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Quiz about Which Year in the 20th Century

Quiz about Which Year in the 20th Century

Which Year in the 20th Century? Quiz

I will give you an event of note in the 20th century, all you have to do is guess the year. Use numbers in your answers please.

A multiple-choice quiz by b3ardy. Estimated time: 8 mins.

Author
b3ardy

Time
8 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
36,792

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
8 / 15

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5402

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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1. Prince Charles' and Princess Diana's Wedding.

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2. Man first walked on the moon.

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3. The Cuban Missile Crisis.

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4. The Russian Bolshevik revolution, led by Lenin.

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5. Munich Olympic tragedy, which saw the death of eleven Israeli athletes.

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Question 6 of 15

6. The St Valentine's Day Massacre.

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Question 7 of 15

7. Mark Spitz won seven gold medals in one Olympic games. Which?

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Question 8 of 15

8. The fall of the Berlin Wall.

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Question 9 of 15

9. In what year were the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

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Question 10 of 15

10. Queen Elizabeth II became monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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Question 11 of 15

11. Cassius Clay defeated Sonny Liston to become 'the greatest'.

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Question 12 of 15

12. Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster.

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Question 13 of 15

13. Yuri Gagarin's historic orbit of planet Earth.

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Question 14 of 15

14. The assassination of John Kennedy.

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Question 15 of 15

15. The Good Friday Accord is signed in Northern Ireland.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Prince Charles' and Princess Diana's Wedding.

Answer: 1981

They were married on July 29th 1981 at St. Paul's Cathedral.

2. Man first walked on the moon.

Answer: 1969

On 20 July 1969 Neil Armstrong stepped out of Apollo 11 and on to the moon's surface, the first man to do so. But you all knew that, didn't you?

3. The Cuban Missile Crisis.

Answer: 1962

The missile crisis lasted for thirteen days in October 1962.

4. The Russian Bolshevik revolution, led by Lenin.

Answer: 1917

Vladimir Ilich Lenin led the revolt. It was completed when the Bolsheviks seized power in Petrograd on November 7th.

5. Munich Olympic tragedy, which saw the death of eleven Israeli athletes.

Answer: 1972

On September 5th 1972, at the Munich games, eleven Israeli athletes were killed during a terrorist incident.

6. The St Valentine's Day Massacre.

Answer: 1929

You got it. February 14th 1929, was the day that the assassination of Bugsy Moran's gang (though not Bugs Moran himself, who was not at the scene) was carried out on the orders of none other than Al Capone himself.

7. Mark Spitz won seven gold medals in one Olympic games. Which?

Answer: Munich

Spitz won an incredible seven gold medals during the games, four of which were for individual events and three were relay races. All of them were for swimming disciplines.

8. The fall of the Berlin Wall.

Answer: 1989

We all remember those stirring images on the television, don't we? On December 22nd, the Brandenburg Gate was opened.

9. In what year were the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Answer: 1945

August 6th 1945 was that fateful day, Nagasaki followed three days later.

10. Queen Elizabeth II became monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Answer: 1952

On February 6, 1952 she succeeded to the throne on the death of her father. She was subsequently crowned on June 2, 1953.

11. Cassius Clay defeated Sonny Liston to become 'the greatest'.

Answer: 1964

February 25th 1964, in Miami, Cassius Clay achieved a technical knock out when Sonny Liston failed to come out of his corner for the 8th round.

12. Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster.

Answer: 1986

26th April 1986 saw the worst nuclear power disaster of all time.

13. Yuri Gagarin's historic orbit of planet Earth.

Answer: 1961

On April 12th 1961 the single most significant achievement of mankind was putting a man into orbit of the Earth. For the first time we left the cradle of mother Earth. Gagarin's historic flight lasted 1 hour 48 minutes and he orbited the Earth once, reaching a height of 188 miles.

14. The assassination of John Kennedy.

Answer: 1963

At 12:30pm on November 22nd 1963, JFK was killed in Dallas while in a motorcade driving through the city.

15. The Good Friday Accord is signed in Northern Ireland.

Answer: 1998

The referendum on the matter was on May 22nd 1998, and the result was a massive 71% yes vote.

Source: Author b3ardy

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