1920

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1. In January, a notorious paramilitary force that came to be known as the Black and Tans was raised. In what city might one need to have been wary of the Black and Tans in 1920? Veracruz, Mexico Munich, Germany Cork, Ireland Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

2. On February 17, a young woman was fished out of a canal in Berlin after an apparent suicide attempt. Taken to a mental hospital, she eventually made an extraordinary claim. Which of these was it? She was Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia She was the illegitimate daughter of Kaiser Wilhelm II She was training to swim the English Channel She was Queen Marie of Romania

3. On March 19, the United State Senate, for the second and final time, voted against ratification of the Treaty of Versailles signed by President Woodrow Wilson the previous year, effectively blocking U.S. entry into the League of Nations. What senator led the fight against ratification? Robert A. Taft Henry Cabot Lodge William E. Borah Robert M. La Follette

4. The 1920 Olympics, held in Antwerp, Belgium, opened on April 20. During these games, long distance running events were dominated by athletes from what country? Australia Finland Ethiopia Italy

5. On May 18, Karol Jozef Wojtyla, later to become Pope John Paul II, was born in what Polish locality? Czestochowa Krakow Gdansk Wadowice

6. In August, the Red Army of Russia fought a climactic battle with the forces of what nation? Germany Poland Japan Turkey

7. On September 16, a terrorist bomb exploded and killed dozens of people at what location in New York City? Union Square Grand Central Station Wall Street Times Square

8. On October 10, what piece of classical music had its public premiere in Birmingham, England? Pomp and Circumstance Marches by Edward Elgar The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky The Planets by Gustav Holst Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin

9. On November 2, the American electorate, joined for the first time by female voters, chose Republican Warren G. Harding for President over Democrat James M. Cox. A third-party candidate, however, received 3.4% of the vote, even though he was in a federal prison at the time. Who was this candidate? Samuel Gompers Al Capone Eugene V. Debs Big Bill Haywood

10. On November 27, silent film star Douglas Fairbanks had his first big hit with the opening of what movie? The Sheik The Gold Rush Ben-Hur The Mark of Zorro