| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| The State of Israel is founded. | 1940s | 100%
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| The United Nations are established. | 1940s | 100%
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| The Manhattan Project is active. | 1940s | 100%
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| World War II begins. | not 1940s | 100%
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| African America woman Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat in Alabama. | not 1940s | 100%
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| The Olympics take place in Berlin. | not 1940s | 100%
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| Mustafa Kemal Atatürk becomes the first president of the Turkish republic. | not 1940s | 100%
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| China annexes Tibet. | not 1940s | 100%
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| Mahatma Gandhi is killed. | 1940s | 50%
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| "Citizen Kane" is released. | 1940s | 50%
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| The bikini is introduced. | 1940s | 50%
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| George Orwell publishes "1984". | 1940s | 50%
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| British king Edward VIII. abdicates to marry American socialite Wallis Simpson. | not 1940s | 50%
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| Hawaii becomes the 50th US state. | not 1940s | 50%
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| Buddy Holly dies in a plane crash. | not 1940s | 50%
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