Statistics for 1900s Decade Quiz

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What queen died after a reign of 63 years?	Queen Victoria	93%
What American city was struck by a major earthquake?	San Francisco	85%
What theory of spacetime was formulated by Albert Einstein?	Special Relativity	75%
What tire company created a restaurant guide in an effort to promote driving?	Michelin	74%
What Ford automobile came in any color you want - as long as it was black?	Model T	73%
What new invention was first tested near Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina?	Airplane	73%
What destination was almost reached by explorer Robert Peary?	The North Pole	70%
Fill in the blank: Speak softly, and carry a big _____	Stick	69%
On what river was the Aswan Dam built?	Nile	68%
In what modern-day country was the Second Boer War fought?	South Africa	67%
What art movement was started by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso?	Cubism	65%
What was a dreadnought?	a Battleship	51%
What musical genre was exemplified by Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer"?	Ragtime	47%
What city was devastated by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius?	Naples	47%
What civil rights organization was founded by W.E.B. DuBois?	NAACP	44%
What period of prosperity was experienced by France?	{Belle} Époque	43%
What style of variety show was popular?	Vaudeville	34%
Who wrote the novel "Kim"?	Rudyard Kipling	30%
Who was assassinated by anarchist Leon Czolgosz?	William McKinley	26%
Who began writing "In Search of Lost Time"?	Marcel Proust	18%