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This quiz has been taken 36 times
The average score is 49 of 100

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Year	Hint	Answer	% Correct
1903	The Wright Brothers pull off this for the first time in history.	Flight	83%
1925	This author publishes Mein Kampf.	Adolf Hitler	78%
1941	The Empire of Japan bombs this military outpost in Hawaii.	Pearl Harbor	78%
1914	The dawn of modern warfare begins.	World War I	78%
1920	Prohibition of this substance leads to an increase in smuggling and illegal activity.	Alcohol	74%
1921	This dictator founds the National Fascist Party of Italy.	Benito Mussolini	74%
1948	A blockade of this city begins and is the first major standoff during the Cold War.	Berlin	74%
1927	A long, deadly civil war begins here.	China	74%
1962	The world came very close to nuclear war after it was found that the USSR placed missiles in this country.	Cuba	74%
1999	This currency is introduced to financial markets, and would eventually be adopted by countries in the European Union.	Euro	74%
1990	This country is unified after over four decades of separation.	Germany	74%
1929	The Wall Street Crash of 1929 results in the worst economic crisis in US history.	Great Depression	74%
1942	A top secret project to create the world's first atomic bomb begins in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.	Manhattan Project	74%
1930	This former planet is discovered by Clyde Tombaugh.	Pluto	74%
1918	This pandemic results in the deaths of 25-50 million.	Spanish Flu	74%
1945	This device is tested in New Mexico, and then used twice on civilian targets in Japan.	Atomic bomb	70%
1938	Germany annexes this country.	Austria	70%
1961	This structure is erected in Berlin to prevent East Berliners from escaping to the west.	Berlin Wall	70%
1947	The Truman Doctrine is established to prevent the spread of this ideology.	Communism	70%
1933	This president campaigned on a "New Deal"	Franklin D. Roosevelt	70%
1950	This country begins a sudden invasion of its southern counterpart and almost succeeds.	North Korea	70%
1904	The construction of this waterway begins.	Panama Canal	70%
1906	A powerful earthquake destroys most of this city on the west coast of the United States.	San Francisco	70%
1960	A famous band from Liverpool is formed.	The Beatles	70%
1922	This country is formed after the Russian Civil War.	USSR	70%
1915	600,000 - 1.5 million people of this ethnicity died during a genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire.	Armenians	65%
1901	This English monarch ascends to the throne after the death of Queen Victoria.	Edward VII	65%
1926	This Emperor rises to power after the death of Emperor Taisho.	Hirohito	65%
1908	The first mass produced automobile is invented by the Ford Motor Company.	Model T	65%
1946	A set of trials to persecute high ranking Nazi officials comes to a close.	Nuremberg trials	65%
1944	This historic city is liberated from its occupiers.	Paris	65%
1902	This war ends after the establishment of the Philippine government under US control.	Philippine American War	65%
1957	The Soviets launched the first satellite into space.	Sputnik 1	65%
1986	Seven crew members die after this space shuttle breaks apart on live television.	Challenger	61%
1956	A rebellion is violently crushed by the Soviet Union in this country.	Hungary	61%
1965	This controversial civil rights leader is assassinated.	Malcolm X	61%
1958	In response to the above, the US creates this agency.	NASA	61%
1928	Alexander Fleming (re)discovers this substance.	Penicillin	61%
1987	"Never Gonna Give You Up" is released by this musician.	Rick Astley	61%
1911	Roald Amundsen reaches this location, the first human ever to do so.	South Pole	61%
1977	The most iconic science fiction film is first premiered in theaters.	Star Wars	61%
1919	Some historians trace the start of World War II to this treaty.	Treaty of Versailles	61%
1940	This war results in a costly victory for the USSR in Finland.	Winter War	61%
1981	An epidemic of this disease begins, which is still an ongoing pandemic.	AIDS	57%
1934	An American criminal couple who traveled the Midwest during the Great Depression pass away.	Bonnie and Clyde	57%
1931	The Empire of Japan invades this area, marking the beginning of conflict with China.	Manchuria	57%
1936	A deadly civil war between communists and fascists breaks out in this country. Often described as a "dress rehearsal" for World War II.	Spain	57%
1989	Armed troops fire on student protesters at this historic place in Beijing.	Tiananmen Square	57%
1943	A Jewish ghetto uprising occurs in this city.	Warsaw	57%
1900	This former republic was annexed by the United States.	Hawaii	52%
1992	A series of riots occur here after the murder of Rodney King.	Los Angeles	52%
