History of the 1920s

The 1920s were an important decade for human endeavour. See if you can name some of its most famous incidents.

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Year	Incident	Answer
1920	The consumption of this is banned in America	Alcohol
1920	This international organisation holds its first meeting	League of Nations
1921	This scientist wins the Nobel Prize	Albert Einstein
1922	A civil war begins in this country	Ireland
1922	This country gains independence from Britain	Egypt
1922	This unification of like-minded republics is created	Soviet Union
1922	The ancient tomb of this person is discovered	Tutankhamun
1922	This famously fatalistic modernist poem is published	The Waste Land
1923	Adolf Hitler's attempt to seize power in Munich is given this nickname	Beer Hall Putsch
1923	This 24 hour car race is held for the first time in France	Le Mans
1923	This volcano erupts in Italy	Mt Etna
1924	This artistic movement issues their first manifesto	Surrealist
1924	This Soviet political leader dies	Lenin
1924	This piece of music is performed for the first time	Rhapsody in Blue
1925	This quintessential 'Jazz Age' novel is published	The Great Gatsby
1925	This magazine is published for the first time	The New Yorker
1925	This new form of technology is demonstrated for the first time	Television
1925	A decorative arts exhibition in Paris spurs this design movement	Art Deco
1926	This becomes the first feature film with a sound accompaniment	Don Juan
1926	A general strike takes place in this country	United Kingdom
1927	This becomes the first part-talking film	The Jazz Singer
1927	This make of automobile begins manufacture in Sweden	Volvo
1928	Bertold Brecht's famous play of this name debuts in Berlin	The Threepenny Opera
1928	Mickey Mouse makes his first sound appearance in this cartoon	Steamboat Willie
1929	The worst trading day of the American stock market crash gains this nickname	Black Tuesday
1929	These entertainment awards are held for the first time	Academy Awards

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2 Comments

Level 89

Apr 13, 2014

Albert Einstein only got one Nobel Prize, so "first" is misleading. The artistic movement is surrealism, nobody will think of the adjective... And, uh, what is United Kington ? ;) Maybe Black Thursday should be accepted ? The crash lasted several days, beginning on Thursday and culminating on Tuesday, so... Apart from these, cool quiz.

Level 36

Nov 24, 2018

Seems that quite a lot happened in 1922. Definitely a year to remember.