History of the 1920s - Statistics

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Answer Stats

Year	Incident	Answer	% Correct
1920	The consumption of this is banned in America	Alcohol	97%
1924	This Soviet political leader dies	Lenin	75%
1921	This scientist wins the Nobel Prize	Albert Einstein	64%
1920	This international organisation holds its first meeting	League of Nations	61%
1922	The ancient tomb of this person is discovered	Tutankhamun	60%
1929	These entertainment awards are held for the first time	Academy Awards	56%
1922	A civil war begins in this country	Ireland	50%
1923	This volcano erupts in Italy	Mt Etna	50%
1929	The worst trading day of the American stock market crash gains this nickname	Black Tuesday	43%
1927	This make of automobile begins manufacture in Sweden	Volvo	41%
1925	This quintessential 'Jazz Age' novel is published	The Great Gatsby	40%
1923	This 24 hour car race is held for the first time in France	Le Mans	35%
1928	Mickey Mouse makes his first sound appearance in this cartoon	Steamboat Willie	34%
1923	Adolf Hitler's attempt to seize power in Munich is given this nickname	Beer Hall Putsch	33%
1927	This becomes the first part-talking film	The Jazz Singer	31%
1926	A general strike takes place in this country	United Kingdom	31%
1922	This unification of like-minded republics is created	Soviet Union	30%
1925	This new form of technology is demonstrated for the first time	Television	29%
1925	A decorative arts exhibition in Paris spurs this design movement	Art Deco	27%
1924	This artistic movement issues their first manifesto	Surrealist	16%
1922	This country gains independence from Britain	Egypt	12%
1925	This magazine is published for the first time	The New Yorker	9%
1924	This piece of music is performed for the first time	Rhapsody in Blue	8%
1922	This famously fatalistic modernist poem is published	The Waste Land	8%
1928	Bertold Brecht's famous play of this name debuts in Berlin	The Threepenny Opera	6%
1926	This becomes the first feature film with a sound accompaniment	Don Juan	1%