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Exploring the 20th Century: A Quiz on History and Innovations

Test your knowledge of the significant events, innovations, and cultural changes of the 20th century with this engaging quiz.

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1 Starting with invention of ________, new fields of mathematics studying computability and computation complexity were developed.

2 The development of blood typing and blood banking made ________ safe and widely available.

3 ________, due to labor-saving devices and technology, contributed to an "epidemic" of obesity, at first in the rich countries, but by the end of the century, increasingly in the developing world, too.

4 Many consider this war as a testing battleground for World War II, as the ________ armies bombed some Spanish territories.

5 The number and types of home appliances increased dramatically due to advancements in technology, ________ availability, and increases in wealth and leisure time.

6 Movies, music and the media had a major influence on ________ and trends in all aspects of life.

7 Following World War II, the ________ was established as an international forum in which the world's nations could get together and discuss issues diplomatically.

8 The inter-war years saw the ________ cause a massive disruption to the world economy.

9 Which of the following titles did 20th century have?

10 During the ________, many of these aligned with the United States, the USSR, or China for defense.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Baal teshuva movement refers to the phenomenon that began during the mid-20th century, whereby large numbers of previously highly-assimilated Jews chose to move in the direction of practicing Judaism.
  • the 1952 Pittsburgh Pirates, the worst Pirates team of the 20th century, were so bad that their catcher Joe Garagiola later said "In an eight-team league, we should've finished ninth".
  • in the early 20th century, when education was segregated in the United States, the Calhoun Colored School (pictured) focused on vocational education for African Americans instead of classical education to protect the school from being closed down.
  • habitual con artist Amy Bock impersonated a man in early-20th century New Zealand in order to marry and defraud her landlady's daughter.
  • the Comedian Harmonists was one of the most successful 20th century musical groups in Europe before World War II.
  • the crown-cardinals of Austria, France, and Spain could exercise the jus exclusivae during papal conclaves from the 16th to 20th centuries.
  • the revelations of 14th-century Christian mystic Agnes Blannbekin, which included visions of the foreskin of Jesus, were considered too obscene for print until the 20th century.
  • the giant jellyfish Chrysaora achlyos is the largest invertebrate discovered in the 20th century.
  • the Indian Opinion was founded by Mahatma Gandhi and served as the main vehicle for the Indian civil rights struggle in early-20th century South Africa.
  • during the mid-20th century, wine from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia accounted for nearly two-thirds of all internationally traded wine.
  • although Archibald Leitch was the foremost football stadium architect in the United Kingdom in the early 20th century, only two of his works have been listed for preservation.
  • Marguerite Clark left school at age 16, debuted on Broadway a year later, and then quickly became one of the major stage and film stars of the first two decades of the 20th century.
  • Hurricane Henri of 1979 was only one of four tropical cyclones in the 20th century to enter the Gulf of Mexico and not make landfall.
  • Edward LipiÅ„ski was one of the most prominent Polish economists of the 20th century.
  • Cincinnati streetcars were the main form of public transportation in Cincinnati, Ohio, at the turn of the 20th century.
  • Munir Bashir, known for his mastery of the maqam scale system, was a famous musician in the Middle East during the 20th century.
  • St. Cyril's Monastery in Kiev, Ukraine was closed by the Tsarist Government and its living quarters were converted into a hospital and later an insane asylum, which lasted until the mid-late 20th century.
  • Dorothy was the longest-running musical stage production ever until the 20th century, with an initial run of 931 performances.
  • New York Journal cartoonist and illustrator Nell Brinkley created the "Brinkley Girl" (pictured), an iconic representation of independent working women popular in the early 20th century.
  • St. George's Cathedral (pictured) in Lviv, Ukraine served as the mother church of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church during the 19th and 20th century.
  • British music publisher Boosey & Hawkes owns copyrights to much major 20th century music, including works by Bartók, Bernstein, Britten, Elliott Carter, Rachmaninoff, Steve Reich and Stravinsky.
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