1924

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1. On January 22, a Labour government was elected in the United Kingdom for the first time. Who became the new Prime Minister? Stanley Baldwin Clement Atlee David Lloyd George Ramsay MacDonald

2. On January 25, the very first Winter Olympics were opened in what location in France? Albertville Val d’Isère Grenoble Chamonix

3. On January 27, the body of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, leader of the Russian Revolution and first premier of the Soviet Union, was placed in a temporary mausoleum in Moscow’s Red Square. What was the primary cause of his death? Shot by an assassin Series of strokes Automobile accident Influenza epidemic

4. On February 12, a groundbreaking musical piece, performed by Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra, premiered at Aeolian Hall in New York. What was it? Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland Grand Canyon Suite by Ferde Grofé Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin Bolero by Maurice Ravel

5. On May 31, college students Nathan Leopold, Jr. and Richard Loeb, who thought they were smart enough to commit a perfect crime, were arrested for the murder of a teenage boy. In what city did this crime take place? Brooklyn, New York Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Los Angeles, California Chicago, Illinois

6. On June 8, climbers headed for, and possibly reached, the summit of Mount Everest, but never came off the mountain. Who was the leader of this unfortunate expedition? Edmund Hillary Jacques Balmat George Mallory Edward Whymper

7. On June 12, George Herbert Walker Bush, the future 41st President of the United States was born. On October 1, another future president was born. Who was he? Richard Nixon Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter Lyndon B. Johnson

8. On July 9, the Democratic National Convention, after a record-breaking 103 ballots, nominated what candidate for U.S. President? John W. Davis James Cox William Jennings Bryan Al Smith

9. On November 4, Nellie Tayloe Ross was elected governor of what state, making her the first female governor in United States history? Maine Wyoming Washington Michigan

10. During 1924, a new direction in the arts was signaled by the publication of a statement known as the Surrealist Manifesto. Who was its author? Salvador Dali Marcel Duchamp René Magritte André Breton