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Current Events by Year, 1930-1949

Based on the clues, guess these things that happened in each year.
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First submittedAugust 27, 2013
Times taken31,981
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1949
This province joins Canada
Newfoundland
1948
This Indian leader is assassinated by a Hindu extremist
Mahatma Gandhi
1947
Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to break this
The Sound Barrier
1946
Third Reich leaders are prosecuted at trials in this German city
Nuremberg
1945
The United States tests this weapon in New Mexico
Atomic Bomb
1944
On D-Day, Allied forces land in this French region
Normandy
1943
This Italian leader is deposed as Prime Minister of Italy
Benito Mussolini
1942
The United States destroys four Japanese aircraft carriers at this battle
Battle of Midway
1941
Japan launches a surprise attack on this U.S. naval base
Pearl Harbor
1940
This politician becomes Prime Minister of the U.K.
Winston Churchill
1939
WWII begins as Germany invades this country
Poland
1938
The Anschluss - Germany annexes this country
Austria
1937
Japanese troops commit atrocities following the capture of this Chinese city
Nanjing
1936
This British king abdicates
Edward VIII
1935
Farms throughout the American prairies are devastated by this
The Dust Bowl
1934
Surgeon R.K. Wilson allegedly photographs this Scottish creature
Loch Ness Monster
1933
The 21st amendment brings an end to this era in American history
Prohibition
1932
This U.S. President is elected, promising a "new deal" for the American people
Franklin D. Roosevelt
1931
At 1,250 feet high, this building becomes the world's tallest
Empire State Building
1930
This country wins the first World Cup
Uruguay
kalbahamut
+13
Level 83
Jan 21, 2014
Got 100% without even any guessing. Must have watched the news a lot in my past life.
CreATive
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Level 49
Jan 21, 2014
Nice quiz!
WolfCam
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Level 65
Dec 24, 2016
Does anyone else find it odd that this quiz is called current events... Great quiz
kalbahamut
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Level 83
Dec 24, 2016
Wolf: no. These were current events in the years given.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 83
Dec 24, 2016
If you did well on this, might want to take a crack on my FDR Presidency quiz.
craigsnyder
+2
Level 44
Jan 21, 2014
Fun quiz, it's definitely a great test of what should be common knowledge!
4321
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Level 55
Jan 21, 2014
19/20 Missed the one about Edward VIII.
interopia
+1
Level 84
Jun 28, 2016
same here
Cyclonus
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Level 74
Dec 24, 2016
I thought it was either "Edward" or "George" but I couldn't remember which, so I tried both. I couldn't remember the number either, so I just held down "I" for a couple seconds, and when that didn't work, I went back and entered a "V" before the Is.
amm14
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Level 67
Apr 14, 2020
You're lucky it wasn't an IV or X+, though I suppose you'd've figured it out.
nycbarb
+1
Level 44
Jan 21, 2014
19/20 - missed Uruguay. Darn.
divantilya
+1
Level 37
Mar 9, 2019
^Same here.
errie8906
+1
Level 28
Jan 22, 2014
70% of this is about World War 2
ddddan
+22
Level 79
Apr 14, 2020
It was kind of a big deal
Mogysht
+7
Level 50
Feb 20, 2014
Do we really have to write "Loch Ness Monster". I tried "Loch Ness" and it did not accept it.
kitshef
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Level 82
May 4, 2014
And was1934 so dull this is the best news item?
CardinalSin
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Level 75
Apr 14, 2020
I reckon there was more interesting stuff than this.
gtohara
+3
Level 58
Aug 3, 2014
Nessie works!
brandybuck96
+11
Level 82
Oct 15, 2015
Loch Ness is not a creature. It's a lake.
PersOfUniv9
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Level 28
Jun 14, 2022
for the atomic bomb one, i put in "nuke" but it didn't accept, then i typed in "nuclear bomb" and it was correct...
thecoolestdude2
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Level 69
Feb 23, 2014
100%. This one was kind of easy for me, except for Uruguay.
burntfrost
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Level 48
Jun 2, 2014
Nobody remembers Nanjing. :(
BrosephStalin
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Level 64
Aug 22, 2015
Nobody remembers that Japan even invaded China at all.
jamesd
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Level 68
Dec 24, 2016
least of all the Japanese ... but it happened
Malbaby
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Level 71
Dec 25, 2016
To say 'Nobody Remembers' anything is a little pompous on your part, just because you don't remember you can't presume everyone is like you.
wiifly
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Level 58
Jan 27, 2020
They're saying that based off of the statistics, you know the ones given on almost every quiz. I personally only got Nanjing because I remembered it was the capital then.
fitheach
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Level 59
Apr 13, 2020
They do remember it, or at least those with a modicum of interest in world history do.
Jerry928
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Level 75
Oct 18, 2014
Accept Atom Bomb? It didn't accept that, but did take A-Bomb!
YouLoveEagle
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Level 50
Jul 27, 2022
I like to see A bomb
Kenny123
+1
Level 40
Jan 9, 2015
Please accept Atom Bomb
halpie
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Level 76
Jan 10, 2015
agree with atom bomb, or hydrogen bomb, or H bomb, all of which I tried.
Hominka
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Level 79
Dec 13, 2015
An atomic bomb works by fission -- ripping apart an atom. A hydrogen bomb works by fusion, and requires the energy of an atomic bomb to provide the power for fusing hydrogen atoms together to form helium and a great whack of energy. It was atomic bombs (fission) that were used against Japan.
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Jul 20, 2016
Atom bomb will work now. H bomb is incorrect as noted by @Hominka.
AntiMatter8192
+3
Level 69
Apr 13, 2020
How about nuke?
PersOfUniv9
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Level 28
Jun 14, 2022
im replying late but yeah, kinda annoying how it wont accept it
BrosephStalin
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Level 64
Aug 22, 2015
I would argue that the end of the Battle of Stalingrad or the Battle of Kursk was more important than Mussolini's capture/rescue but more scholars than I can list with this character limit have already done that for me.
JamonteJefferson
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Level 23
May 3, 2016
the moment when you type empire st building and it doesn't count and your 1 away from 100%. T_T.
YouLoveEagle
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Level 50
Jul 27, 2022
Why would you type “empire st building”? It’s obviously not a saint building
Mixuela
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Level 58
Nov 26, 2016
Would be decent to say which World Cup you're talking about. Could be rally or ice skating for all we know.
svitapeneela
+6
Level 65
Dec 24, 2016
Except NO.

