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20th Century A-Z

For each letter of the alphabet, guess these answers related to the years 1901–2000.
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Year
Hint
Answer
A
1969
First person to walk on the moon
Neil Armstrong
B
1944–45
The final German offensive on the Western Front in WWII
Battle of the Bulge
C
1900s
School or art invented by Picasso and Braque
Cubism
D
1963
City where JFK was assassinated
Dallas
E
1983–85
Country where 400,000 people died due to a famine
Ethiopia
F
1982
Islands which the UK and Argentina fought over
Falkland Islands
G
1942
Leader who urged Britain to "quit India"
Mahatma Gandhi
H
1935
Dam which was built on the Colorado River
Hoover Dam
I
1979
Country whose shah was deposed
Iran
J
1922
Novelist who published "Ulysses"
James Joyce
K
1948
Peninsula which was divided at the 38th parallel
Korea
L
1900s
City whose population increased from 41,000 to over 7 million during the century
Lagos
M
1943–76
Dictator whose policies killed at least 40 million people
Mao Zedong
N
1923–46
City which hosted Nazi rallies, and later, war crimes trials
Nuremberg
O
1922
Empire which ceased to exist
Ottoman Empire
P
1914
Canal which was completed despite the deaths of 25,000 workers
Panama Canal
Q
1912
Dynasty which came to an end in China
Qing
R
1916
"Mad Monk" who was assassinated in St. Petersburg
Rasputin
S
1957
Russian satellite which orbited the Earth
Sputnik
T
1982
Album released by Michael Jackson which would become the best-selling of all time
Thriller
U
1930
Country which hosted the first FIFA World Cup
Uruguay
V
1901
Queen who died after a reign of 63 years
Victoria
W
1955
Military alliance signed by the Communist countries of Eastern Europe
Warsaw Pact
X
1959
Company which introduced the copy machine
Xerox
Y
1991
The first democratically-elected leader of Russia
Boris Yeltsin
Z
1913
Alternative to buttons and snaps which was invented in Pennsylvania
Zipper
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17 Comments
brandybuck96
+11
Level 82
Feb 22, 2018
Could "zip" maybe be accepted for the last question?
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Feb 22, 2018
Okay
halpie
+5
Level 81
Feb 22, 2018
Would you please allow alternate spellings of Yeltsin such as Yeltzin? (or I could just remember, I always get that spelling wrong).
Jerry928
+5
Level 76
Feb 23, 2018
James Joyce didn't publish Ulysses, he wrote it. Sylvia Beach published it.
Djilas
+15
Level 86
Feb 27, 2018
He submitted it for publication? I think it's ok as it is, like an architect or a king "built" something.
beekash
+26
Level 56
May 16, 2018
For those wondering, the Los Angeles metro area went from a population of about 190,000 in 1900 to over 12 million by 2000.
cornflakesfu
+8
Level 89
Jul 9, 2018
That was my first guess.
kenpo17
+3
Level 65
Jul 11, 2018
Mine too.
kateaustins
+1
Level 33
May 24, 2018
I misspelt Nuremberg with a u, with a variety of eu/e/u combinations and I don't think they were wholly unreasonable suggestions. Could attempts such as Neuremburg be accepted?

Thanks. Really interesting quiz!

LouRo05
+2
Level 60
Jul 9, 2018
I kept on trying to spell Nuremburg "Nurenburg" or "Nurnburg"

oops

kenpo17
+7
Level 65
Jul 11, 2018
Considering that in German it's Nürnberg, that's an understandable way to try and spell it.
hasanabdi
+2
Level 70
Jun 19, 2022
neuremburg doesn't make sense because in english umlauts are represented by an e after the letter but nuremberg does not have an umlaut as the german is nürnberg anyway
dunkinggandalf2
+1
Level 72
Nov 12, 2025
Or you made a mistake, which we all do from time to time, and you could use it as an opportunity to learn the correct spelling!
ninjastar9
+1
Level 58
Jul 9, 2018
I thought of the Falklands but thought they were farther north, for some reason.
BMDragon
+4
Level 85
Sep 14, 2019
You might've been thinking about the Faroe islands
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Dec 5, 2021
Only forgot Sputnik
renbag
+5
Level 74
Nov 12, 2025
In question 3, I think “or” should be “of”
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