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Events of the Last 100 Years -- Did You Know?

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Events of the Last 100 Years Did You Know game quiz
"O.K. Players, no controversy here for spelling. To end this month's tournament, we'd like to test your knowledge of the last 100 years. Just give us the year and you're on your way to ending this tournament with a 100!"

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. Lawyer turned holy man Mahatma Ghandi was assassinated in what year?
    Answer: (Year Only)


2. Eugene O'Neill was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for 'Beyond the Horizon' in ________
    Answer: (Year Only)


3. Almost no one likes getting pricked with a needle, so we can thank Raymond Libby for developing oral penicillin in the year _________.
    Answer: (Year Only)


4. The bell rang and the Peace of Beijing was signed, officially bringing an end to the Boxer Rebellion in what year?
    Answer: (Year Only)


5. After 5 years of being its protectorate, Japan formally annexed Korea in ____________
    Answer: (Year Only)


6. With C. Lang aboard and 3 lengths ahead of Misstep, Reigh Count wins the Kentucky Derby in the year _____________.
    Answer: (Year Only)


7. King Alfonso XIII is overthrown and Spain becomes a republic in______.
    Answer: (Year Only)


8. In baseball, the World Series is broadcast in color for the first time in ______________
    Answer: (One Word)


9. The first woman Episcopal priest was ordained in________
    Answer: (Year Only)


10. Rose Coyle of Pennsylvania, was crowned Miss America in _________.
    Answer: (Year Only)


11. Henry Mancini's 'Moon River' is named Record of the Year in_______.
    Answer: (Year Only)


12. Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager make the first non-stop flight around the world without refueling. And the year was___________
    Answer: (Year Only)


13. Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic in the country at 46 Amboy St., Brooklyn in __________.
    Answer: (Year Only)


14. For the first time, Pulitzer Prizes are awarded in fiction, drama and poetry in the year ___________.
    Answer: (Year Only)


15. At the age of 23, film star River Phoenix dies of a drug overdose on Halloween. Name the year.
    Answer: (Year Only)


16. Bishop Desmond Tutu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in _________.
    Answer: (Year Only)


17. Christian K. Nelson receives a patent for the Eskimo Pie on Jan. 24 _____________
    Answer: (Year Only)


18. Brian Epstein signs management contract with the Beatles in ___________
    Answer: (Year Only)


19. After 10 years of construction, the Panama Canal officially opens in _________
    Answer: (Year Only)


20. Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky, was deported from the USSR in __________
    Answer: (Year Only)


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