The entire world, except Americans, knows the World Cup is the World Cup. As in, the entire world plays in it. Unlike the World Series...

blinky
+5
Level 59
Jan 16, 2017
Sorry, but Americans DO know what the World Cup is. Wish people would stop with the generalizations.
wiifly
+1
Level 58
Jan 27, 2020
I agree with blinky, though it is odd that the World Series has 'World' in it, anyway Americans do know what the World Cup is.
EcceHomo
+1
Level 76
Mar 1, 2021
Hey Wiifly, I think most people understand this, but then you get comments like the one above from Mixuela.
Djilas
+1
Level 81
Dec 27, 2016
The one that started in 1930.
Jimbobram
+1
Level 63
Dec 24, 2016
Could you except Pearl Habour with the u in it, as it is the British spelling of the word
Djilas
+4
Level 81
Dec 27, 2016
British spelling was accepted for me, despite not being the correct name of the place. Note that harbour is spelt with two Rs also in UK ...
fitheach
+2
Level 59
Apr 13, 2020
(I'm British) I spell it Pearl Harbor because it's a proper noun, and that's how it is spelt. Other names of people and places do not have their spellings changed when switching from British to American spellings (or vice versa), so why should Pearl Harbor?
Borgir
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Level 63
Dec 24, 2016
Geez, you sure you have enough questions about the US here?
kalbahamut
+3
Level 83
Dec 24, 2016
In all seriousness, probably not. There's certainly not too many.
wiifly
+1
Level 58
Jan 27, 2020
A lot of the worlds major news was related to the Us because it was at it's peak in this time period from all the money it got from supplying the Allies at the beginning of WWII.
rocamorar
+2
Level 78
Apr 14, 2020
@wiifly I agree, althought the "Dust Bowl" question is the one I think that could be changed because it's something that didn't really have much impact outside the affected zone. More interesting things happened elsewhere in that year that could add more geographical diversity tot the test, such as the inauguration of the Moscow metro or the passing of the Nuremberg laws.
Tristian363
+1
Level 47
Dec 24, 2016
It told me that King Edward VIII was wrong. How can Edward VIII be right, and King Edward VIII be wrong?
Malbaby
+1
Level 71
Dec 25, 2016
Because it wasn't given doesn't mean your answer was wrong, it is that the quiz setter did not give 'KING Edward VIII' as an accepted answer.
thebest21
+1
Level 60
Dec 26, 2016
Please accept Loch Ness for Loch NEss monster.
Djilas
+2
Level 81
Dec 27, 2016
Loch Ness is just a lake.
Jarl5
+1
Level 67
Jul 7, 2017
One of the easier quizzes I've taken. And one of the best!
divantilya
+1
Level 37
Jun 8, 2019
Again, missed Uruguay (not a sports fan). It's amazing how well I do on quizzes concerning decades long before I was born, not as well on those which are contemporary.
BestNotes
+1
Level 50
Apr 13, 2020
Loch Ness was not ehough....
Laurens
+4
Level 58
Apr 13, 2020
Please accept "monster of loch ness"
Qikiq
+5
Level 84
Apr 13, 2020
And while you're at it, could you accept, that thing that's in that lake in Scotland?
JackintheBox
+2
Level 77
Apr 13, 2020
Yes please. That thing that's in that lake in Scotland.
Stef2
+2
Level 58
Apr 13, 2020
Exactly, I missed it because of that!
EcceHomo
+2
Level 76
Mar 1, 2021
I am very happy that you accept Nürnberg.
Saftra
+1
Level 53
May 9, 2022
ACCEPT LOch NEss INSTEAD OF LOCH NESS MONSTER
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