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20th Century Events

25 questions

Test your knowledge of major 20th century events. Wars, space race, and world-changing moments.

Question 1easy

In what year did World War I begin?

The correct answer is B. 1914

Question 2easy

In what year did World War II end?

The correct answer is C. 1945

Question 3easy

In what year did the first humans land on the Moon?

The correct answer is C. 1969

Question 4easy

In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?

The correct answer is B. 1989

Question 5easy

In what year did the Titanic sink?

The correct answer is B. 1912

Question 6easy

In what year did World War II begin (with Germany's invasion of Poland)?

The correct answer is B. 1939

Question 7easy

In what year did women gain the right to vote in the United States?

The correct answer is C. 1920

Question 8medium

In what year did the Soviet Union launch Sputnik, the first artificial satellite?

The correct answer is B. 1957

Question 9medium

In what year did the stock market crash that led to the Great Depression?

The correct answer is B. 1929

Question 10medium

In what year did India gain independence from British rule?

The correct answer is B. 1947

Question 11medium

In what year did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?

The correct answer is C. 1941

Question 12medium

In what year did Nelson Mandela become President of South Africa?

The correct answer is C. 1994

Question 13medium

In what year did the Soviet Union dissolve?

The correct answer is C. 1991

Question 14medium

In what year did the first successful heart transplant take place?

The correct answer is B. 1967

Question 15medium

In what year did the Cuban Missile Crisis occur?

The correct answer is C. 1962

Question 16medium

In what year did World War I end?

The correct answer is B. 1918

Question 17medium

In what year did the first commercial jet airline service begin (BOAC)?

The correct answer is B. 1952

Question 18medium

In what year did the Vietnam War end (fall of Saigon)?

The correct answer is C. 1975

Question 19hard

In what year did the first successful kidney transplant take place?

The correct answer is B. 1954

Question 20hard

In what year did the first Earth Day take place?

The correct answer is B. 1970

Question 21hard

In what year did the first commercial radio station (KDKA) begin broadcasting?

The correct answer is B. 1920

Question 22hard

In what year did the first artificial satellite (Sputnik 1) orbit Earth?

The correct answer is B. 1957

Question 23hard

In what year did the first human (Yuri Gagarin) orbit Earth?

The correct answer is C. 1961

Question 24hard

In what year did the Watergate break-in occur?

The correct answer is B. 1972

Question 25hard

In what year did the first test-tube baby (Louise Brown) be born?

The correct answer is B. 1978