The 20th Century - 1921-1930

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1. In 1921, an international conference was held for the purpose of limiting naval armaments, particularly battleships and aircraft carriers. What was the name of this conference? The Geneva Conference The London Conference Washington Disarmament Conference Tokyo Disarmament Conference

2. What was the name of the British archaeologist who, in 1922, discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Egypt? Frederick Banting Howard Carter Charles Best Albert Michelson

3. While in prison in 1923, after his failed coup, to whom did Adolf Hitler dictate Mein Kampf? Eric Ludendorff Gustav Stresemann Rudolf Hess Ernst Rohm

4. The first Winter Olympic Games were held in what country in 1924? Norway Italy France Switzerland

5. In 1925, John T. Scopes, a public school teacher, was arrested for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution. In what state did this event occur? Arkansas Ohio Tennessee Kentucky

6. A.A. Milne's, 'Winnie-the-Pooh' and Ernest Hemingway's, 'The Sun Also Rises' were published in 1926. Answer: (True or False)

7. What was the name of the first widely seen 'talkie', a feature film which debuted in 1927 and starred Al Jolson? Don Juan The Lights of New York Gold Rush The Jazz Singer

8. In 1928 the Pact of Paris, also known as the Kellogg-Briand Pact was signed by 62 nations. What did the Pact propose? to outlaw germ warfare to outlaw war to regulate the treatment of prisoners of war to hasten German WWI reparations

9. In 1929, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences bestowed its first awards in Hollywood. Answer: (True or False)

10. Who won the first Nobel Prize for Literature awarded to an American in 1930? F. Scott Fitzgerald William Faulkner T.S. Eliot Sinclair Lewis