping atomic bombs) and of Communist doctrine. He won the 1957 Nobel Prize aged just 43 (only Kipling was younger) but he was killed in a car crash in Burgundy, France in 1960 aged just 46. Of the alternatives, three more Literary Nobel Laureates, Saul Below (the 1976 winner) was born in Montreal, Canada, in 1915; Vicente Aleixandre (1977) was born in Seville, Spain in 1889; and François Mauriac (1952) was born in Bordeaux, France in 1885.

Answer: Australia

The word "Canberra" derives from the language of the local Ngabri people, meaning 'meeting place'. The new capital of Australia was officially named on March 12, 1913. It is located in the Australian Capital Territory, an enclave of New South Wales. The second Monday of March is designated as 'Canberra Day', a public holiday within ACT.

Answer: Elmer Gantry (1960)

Burton Stephen Lancaster was born in New York NY on November 2, 1913. He made his film debut in 1946 in "The Killers" starring Ava Gardner. His first Oscar nomination came less than a decade later, when both Lancaster and his co-star Montgomery Clift were nominated for "From Here to Eternity".

He won at the second time of asking, in 1960, for his performance in the title role of "Elmer Gantry". Other nominees that year were Jack Lemmon, Laurence Olivier, Trevor Howard and Spencer Tracy. Of the alternatives, Henry Fonda won for "On Golden Pond" in 1981, Gregory Peck for "To Kill a Mockingbird" in 1962, and William Holden for "Stalag 17" in 1953.

Answer: Anmer

Evidence suggests that Davison did not intend to martyr herself, but merely to attach a WSPU flag to the horse. Davison was knocked to the ground, unconscious and died four days later. Anmer, the King's horse, completed the race without his jockey. The jockey, Herbert Jones, suffered a mild concussion.

In 1928, Jones laid a wreath at Emmeline Pankhurst's funeral which reach "to do honor to the memory of Mrs Pankhurst and Miss Emily Davison". The alternatives are all winners of the Derby, Aboyeur in 1913 at a record price of 100/1, Pinza in 1953 (Sir Gordon Richards' only Derby winner) and Never Say Die in 1954 (the first of Lester Piggott's record nine winners).

Answer: Richard Nixon/Gerald Ford

Richard Milhous Nixon, the 37th President, was born in Yorba Linda CA on January 9, 1913. His second Vice-President, Gerald Rudolph Ford, was born Leslie Lynch King Jr in Omaha NE on July 14, 1913. Ford was also the 38th President, and the first President to serve under a name different to that he was born with -- he was adopted. (Bill Clinton, who was born William Jefferson Blythe III, was the second to do so.) Of the alternatives, Lyndon Johnson and his V-P Hubert Humphrey were born three years apart (1908 and 1911 respectively); John Kennedy and his V-P Lyndon Johnson were born nine years apart (1917/1908); and Ronald Reagan and his V-P GHW Bush were born thirteen years apart (1911/1924).

Answer: Abraham Lincoln

Stretching 3,389 miles from Times Square in New York NY to Lincoln Park in San Francisco CA, the Lincoln Highway passed through New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and Nevada on its way from New York to California.

This was the first national memorial to the former President -- the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. was not dedicated until 1922.

Answer: Preston North End

Born in Glenbuck, Scotland on September 2, 1913, William Shankly OBE became a legend as Liverpool manager. In his 15-years career on Merseyside he led the Reds to three league titles (1964, 1966 and 1973), two F.A. Cups (1965 and 1974) and the 1973 UEFA Cup.
As a player, Shankly was a right half. He began his career with Carlisle United in 1932, but moved to Preston North End the following year. He played 297 matches for Preston in a 16-year career, winning the F.A. Cup with them in 1938. He also won twelve caps for Scotland.
He returned to Carlisle in 1949 to begin his managerial career. Stints at Grimsby Town, Workington and Huddersfield United preceded his arrival at Anfield in 1959.