1910s Decade Quiz

For the song lyrics I was trying to think of every war song from that era I could - The Caisson Song, Over There, etc. Never would have thought of the beautiful "Danny Boy".

I was about to get on my high horse about Danny Boy actually being called the Londonderry Air, but when I looked up Londonderry Air on Wikipedia I discovered that the melody is called Londonderry Air. Danny Boy was a separate song originally written with a different melody in 1910, and only put to the music it is so well known by today, in 1913. I learn something new every day!

Same thing here. That's why I enjoy these quizzes so much. Adding to my wealth of completely useless information. Except when on this site. Then it's invaluable.

Please accept abortion/abortions for Margaret Sanger.

Cooldrive: Margaret Sanger was a great woman and humanitarian. You've been fed ridiculous lies by whatever anti-abortion websites you frequent.

This is completely wrong. More lies.

More lies and conspiracy theories.

"Who was President of the United States for most of the decade?" what?

The question's very straightforward. Who was the President of the United States during most of the 1910s? Why is that confusing?

English mustn't be your first language!

What's wrong? It's a straightforward question.

It was many years after I finished school that I learned of the Armenian genocide of this era. Once you learn about it, it's staggering that it is so largely unknown. From what I understand, Turkey refuses to call it genocide, which would go some way to explaining why it doesn't seem to get the attention you would assume it would. Especially since it seems to have laid the blueprint for how Nazi Germany conducted its genocide years later.

"Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?" -Hitler, August 1939

"roter Baron" should be a type in for Manfred von Richthofen as he was German and it's his nickname in German too.

shouldn't Greeks and Assyrians be accepted as answers for groups targeted for genocide in the ottoman empire?

The US has only recognised the Armenian Genocide, and that just recently, a couple of years ago. Turkish military strength makes the West really "cautious". The British still refuse to recognise the Genocide.

Sanger advocated for sex education. That was her main thing. It was illegal to give out information on this in the United States (and many other places) at this time, and she and her associates were jailed for this multiple times. She also imported and distributed condoms and other contraceptives. But mostly she wanted to educate women on sexual health and different ways to avoid getting pregnant and to enjoy sex without the fear or burden of pregnancy. She also pushed for and secured funding for research into oral contraceptives for women which led to the invention of the birth control pill. She founded Planned Parenthood and led the organization until her 80s, disseminating sexual education materials all over the world.

Can you accept abortion as an answer for birth control?

I think it’s fairly common knowledge that George Bernard Shaw is the name of the typewriter used by James Joyce to write it.

This is the first time I've ever heard this. Interesting! Thank you for letting me know; that question totally threw me off.