Statistics for Current Events by Year, 1930-1949

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Year	Hint	Answer	% Correct
1939	WWII begins as Germany invades this country	Poland	97%
1941	Japan launches a surprise attack on this U.S. naval base	Pearl Harbor	96%
1945	The United States tests this weapon in New Mexico	Atomic Bomb	95%
1940	This politician becomes Prime Minister of the U.K.	Winston Churchill	95%
1948	This Indian leader is assassinated by a Hindu extremist	Mahatma Gandhi	94%
1943	This Italian leader is deposed as Prime Minister of Italy	Benito Mussolini	91%
1944	On D-Day, Allied forces land in this French region	Normandy	91%
1938	The Anschluss - Germany annexes this country	Austria	87%
1931	At 1,250 feet high, this building becomes the world's tallest	Empire State Building	86%
1932	This U.S. President is elected, promising a "new deal" for the American people	Franklin D. Roosevelt	86%
1947	Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to break this	The {Sound} Barrier	86%
1934	Surgeon R.K. Wilson allegedly photographs this Scottish creature	Loch Ness Monster	85%
1946	Third Reich leaders are prosecuted at trials in this German city	Nuremberg	82%
1933	The 21st amendment brings an end to this era in American history	Prohibition	71%
1935	Farms throughout the American prairies are devastated by this	The {Dust} Bowl	69%
1949	This province joins Canada	Newfoundland	62%
1930	This country wins the first World Cup	Uruguay	60%
1942	The United States destroys four Japanese aircraft carriers at this battle	Battle of {Midway}	59%
1937	Japanese troops commit atrocities following the capture of this Chinese city	Nanjing	52%
1936	This British king abdicates	Edward VIII	44%