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Current Events by Year, 1910-1929

Based on the clues, guess these things that happened in each year.
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First submittedAugust 27, 2013
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1929
This economic downturn begins
Great Depression
1928
"Steamboat Willie" is the first widely-distributed film to feature this character
Mickey Mouse
1927
This person becomes the first to fly non-stop from New York to Paris
Charles Lindbergh
1926
This escape artist dies from a ruptured appendix
Harry Houdini
1925
This gangster takes over the Chicago Outfit crime syndicate
Al Capone
1924
Trotsky and Stalin vie for power following the death of this Soviet leader
V.I. Lenin
1923
This political figure is sentenced to prison for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch
Adolf Hitler
1922
This empire reaches its largest extent, covering over 20% of the world's land area
British Empire
1921
Franklin D. Roosevelt is diagnosed with this disease
Polio
1920
The 18th amendment goes into effect, starting this era in American history
Prohibition
1919
This treaty officially ends the war between Germany and the Allied powers
Treaty of Versailles
1918
This epidemic begins, eventually killing nearly 20 million people
Spanish Flu
1917
Bolsheviks overthrow the government in this country
Russia
1916
British troops withdraw from the Gallipoli peninsula in this country
Ottoman Empire
1915
This genocide begins with the arrest of 250 intellectuals in Constantinople
Armenian Genocide
1914
The assassination of this archduke sparks WWI
Franz Ferdinand
1913
This former professor becomes U.S. President
Woodrow Wilson
1912
This ocean liner hits an iceberg and sinks
RMS Titanic
1911
Roald Amundsen becomes the first person to go here
South Pole
1910
This King comes to power in Britain
George V
CmdrKeen
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Level 33
Feb 22, 2014
Tricky, but pretty awesome. I like it.
Geomath1
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Level 29
Feb 22, 2014
Please accept Antarctica!
kalbahamut
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Level 83
Feb 22, 2014
but he was far from the first person to visit Antarctica, so that would not be accurate.
17cruzc
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Level 71
May 11, 2015
second that
Findlay
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Level 83
Sep 22, 2016
Yep, Antarctica is 100% wrong. The first people known to have gone to Antarctica in the sense of the area south of the Antarctic Circle were James Cook and his crew in 1773. John Davis, a sealer of New Haven Connecticut likely became the first person to set foot on the Antarctic mainland, though the claim is disputed. Amundsen himself first went to Antarctica in 1897, long before his successful Polar Expedition.
WolfCam
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Level 65
Nov 26, 2016
You can't say Antarctica because it's like saying the first person to climb mount Everest was the first person to reach Mt Everest
kalbahamut
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Level 83
Feb 22, 2014
These ones are always a breeze to me. I know history more than professional sports.
PatoPotato
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Level 49
Nov 26, 2016
Same here
kalbahamut
+1
Level 83
Nov 29, 2016
Not bad for a guy who's been dead for 24 hours.
kalbahamut
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Level 83
Dec 2, 2016
My comment no longer makes sense as you changed your name from "FidelCastro" to "PatoPotato"... put the word out conspiracy theorists: Castro is still alive and has adopted the alias Mr. Potato.
camus
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Level 77
Feb 22, 2014
Easy to me. 20/20
CmdrKeen
+3
Level 33
Feb 23, 2014
Just did it again, and you really should accept "England/English/Great Britain/United Kingdom" for that answer.
wolfcat95
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Level 66
Feb 24, 2014
I may not agree with England, English or even Great Britain, the entire empire was the United Kingdom which should certainly be an acceptable answer. In fact, by the classical definition, an empire is ruled by an emperor/empress, so United Kingdom would be even more accurate, if less commonly used terminology.
helenap13
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Level 64
Dec 27, 2015
Queen Victoria created herself Empress of India, and the title was passed down until King George VI and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother were the last Emperor and Empress of India. The British Empire was ruled by an Emperor/Empress.
divantilya
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Level 37
Mar 12, 2018
It was not the "United Kingdom Empire", it was the "British Empire".

Rewriting historical facts after the fact is like being a Monday Morning Quarterback.

yankeh
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Level 60
Feb 24, 2014
They're not really "current" events anymore...
kalbahamut
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Level 83
Feb 24, 2014
They were current events in those years.
blizzrd33
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Level 78
Mar 3, 2020
Agree, the word "current" does not belong in the quiz title.
CyberSnare
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Level 59
Dec 28, 2015
Didn't get Armenian genocide, got the rest
ander217
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Level 76
Nov 28, 2016
+1
kalbahamut
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Level 83
Dec 2, 2016
Pretty important event in history. Often called the first genocide in modern history, in some ways serving as an inspiration to Hitler.

