Current Events by Year, 1930–1949 - Statistics

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Year	Hint	Answer	% Correct
1939	Country invaded by Germany (and the Soviet Union) which marked the official start of WWII	Poland	97%
1945	Weapon tested by the United States in New Mexico	Atomic Bomb	95%
1941	U.S. naval base attacked by Japan on a "day which will live in infamy"	Pearl Harbor	95%
1940	Leader who becomes Prime Minister of the U.K.	Winston Churchill	95%
1948	Indian leader assassinated by a Hindu extremist	Mahatma Gandhi	93%
1943	Leader deposed as Prime Minister of Italy	Benito Mussolini	92%
1944	French region where Allied forces landed on D-Day	Normandy	91%
1938	Country annexed by Germany in the "Anschluss"	Austria	87%
1931	Building which topped out at 380 meters, becoming the tallest in the world	Empire State Building	85%
1947	"Barrier" broken by pilot Chuck Yeager	The {Sound} Barrier	85%
1932	U.S. President who promised a "New Deal" for the American people	Franklin D. Roosevelt	84%
1934	Scottish creature allegedly photographed by a surgeon named R. K. Wilson	Loch Ness Monster	83%
1946	City where trials against Third Reich leaders were held	Nuremberg	82%
1933	Era of U.S. history which came to an end following the repeal of the 18th amendment to the Constitution	Prohibition	68%
1935	Environmental disaster which devastated the Great Plains of the U.S.	The {Dust} Bowl	67%
1949	Province which joined Canada	Newfoundland	64%
1930	Country which won the first FIFA World Cup	Uruguay	63%
1942	Battle where the U.S. Navy destroys four Japanese aircraft carriers	Battle of {Midway}	60%
1937	City in China which became infamous for the Japanese atrocities committed there	Nanjing	55%
1936	British king who abdicated to marry an American divorcée	{Edward} {VIII}	44%

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