The 20th Century - 1921-1930

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

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 London Conference Washington Disarmament Conference Tokyo Disarmament Conference The Geneva 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? Howard Carter Charles Best Frederick Banting Albert Michelson

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

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

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? Ohio Arkansas Kentucky Tennessee

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? The Jazz Singer Gold Rush Don Juan The Lights of New York

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 hasten German WWI reparations to regulate the treatment of prisoners of war to outlaw war

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? Sinclair Lewis T.S. Eliot F. Scott Fitzgerald William Faulkner