1955	Stalin's successor rises to power.	Nikita Khrushchev	52%
1935	A set of discriminatory codes against Jews and non Germans are passed.	Nuremberg laws	52%
1974	This aforementioned president resigns after being caught in a massive scandal.	Richard Nixon	52%
1975	This city surrenders to pro-communist forces which marks the end of the Vietnam War.	Saigon	52%
1951	China invades this country after it expelled its diplomats.	Tibet	52%
1995	After a series of bombing raids by NATO, the war in this country ends.	Bosnia	48%
1932	Millions of Ukrainians die in this famine.	Holodomor	48%
1949	A famous author writes this classic dystopian novel.	Nineteen Eighty-Four	48%
1923	The first publication of this magazine arrives.	Time	48%
1963	Martin Luther King Jr. and hundreds of thousands of people march here to advocate for civil and economic rights of African Americans.	Washington	48%
1969	Over 400,000 attend this historic music festival in New York.	Woodstock	48%
1913	This new method of manufacturing is invented also by the Ford Motor Company.	Assembly line	43%
1988	Construction of this underground tunnel between the UK and France begins.	Channel Tunnel	43%
1905	The ending of this war marks the first time a non-European nation defeats a Great Power.	Russo-Japanese War	43%
1972	One of the most legendary films is first premiered.	The Godfather	43%
1996	This well known rapper is assassinated in Las Vegas.	Tupac Shakur	43%
1909	A notoriously overweight president is inaugurated.	William Howard Taft	43%
1973	After a violent coup, this oppressive dictator assumes control over Chile.	Augusto Pinochet	39%
1966	Mao Zedong begins an oppressive movement to purge the country of supposed capitalist and traditional elements of Chinese society	Cultural Revolution	39%
1939	This pact, which divides Poland between the USSR and Nazi Germany, is named after the diplomats who signed it.	Molotov-Ribbentrop	39%
1937	This city is sacked and several war crimes are committed here.	Nanjing	39%
1991	The album "Nevermind" is released by this band, bringing alternative rock into the mainstream.	Nirvana	39%
1917	After suffering a crippling defeat in World War I, this event results in a violent and long civil war.	Russian Revolution	39%
1978	This Chinese official assumes control and begins to implement economic reforms.	Deng Xiaoping	35%
1910	This famous comet makes its approach at a distance of 0.15 Astronomical Units.	Halley's Comet	35%
1924	The US restricts this and favors those from Northern Europe over Southern Europe, Asia, and Africa.	Immigration	35%
1952	A 3 year uprising begins in this country to oust the British from its land.	Kenya	35%
1980	This volcano erupts, causing the most disastrous volcanic eruption in US history.	Mount St. Helens	30%
1907	11,000 die during a peasant's revolt in this country.	Romania	30%
1954	The Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education, made it illegal for this practice to be done in schools.	Segregation	30%
1993	This building suffers an explosion from a car bomb.	World Trade Center	30%
1912	This year marks the end of the Qing dynasty, and this country is created to takes its place.	Republic of China	26%
1976	Apple is founded by this man.	Steve Wozniak	26%
1971	An economic shock is created when Nixon took the US dollar off of this.	Gold standard	22%
1998	An agreement is reached between the governments of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, ending the Troubles.	Good Friday Agreement	22%
1964	President Lyndon B. Johnson signs this Act protecting rights for all Americans.	Civil Rights Act	17%
1994	This controversial trade agreement is signed between the US, Canada, and Mexico.	NAFTA	17%
1985	This video game console is released in North America.	NES	17%
1968	A long lasting conflict begins in Ireland between those who want to remain with the UK and those who want a united Ireland.	The Troubles	17%
1916	A failed attempt at creating an independent Ireland results in the execution of 16 Irish rebels.	Easter Rising	13%
1984	This famous R&B singer is assassinated is Los Angeles.	Marvin Gaye	13%
1959	The world population reaches this number.	Three billion	13%
1953	Television is revolutionized with this invention.	Color television	9%
1979	The largest nuclear accident in US history occurs at this plant.	Three Mile Island	9%
1982	Sony releases the first manufactured version of this product.	CD player	4%
1997	Radiohead release their critically acclaimed third album.	OK Computer	4%
1970	The Nigerian Civil War ends with the reintegration of this short lived country.	Republic of Biafra	4%
1967	The first ever high speed rail system is built between Osaka and Tokyo.	Shinkansen	4%
1983	This man prevents a global thermonuclear war after correctly interpreting a false alarm.	Stanislav Petrov	4%