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Statistics for Current Events by Year, 1930–1949
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- This quiz has been taken 44,575 times
- The average score is 16 of 20
Answer Stats
| Year | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| 1939 | Country invaded by Germany (and the Soviet Union) which marked the official start of WWII | Poland | 97%
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| 1945 | Weapon tested by the United States in New Mexico | Atomic Bomb | 95%
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| 1941 | U.S. naval base attacked by Japan on a "day which will live in infamy" | Pearl Harbor | 95%
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| 1940 | Leader who becomes Prime Minister of the U.K. | Winston Churchill | 95%
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| 1948 | Indian leader assassinated by a Hindu extremist | Mahatma Gandhi | 93%
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| 1943 | Leader deposed as Prime Minister of Italy | Benito Mussolini | 91%
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| 1944 | French region where Allied forces landed on D-Day | Normandy | 91%
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| 1938 | Country annexed by Germany in the "Anschluss" | Austria | 87%
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| 1931 | Building which topped out at 380 meters, becoming the tallest in the world | Empire State Building | 85%
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| 1947 | "Barrier" broken by pilot Chuck Yeager | The {Sound} Barrier | 85%
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| 1932 | U.S. President who promised a "New Deal" for the American people | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 84%
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| 1934 | Scottish creature allegedly photographed by a surgeon named R. K. Wilson | Loch Ness Monster | 84%
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| 1946 | City where trials against Third Reich leaders were held | Nuremberg | 82%
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| 1933 | Era of U.S. history which came to an end following the repeal of the 18th amendment to the Constitution | Prohibition | 69%
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| 1935 | Environmental disaster which devastated the Great Plains of the U.S. | The {Dust} Bowl | 67%
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| 1949 | Province which joined Canada | Newfoundland | 64%
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| 1930 | Country which won the first FIFA World Cup | Uruguay | 63%
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| 1942 | Battle where the U.S. Navy destroys four Japanese aircraft carriers | Battle of {Midway} | 60%
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| 1937 | City in China which became infamous for the Japanese atrocities committed there | Nanjing | 54%
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| 1936 | British king who abdicated to marry an American divorcée | {Edward} {VIII} | 44%
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