A Century in Review Quiz

     Can you guess the dates or details about these events of the 20th Century? To check to see if your guess is correct, click on the arrow next to "Answer...". If you need some help, check out our research pages on each decade from  A Century in Review home page. Or click on any of the "newspapers" along the side to read about that decade.  Good luck!
The 1900's
 

The 1910's
 

The 1920's
 

The 1930's

The 1940's
 

The 1950's
 

The 1960's
 

The 1970's
 

The 1980's
 
 

The 1990's
 
 
 
 

 

 1)  When was the first World Series played?

1903      1904      1909     1910   

2)  When was penicillin first used clinically?

1926      1931      1936      1942    

3)  When was the first computer, ENIAC, invented?

1942      1946      1949      1950     

4)  When did Elvis Presley die?

1974     1975      1976      1977     

5)  Which was not popular in the 1950's?

Silly Putty     Etch-a-Sketch      Matchbox cars
Barbie Dolls                              

6) What was the first animal scientists were able to clone?

Pig      Rat     Chicken     Sheep   

7)  When did the Titanic sink?

February 1912        April 1912         March 1915
June 1915                                     

8)  In which decade was the traffic light invented?

1900's     1910's     1920's     1930's 

9)  On what date did Martin Luther King, Jr. give his "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963?

July 22               Aug. 28             Sept. 8
Oct. 1                                              

10)  When did California's Disneyland open?

1952       1955        1957       1958  

11)  On "Black Monday" of 1987, how many points did the Stock Market Fall?

458          508         608          805   

12)  Which one is not a Beetle of the 1960's music fame?

Paul      David      Ringo      George 

13)  When did the United States declare war on Germany in the "Great War"?

1914        1916        1917       1918   

14)  Who invented the Rubik's cube in the 80's?

Erno Rubik          Bert Rubik         Cynthia Rubik
Anton Rubik                                

15)  When did Jackie Robinson win the Most Valuable Player Award?

1946       1948        1949       1950   

16)  The Smithsonian has a billboard saved from the 1950's; what does it advertise?

Burma Shave      Bell Telephones      Hula Hoops
American Bandstand               

17)  When was Teddy Roosevelt first elected President?

1901        1903       1905       1906   

18)  When was the planet Pluto discovered?

1930        1933       1935       1940     

19)  Who won the Super Bowl in 1998?

Falcons     Vikings       Broncos       Cowboys
                                                                 

20)  Who wrote Up From Slavery?
Harriet Tubman    Rosa Parks    Teddy Roosevelt
Booker T. Washington                

21)  What did Wilhelm Roentgen discover in 1912?

X-rays           cure for polio           penicillin
radium                                            

22)  What was the 1963 date of President Kennedy's assassination?

Aug. 26        Sept. 14        Oct. 1       Nov. 22
                                                                  

23)  In what year did Major League Baseball players go on strike?

1981       1982        1985      1986    

24)  What singer of the 50's sang, "Forget him, if he doesn't love you. Forget him, if he doesn't care"?

Ricky Nelson      Bobby Darin    Bobby Rydell
Paul Anka                                   

25)  Who painted "Guernica" in 1937?

Van Gogh    Picasso    Stravinsky    Pisaro
                                                                 

26)  When was the frisbee invented?

1943        1948         1952       1953 

27)  Who broke Babe Ruth's home run record in 1974?

Roger Maris        Johnny Bench      Hank Aaron
Pete Rose                                    

28)  Who first found King Tut's Tomb in 1922?

Henry Carter       Lord Carnavon       Emily Post
Calvin Coolidge