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Which Came First: The Chicken or the Egg? Quiz

Unlike the famous philosophical question "Which came first: the chicken or the egg", we can determine which of the following "came first". Each decade of the 20th century is represented.

A multiple-choice quiz by robertearl. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
robertearl

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
342,504

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Very Difficult

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which came first between 1900 and 1910? Hint

United States President William McKinley was assasinated

The Wright Brothers flew

Albert Einstein proposed his Special Theory of Relativity

Russia and Japan went to war

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which came first between 1910 and 1919? Hint

Robert A. Millikan measured an electron's charge.

Bolshevik Revolution in Russia

Einstein proposed his General Theory of Relativity

The League of Nations was formed

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which came first between 1920 and 1929? Hint

James Joyce published "Ulysses"

Alcohol was banned in the United States

Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic solo non-stop

Heisenberg publishes his Uncertainty Principle

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which came first between 1930 and 1939? Hint

The Spanish Civil War

Fermi created plutonium

German invasion of Poland

America's New Deal

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which came first between 1940 and 1949? Hint

Japan attacked Pearl Harbor

The Battle of Britain

The US dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima

Bell Labs created the transistor

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which came first between 1950 and 1959? Hint

The first nuclear powered submarine (US Nautilus) was launched

Watson and Crick discovered the double helix of DNA

Brown v. Board of Education ended school segregation in the United States

The Soviet Union launched Sputnik

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which came first between 1960 and 1969? Hint

The Arab-Israeli Six Day War was fought

The Cuban Missile Crisis between the US and USSR

The first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) was developed

Sgt Pepper was released

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which came first between 1970 and 1979? Hint

The Vikings landed on Mars

The movie "The Exorcist" was released

The movie "Star Wars" was released

Jerry Falwell founds the Moral Majority

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which came first between 1980 and 1989? Hint

Reagan proposed Star Wars

The Solidarity movement rocked Poland

A hole in the ozone was discovered above Antartica

The USSR withdrew from Afghanistan

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which came first between 1990 and 1999? Hint

Construction began on the International Space Station

Clinton became President

Canada, Mexico, and the US created the North America Free Trade Agreement

The movie "Schindler's List" was released

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1. Which came first between 1900 and 1910?

Answer: United States President William McKinley was assasinated

McKinley was shot in 1901; the Wright Brothers took to the air in 1903; Russia and Japan went to war in 1904; Einstein proposed his Special Theory of Relativity in 1905.

2. Which came first between 1910 and 1919?

Answer: Robert A. Millikan measured an electron's charge.

Millikan made his measurement in 1911; Einstein proposed his General Theory in 1916; the Bolshevik Revolution took place in 1917; the League of Nations was formed in 1919.

3. Which came first between 1920 and 1929?

Answer: Alcohol was banned in the United States

The 18th Amendment to the US Constitution banning alcohol in the United States was ratified in 1920; "Ulysses" was published in 1922; Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic in 1927; Heisenberg was "uncertain" in 1928.

4. Which came first between 1930 and 1939?

Answer: America's New Deal

The New Deal was proposed by FDR in 1933; Fermi created plutonium in 1934; Spain went to war with itself in 1936; Germany invaded Poland in 1939.

5. Which came first between 1940 and 1949?

Answer: The Battle of Britain

The Battle of Britain was fought in 1940; Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941; Hiroshima was bombed in 1945; the transistor was created in 1948.

6. Which came first between 1950 and 1959?

Answer: Watson and Crick discovered the double helix of DNA

Watson and Crick made their famous discovery in 1953; The Nautilus was launched in 1954; Brown v. Board of Education was handed down in 1955; Sputnik was launched in 1957.

7. Which came first between 1960 and 1969?

Answer: The first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) was developed

The first ICBM was deployed by the United States in 1961; the Cuban Missile crisis happened in 1962; the Beatles released Sgt Pepper in 1967; the Arab- Israeli Six Day War took place in 1967.

8. Which came first between 1970 and 1979?

Answer: The movie "The Exorcist" was released

"The Exorcist" was released in 1973; Viking 1 and Viking 2 landed on Mars in 1976; "Star Wars" was released in 1977; the Moral Majority was formed in 1978.

9. Which came first between 1980 and 1989?

Answer: The Solidarity movement rocked Poland

The Solidarity movement began in 1980; Reagan wanted Star Wars in 1983; The hole in the ozone layer was discovered in 1987; the USSR left Afghanistan in 1988.

10. Which came first between 1990 and 1999?

Answer: Canada, Mexico, and the US created the North America Free Trade Agreement

NAFTA was signed in 1992; William (Bill) Clinton was inagurated in 1993; Spielberg released "Schindler's List" (about Oskar Schindler) in 1993; the ISS was begun in 1998.

Source: Author robertearl

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