Statistics for 20th Century A-Z

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LetterYearHintAnswer% Correct
A1969This astronaut becomes the first person to walk on the moonNeil Armstrong
99%
V1901This queen dies after a reign of 63 yearsVictoria
91%
O1922This empire ceases to existOttoman Empire
90%
G1942This leader urges Britain to "quit India"Mahatma Gandhi
89%
D1963JFK is assassinated in this cityDallas
88%
P1914This canal is completed despite the deaths of 25,000 workersPanama Canal
88%
F1982The UK and Argentina fight over these islandsFalkland Islands
87%
I1979This country's shah is deposedIran
87%
E1983–85400,000 people die due to famine in this countryEthiopia
85%
U1930This country hosts the first FIFA World CupUruguay
85%
T1982Michael Jackson releases this album, the best-selling of all-timeThriller
84%
S1957This Russian satellite orbits the EarthSputnik
83%
W1955Communist countries of Eastern Europe sign this military alliance{Warsaw} Pact
83%
H1935This dam on the Colorado River is dedicatedHoover Dam
81%
N1923–46This city hosts Nazi rallies, and later, war crimes trialsNuremberg
81%
Z1913This alternative to buttons and snaps is invented in PennsylvaniaZipper
80%
R1916This "mad monk" is assassinated in RussiaRasputin
78%
K1948This peninsula is divided at the 38th parallelKorea
75%
M1943–76This dictator kills at least 40 million peopleMao Zedong
70%
X1959This company introduces the copy machineXerox
70%
C1900sPicasso co-invents this "blocky" school of artCubism
68%
Y1991This man becomes the first democratically-elected leader of RussiaBoris Yeltsin
66%
Q1912This dynasty comes to an end in ChinaQing
66%
B1944–45This battle marks the final German offensive on the Western FrontBattle of the {Bulge}
62%
J1922This novelist publishes "Ulysses"James Joyce
53%
L2000During the century, this city's population increases from 41,000
to over 7 million
Lagos
39%

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