Year | Incident | Answer | % Correct |
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1920 | The consumption of this is banned in America | Alcohol | 97%
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1924 | This Soviet political leader dies | Lenin | 75%
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1921 | This scientist wins the Nobel Prize | Albert Einstein | 65%
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1920 | This international organisation holds its first meeting | League of Nations | 61%
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1922 | The ancient tomb of this person is discovered | Tutankhamun | 61%
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1929 | These entertainment awards are held for the first time | Academy Awards | 57%
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1922 | A civil war begins in this country | Ireland | 50%
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1923 | This volcano erupts in Italy | Mt Etna | 50%
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1929 | The worst trading day of the American stock market crash gains this nickname | Black Tuesday | 44%
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1927 | This make of automobile begins manufacture in Sweden | Volvo | 42%
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1925 | This quintessential 'Jazz Age' novel is published | The Great Gatsby | 41%
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1923 | This 24 hour car race is held for the first time in France | Le Mans | 36%
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1928 | Mickey Mouse makes his first sound appearance in this cartoon | Steamboat Willie | 34%
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1923 | Adolf Hitler's attempt to seize power in Munich is given this nickname | Beer Hall Putsch | 33%
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1927 | This becomes the first part-talking film | The Jazz Singer | 31%
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1926 | A general strike takes place in this country | United Kingdom | 31%
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1922 | This unification of like-minded republics is created | Soviet Union | 30%
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1925 | This new form of technology is demonstrated for the first time | Television | 29%
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1925 | A decorative arts exhibition in Paris spurs this design movement | Art Deco | 28%
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1924 | This artistic movement issues their first manifesto | Surrealist | 17%
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1922 | This country gains independence from Britain | Egypt | 12%
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1925 | This magazine is published for the first time | The New Yorker | 9%
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1924 | This piece of music is performed for the first time | Rhapsody in Blue | 8%
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1922 | This famously fatalistic modernist poem is published | The Waste Land | 8%
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1928 | Bertold Brecht's famous play of this name debuts in Berlin | The Threepenny Opera | 6%
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1926 | This becomes the first feature film with a sound accompaniment | Don Juan | 1%
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