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1900s Decade Quiz

Can you guess these facts about the decade that lasted from 1900–1909?
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First submittedFebruary 19, 2015
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New invention that was first tested near Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina
Airplane
Queen who died after a reign of 63 years
Queen Victoria
Fill in the blank: "Speak softly, and carry a big _____"
Stick
Art movement started by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso
Cubism
River on which the Aswan Dam was built
Nile
American city that was devastated by an earthquake in 1906
San Francisco
Tire company that created a restaurant guide to help promote driving
Michelin
Destination that was nearly reached by explorer Robert Peary
The North Pole
Word starting with S that referred to a woman such as Emmeline Pankhurst who
fought for the right of women to vote
Suffragette
Period of prosperity that was experienced by France
Belle Époque
Theory of spacetime formulated by Albert Einstein
Special Relativity
Musical genre exemplified by Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer"
Ragtime
A dreadnought was a type of __________
Battleship
Ford automobile that came in any color you want – as long as it was black
Model T
President who was assassinated in Buffalo, New York by anarchist Leon Czolgosz
William McKinley
French author who began writing "In Search of Lost Time"
Marcel Proust
City devastated by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius
Naples
Style of variety show that was popular during the time period (hint: starts with V)
Vaudeville
Modern-day country in which the Second Boer War was fought
South Africa
Author who wrote the novel "Kim"
Rudyard Kipling
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52 Comments
plattitude
+3
Level 96
Feb 20, 2015
Consider accepting just plane?
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Feb 20, 2015
Okay
Ian1979
+1
Level 71
Jun 26, 2015
This was fun. Thank for accepting 'plane' as recommended above, as that was my first answer, and it avoided me having to trial and error guess synonyms.
LuckyPunk
+1
Level 78
Jul 10, 2015
Only got Belle Epoque because I was trying for the tire question.
divantilya
+10
Level 36
Dec 18, 2017
Pray tell: How did Michelin get you to Belle Epoque?
LuckyPunk
+3
Level 78
Aug 3, 2020
I was going for Belle Tire - a few years late for an answer, but the same thing just happened again : )
jmellor13
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Level 67
Jul 10, 2015
A dreadnought is also a type of guitar, which was developed in the early 1900s.
RobNobody
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Level 78
Aug 12, 2022
But not in the decade of the 1900s. It was created in 1916, and named after the ship.
jiwaburst
+1
Level 73
Jul 10, 2015
consider accepting "vaudville" as an almost correct spelling?
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jul 10, 2015
Okay
Pimbard6
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Level 67
Jul 10, 2015
Great quiz! The last clue is an interesting one. Google Translate does list Proust's title (A la recherche du temps perdu) as "In Search of Lost Time." I have also seen it rendered as "A Remembrance of Things Past." Since this is the least correctly answered question at this point (only 20%), do you think more of us would get it right with the latter English title?
mtthw
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Level 51
Jul 23, 2015
I can safely say I wouldn't have gotten it either way
Baltimorean
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Level 66
May 10, 2018
And considering that Proust based his French title on a translation of Shakespeare's phrase "Remembrance of Things Past," from Sonnet No. 30, calling it "In Search of Lost Time" is not only awkward but wrong. It's as if we let the Pentagon come up with appropriate titles for works written in other languages: "A State of Active Combat and the Cessation of Same" or "A Century of Isolated Existence." Bah!
PeregrineFalcon
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Level 77
Jul 30, 2020
Proust didn't base the title on Shakespeare's phrase, you must be misremembering.
EcceHomo
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Level 82
Jul 31, 2020
Indeed, the work(s) that Marcel Proust wrote was called "A la recherche du temps perdu". No-one wrote 'In Search of Lost Time'; this is just one of the translations of the original.
FadKrashmor
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Level 71
Oct 2, 2023
Why not simply use the original French title in the clue?
wolfiee
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Level 74
Jul 10, 2015
guitar type should also be accepted, fits the time period as well.
Osiris
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Level 62
May 10, 2018
Due to its large size, the guitar type was named after the ship. However, it wasn't developed until the following decade.
RobNobody
+1
Level 78
Aug 12, 2022
1916 isn't in the decade of the 1900s.
supersarah18
+2
Level 43
Jul 13, 2015
I also like to state that while NC thinks they were 1st in flight, the first airplane testing was in CT a few years prior to the Wright brothers. Just Saying
Osiris
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Level 62
May 10, 2018
Gustav Whitehead's aircraft designs were nowhere near as sophisticated as the Wright Flyer. Modern researchers were unable to achieve flight with his designs. Also, most importantly, there is no indisputable proof that he ever achieved the results he claimed. He's just another footnote from the race for heavier than air flight of that era. He made little or no contribution to the long term advancement of aviation.
Cooldrive
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Level 64
May 10, 2018
"Just Saying?" Can't you end your comment with something more trite?
IsleAuHaulte
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Level 90
Oct 23, 2019
"Mike drop" perhaps?
Baxtergrad
+2
Level 51
Dec 19, 2020
How 'bout "Imma jest sayingz, bro"
MassLumpBlockClod
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Level 84
Oct 20, 2015
should be "experienced by France"
Djilas
+1
Level 83
Feb 7, 2018
Typo is still there
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Feb 16, 2018
This important issue has been fixed :)
IceIceIceIceIce
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Level 48
May 10, 2018
The dot point should be 1900-1999 :) But I'm being pedantic.
scrumpyone
+6
Level 45
May 10, 2018
But that would be a century, not a decade :) Just being pedantic.
Froststar101
+4
Level 73
May 10, 2018
That's just called being wrong. It's okay though.
JackintheBox
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Level 80
Dec 11, 2024
Also it should be –, not - :)
TheDv8or
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Level 65
May 11, 2018
Why not Pompeii for Mt Vesuvius?
maryhayes
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Level 25
May 11, 2018
Pompeii was long gone by this time, destroyed in the eruption of AD79.
kalbahamut
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Level 81
May 15, 2018
It's still there. I visited it a couple years ago. But it's part of the metro area of Naples, now, and it was most famously destroyed, as you said, long before the 1900s. I couldn't find information in my cursory search as to whether or not Pompeii was again devastated by the 1906 eruption; all I found was an article that stated Torre del Greco was threatened which would suggest that the path of destruction was further north than Pompeii.
blizzrd33
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Level 80
Jul 30, 2020
The modern Pompei was founded in 1891. The modern Pompei and ancient Pompeii are spelt differently, because they are not a continuation of the same thing.
kalbahamut
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Level 81
Jul 31, 2020
^... but they're in the same place. I visited the ruins of the ancient city. Had to drive through the modern one to get there. Of course the city had to be repopulated since it was completely destroyed by Vesuvius before. That's kind of a given isn't it?
OfficerDibble
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Level 82
May 11, 2018
Actually in that decade (from its introduction in 1908) the Model T was available in more than one colour. The limit to black applied from 1914 to 1925, and was then lifted again.

