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The 20th Century - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 97,208 times
- The average score is 14 of 20
Answer Stats
| Year | Description | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945–1991 | The U.S. and Soviet Union fight this "war" | Cold War | 98%
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| 1969 | This man becomes the first to walk on the moon | Neil Armstrong | 96%
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| 1912 | This famous ocean liner hits an iceberg and sinks | RMS Titanic | 93%
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| 1941 | Japanese forces launch a surprise attack on this naval base | Pearl Harbor | 92%
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| 1962 | The U.S. and Soviet Union have a tense stand-off over missiles in this country | Cuba | 88%
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| 1914 | This archduke is assassinated, sparking WWI | Franz Ferdinand | 83%
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| 1918–1920 | This pandemic kills over 3% of the world's population | {Spanish} Flu | 76%
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| 1922 | This "ism" rises to prominence as Benito Mussolini becomes leader of Italy | Fascism | 74%
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| 1999 | Atmospheric levels of this greenhouse gas reach 365ppm, an increase of over 25% since 1900 | Carbon Dioxide | 73%
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| 1958–1961 | This ruler's "Great Leap Forward" causes 30 million people to starve to death | Mao Zedong | 73%
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| 1915 | This empire systematically kills an estimated 1.5 million Armenians | Ottoman Empire | 73%
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| 1955 | Jonas Salk announces a vaccine for this disease | Polio | 71%
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| 1946 | The ENIAC is hailed as the world's first example of this common modern device | Computer | 65%
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| 1933 | This political figure says "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself" | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 64%
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| 1979 | Protestors seize power in this country and establish a theocracy | Iran | 64%
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| 1930 | This leader marches to the sea to get salt and defy British rule | Mohandas Gandhi | 62%
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| 1936 | This British king abdicates | Edward VIII | 58%
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| 1908–1927 | This car model, nicknamed the "Tin Lizzie", sells over 16.5 million units | Model T | 58%
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| 1927 | This pilot becomes the first to make a non-stop solo flight from New York to Paris | Charles Lindbergh | 43%
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| 1916 | Margaret Sanger opens the first U.S. clinic to provide information about this practice | Birth Control | 34%
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