Helps me to remember that I was in Yerevan for the 100th anniversary and they had "1915" banners hanging up all over the city.

francescafawn
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Level 43
Dec 30, 2015
Got them all with 2:54 left. Nice quiz but really could be a bit more challenging!
maxvenble
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Level 47
Jan 23, 2016
Shouldn't the title be Events by Year?
MasterChef
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Level 64
Nov 26, 2016
Please accept just "Ottoman" for Ottoman Empire.
Djilas
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Level 81
Nov 26, 2016
It was accepted for me.
dr02
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Level 65
Nov 26, 2016
Actually, Houdini died from AIDS.
lespods
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Level 25
Nov 26, 2016
No no he didn't he was punched in the stomach and burst his appendix.
ChipOtley
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Level 74
Nov 26, 2016
just a cover story, I'm afraid
DrunkytheSnowman
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Level 57
Feb 2, 2022
Archer reference I'm assuming
Tempest98936561
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Level 37
Dec 1, 2016
it's kind of confusing when it's from latest to earliest. perhaps switch order?
DonTheLamplighter
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Level 84
Sep 3, 2017
Yeah, it's not really a big deal, but I was thinking the exact same thing. It just seems like the progression should be oldest to most recent, descending.
jajaco2017
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Level 58
Jan 18, 2017
got 17
Tempest01
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Level 52
Feb 2, 2018
Good Quiz, Good Quiz
divantilya
+2
Level 37
Feb 5, 2018
The Ottoman Empire was just one country?
JWatson24
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Level 71
Sep 16, 2018
What did the British Empire acquire in 1922 that made it reach its largest extent?
fromaj
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Level 69
Mar 3, 2020
The German colonies were divvied up after WWI.
JackintheBox
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Level 77
Mar 3, 2020
And also parts of the Ottoman Empire.
fuanacdc
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Level 82
Dec 17, 2019
Was caught off guard because I thought British monarchs typically didn't require the number after their name on Jetpunk
JackintheBox
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Level 77
Mar 3, 2020
Got all but Woodrow Wilson!
Temudhun
+1
Level 68
Mar 3, 2020
I think the March on Rome should be mentioned in 1922, rather than the peak of the British Empire.
bn91
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Level 69
Mar 3, 2020
Typed 'V George', 'George', 'V. George', but nothing... that answer should be more flexible.
bostjan
+1
Level 73
Mar 3, 2020
Hmm, UK, Great Britain, and United Kingdom don't work for British Empire? That's a bit unusual.
180Degrees
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Level 56
Mar 3, 2020
That's what I tried. I thought that, maybe not UK or England would work, but Great Britain and Britain should both be accepted.
camus
+1
Level 77
Mar 3, 2020
For everyone who lives neither in the US or UK and can therefore have no knowledge about these places: Non-US, Non-UK Events, 1910-1929
diamadi
+1
Level 52
Mar 3, 2020
1920 - could you also accept "temperance?" I got stuck on that and could not come up with the right word, but are they not synonymous terms for the era?
TheMightyQ
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Level 78
Jul 8, 2021
Temperance was the name of the movement to ban alcohol, which preceded Prohibition (when it actually became illegal to make or sell alcohol) by some time. So while they are definitely related, they aren't synonymous.
Nerd0921
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Level 72
Mar 3, 2020
I just wrote "Great Deppression" and was wondering why was this thing not accepting my answer... I thought jetpunk quizzes were lenient on spellings
grantdon
+2
Level 74
Mar 4, 2020
I only ever hear it referred to as the Depression...no need to preface it with Great
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Mar 4, 2020
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Jango
+1
Level 63
Feb 24, 2023
Whatever Wiki says, in the UK it's generally known as the Depression
DiscoBayGolfer
+1
Level 79
Mar 4, 2020
Great Depression is accurate. You wouldn't simply call it the Wall of China.
elcampeador
+2
Level 74
Aug 10, 2021
Respectfully, let's leave Johnny Depp out of this.
GrammarBeane1
+2
Level 78
Jul 23, 2020
It didn't accept UK or Britain for British Empire for me?
CMC315
+1
Level 58
Feb 10, 2021
could NOT remember which king it was. only one I really struggled with.
AbiA
+1
Level 77
Jul 4, 2022
Not accepting Micky Mouse seems a little harsh.
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