http://www.autonews.com/article/20030616/SUB/306160713/model-t-had-many-shades%3B-black-dried-fastest

Geoguessin
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Level 70
Jul 30, 2020
Accept Arctic please?
Damangio
+5
Level 64
Jul 30, 2020
He did make it to the Arctic.
Kontio100
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Level 53
Jul 30, 2020
I tried T-Ford. Is it same?
johnmac83
+1
Level 16
Dec 11, 2024
Model T
AngSchUp
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Level 48
Apr 9, 2022
Naples was NOT devastated by the 1906 Vesuvius eruption. Unfortunately the author of the English Wikipedia article is - well, let’s call it - exaggerating. Some casualties due to „poorly built“ roofs collapsing under the weight of ashes, but certainly not enough damage to justify the term devastation…
tomwinkler95
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Level 71
Aug 12, 2022
Great variety of questions
cmr0
+1
Level 72
Dec 11, 2024
Nah, some useless knowledge here and there
jakelegs
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Level 44
Aug 15, 2022
Y'all are sleeping on Proust. Excellent book. It's how I learned about the Dreyfus Affair.
elcampeador
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Level 79
Nov 18, 2022
At least consider accepting 'Michellin'
SpartanLlama
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Level 71
Feb 20, 2023
For Belle I just guessed randomly I honestly don't think I've heard of it
MindWax
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Level 85
Nov 4, 2024
The theory of spacetime is really more of a general relativity thing, not special. Special relativity only explores effects which fall out of the truth that the (vacuum) speed of light remains constant for all observers -- general relativity describes the behavior of spacetime.
or1998
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Level 57
Nov 22, 2024
It was Kitty Hawk, NC in which the airplane was tested.
johnmac83
+1
Level 16
Dec 11, 2024
No, Naples was not destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD
jkabq
+1
Level 63
Dec 12, 2024
reread the quiz title....
southpaw
+1
Level 51
Dec 13, 2024
Naples has never been destroyed by Vesuvius. There were about 100 deaths and a cover of ash -- both regrettable but far from being destroyed.
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