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Events from the 2010s... or 1910s? #QCC2010
For each statement, guess whether it applies to the 1910s, the 2010s, or both!
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Last updated: January 8, 2024
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1.
The world's population increased.
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The population increased by about 800 million in the 2010s.It increased by about 12 million in the 1910s.
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Over 1,500 people perished in a single civilian boat disaster.
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The sinking of the Titanic saw 1,517 perish in 1912. The Sinking of the Dongfang zhi Xing saw 442 perish in 2015, the worst peacetime boating disaster in Chinese history.
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A major pandemic started that would cause the deaths of millions of people.
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Covid 19 started in, obviously, 2019 (albeit, very late in 2019). Spanish Influenza started in 1918. Both diseases killed millions in just a couple years.
4.
The Olympic Games were cancelled because of a major world event.
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The Games in Berlin were cancelled in 1916 because of WWI. Covid postponed the Games in Tokyo, but that was in 2020.
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A business magnate was elected president of the United States.
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Businessman Donald Trump became president in 2017. Woodrow Wilson, an academic, became president in 1913.
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A Moscow regime gained control of the Crimean Peninsula.
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During the Russian Revolution, Germany was given Crimea, leading to the White Army and Red Army jostling for control. By 1920, the Red Army won and executed tens of thousands of White Army POWs and their supporters. In 2014, Russia annexed the region after pro-Russian protests broke out.
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Mr. Grey is a major character in the best-selling book of the decade.
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Christian Grey is the primary antagonist/love interest in the book "50 Shades of Grey". No Mr. Grey was prominently featured in any 1910s literature (Dorian Gray was a character in an 1890s work, though).
8.
An African nation declared independence and became a sovereign country still recognized today.
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South Sudan voted to become an independent state in 2011. No African countries broke free of imperialism in the 1910s.
9.
The Boston Red Sox won the World Series.
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Amazingly, the Red Sox won four times in the 1910s, then didn't win again until 2004. They won another 3 after that, including in 2013 and 2018, for nine total championships.
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The decade's most profitable film was overtly racist.
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"The Birth of a Nation" was as overwhelmingly popular as it was racist. Avengers: Endgame from 2019 is not widely regarded as racist (possibly portrays purple people pretty poorly, though).
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Ford Motor Company sold at least 4 million cars each year.
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Ford sold at least 5,386,000 units in 2019, the lowest of the decade. Ford's Model T sold about 4.5 million units throughout all the 1910s. By 1927, though, it had sold over 15 million, making the Model T the best selling car until the 1970s.
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There was a major change to the political boundaries on the Korean Peninsula.
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Japan annexed Korea in 1910. There were no significant political boundary changes in the 2010s on the peninsula.
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There was a serious, significant political effort for at least one nation to declare independence from the United Kingdom.
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Ireland's Easter Rising in 1916 demonstrated a will in the populace to leave the United Kingdom, which came to fruition by the 1920s. Scotland held a referendum in 2014 whether to declare independence, and 55% voted to remain in the United Kingdom.
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One of the top-10 most populous countries had a revolution that replaced its government.
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The Russian Empire was the third most populous country of the 1910. It had a revolution.
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Over 200,000 perished from earthquakes and tsunamis.
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The 2010 Haiti earthquake killed between 200,000 and 312,000. The 1915 Avezzano earthquake was the deadliest of its decade, with 30,000 fatalities.
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The Pope resigned.
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Pope Pius X remained head of the Catholic Church until he died in 1914. Pope Benedict XVI resigned in 2013, 9 years before passing away in 2022. Both their successors remained the head of the Catholic church into the next decade.
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Someone born in the United States had the world’s highest net worth for most of the decade.
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John D. Rockefeller was probably the wealthiest person in modern history, and certainly the 1910s. Bill Gates was the richest man in the world from 1995 to about 2020.
18.
A new monarch is coronated in the United Kingdom.
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Edward VII died in 1910, leading to King George V's coronation in 1911. Queen Elizabeth II was queen throughout all the 2010s.
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Two points though:
Question 8: The Union of South Africa was created 31st of May 1910?
and Question 15 sounds like you mean total deaths from earthquakes+Tsunami for the entire decade.
Anyways. :)
For Question 15, it is about total fatalities of the decade. Aside from the major earthquake in Avezzano, there weren't any significant tsunamis or earthquakes that killed more than a few thousand. I'd reckon it's VERY unlikely that there were even 100,000 deaths, let alone 200,000.
For #8, I suppose I need to rework the question, so that it doesn't feel like a trick question. The full sovereignty of SA wasn't until the Statute of Westminster, right?
Anyway, I'll give it some thought. Thanks for the feedback!
In general use the 19th century does go from 01-01-1800 to 31-12-1899 though. The "there is no year 0" doesn't impact how pretty much everyone uses the term.