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20th Century Events
25 questionsTest your knowledge of major 20th century events. Wars, space race, and world-changing moments.
In what year did World War I begin?
The correct answer is B. 1914
In what year did World War II end?
The correct answer is C. 1945
In what year did the first humans land on the Moon?
The correct answer is C. 1969
In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?
The correct answer is B. 1989
In what year did the Titanic sink?
The correct answer is B. 1912
In what year did World War II begin (with Germany's invasion of Poland)?
The correct answer is B. 1939
In what year did women gain the right to vote in the United States?
The correct answer is C. 1920
In what year did the Soviet Union launch Sputnik, the first artificial satellite?
The correct answer is B. 1957
In what year did the stock market crash that led to the Great Depression?
The correct answer is B. 1929
In what year did India gain independence from British rule?
The correct answer is B. 1947
In what year did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?
The correct answer is C. 1941
In what year did Nelson Mandela become President of South Africa?
The correct answer is C. 1994
In what year did the Soviet Union dissolve?
The correct answer is C. 1991
In what year did the first successful heart transplant take place?
The correct answer is B. 1967
In what year did the Cuban Missile Crisis occur?
The correct answer is C. 1962
In what year did World War I end?
The correct answer is B. 1918
In what year did the first commercial jet airline service begin (BOAC)?
The correct answer is B. 1952
In what year did the Vietnam War end (fall of Saigon)?
The correct answer is C. 1975
In what year did the first successful kidney transplant take place?
The correct answer is B. 1954
In what year did the first Earth Day take place?
The correct answer is B. 1970
In what year did the first commercial radio station (KDKA) begin broadcasting?
The correct answer is B. 1920
In what year did the first artificial satellite (Sputnik 1) orbit Earth?
The correct answer is B. 1957
In what year did the first human (Yuri Gagarin) orbit Earth?
The correct answer is C. 1961
In what year did the Watergate break-in occur?
The correct answer is B. 1972
In what year did the first test-tube baby (Louise Brown) be born?
The correct answer is B. 1978
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