What Time Was It? Trivia Quiz

Answer: 1903

The Wright brothers invented the first airplane and on December 17, 1903, Orville Wright took it for its first flight, which lasted 12 seconds. The "Dayton Journal" refused to publish the story, as they said that the flight was too short to be important. But soon they get famous for being the first person to fly an airplane.

Answer: 1929

The Wall Street Crash of 1929 was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of United States. It started on October 24 known as black Thursday and continued until October 29 known as black Tuesday, when share prices on the New York Stock Exchange collapsed.

Answer: True

Apartheid was a system of racial segregation in South Africa. It started on a nationwide basis in year 1948. (It had previously existed in some parts of South Africa on a local basis). But in 1990 when Nelson Mandela was released after 27 years as a political prisoner, he and President de Klerk then negotiated the end of apartheid between black and white people in South Africa.

Answer: False

The Taj Mahal is situated in Agra, India. It was constructed under the rule of Shah Jahan, a Mughal ruler. The construction was started in 1631 and after 17 years that is in 1648 it was completed. Shah Jahan built this beautiful monument in memory of his beloved wife Mumtaj.

Answer: 1957

During 1960s, there was a race between Soviet Union and the US to launch satellites in space. The Soviets beat America in the race to launch the first satellite, Sputnik I, into space. However, the US was the first country to send a man on the moon.

Answer: 1937

The Hindenburg disaster took place in 1937 when an airship caught fire and exploded. The venue was Manchester Township, New Jersey, United States. The German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with the mooring mast at Naval Air Station Lakehurst. Of the 97 people on board, total fatalities recorded was 36.

Answer: 1770

In 1770, the British explorer Captain Cook came across the south-east coast of Australia. He called it New South Wales and claimed the whole of the east coast of Australia as a British colony, although in 1688, William Dampier had been the first Englishman to reach Australia. But Captain Cook was the the one who claimed the east Australia for Britain.

Answer: Around 570 A.D

Muhammad is considered by Muslims to be the final prophet sent by God, to whom God revealed the text of the Quran, the Muslim holy book. According to the Quran, a Prophet is a normal human being who receives special revelation. His teachings formed the basis of Islamic civilization. He died in 632 A.D .

Answer: 1938

Kristallnacht also known as "night of broken glass" was an attack on Jews and Jewish property in Nazi Germany on November 9-10 1938. SA paramilitaries smashed up and burned Jewish-owned buildings and synagogues. Nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses and killed around 100 Jews.

The name "Kristallnacht" comes from the shards of glass littering the streets after the attack.

Answer: 1885

Benz produced the first gas-driven car in 1885, revolutionizing modern society. Carl Benz developed a gasoline engine with a one cylinder two stroke unit. This engine ran for the first time on New Years's Eve 1879. But first commercial production of the car took place in 1885.