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Quiz about The Year 1900 The Place America

The Year: 1900. The Place: America. Quiz

In the year that Oscar Wilde dies in Paris and Max Planck formulates his quantum theory, what is going on in America?

A multiple-choice quiz by fringe. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
fringe

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
95,235

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. It's November 3, and the first Auto Show is taking place tonight in Madison Square Garden. A nice new horse and buggy will set me back $400, but how much can I pick up that new Oldsmobile for? Hint

$650

$7,750

$4,500

$1,250

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Question 2 of 10

2. It's April 30, and the driver of the 'Cannon Ball' is being called a hero today after he managed to slow his train down before crashing into another train at Vaughan, Mississippi. Unfortunately he was killed, but all his passengers survived. Who was this brave man? Hint

Davey Smith

Casey Jones

Johnny Brown

Tommy Cook

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Question 3 of 10

3. I have a new hobby and have just spent $1 on the latest product, marketed by George Eastman's company - I think this will catch on! What did I buy? Hint

A typewriter

A book of crossword puzzles

A tennis racquet

A camera

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Question 4 of 10

4. It's November 7 - The Presidential Elections are over and the winner has just been announced. The President has come out on to his porch to thank his supporters "for the very great compliment". Who's the President now? Hint

Grover Cleveland

William Taft

Theodore Roosevelt

William McKinley

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Question 5 of 10

5. For four and a half months fires have been raging in this city, completely destroying Chinatown. They were set deliberately by the authorities to try and wipe out the rats which were spreading bubonic plague. It's April 30 and the plague is officially declared over, but there are more than 4,000 people homeless here now. Which is this ravaged city? Hint

San Francisco

Los Angeles

New York

Honolulu

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Question 6 of 10

6. Another disaster ... It's September 8, and a hurricane and tidal wave strikes, killing 6,000-8,000 people. The damage to this city is estimated at $25m. Where did this happen? Hint

Galveston, Texas

Miami, Florida

New Orleans, Louisiana

Charleston, South Carolina

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Question 7 of 10

7. It's August 10 and it's raining here in Boston, but it doesn't matter now. I have been watching some sport, and it stayed fine long enough for Dwight Davis and his team to take home the trophy for this first international tournament. What was I watching? Hint

Tennis

Baseball

Golf

Football

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Question 8 of 10

8. I've just read a wonderful new book about a girl who falls asleep in the midst of a cyclone, and wakes up to find herself deposited in a magical land. Now, what was the title? Hint

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Peter Pan

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

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Question 9 of 10

9. This ragtime composition was actually published last year, but after a slow start sales are now beginning to pick up. Who composed the "Maple Leaf Rag"? Hint

Scott Joplin

Eubie Blake

Jelly Roll Morton

James Scott

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Question 10 of 10

10. It's October 16 and I have just read in "The New York Times" about the arrival home yesterday of Mr Samuel Clemens, who has been travelling abroad for most of the last nine years. There was quite a crowd to greet him at the docks. How is this author and lecturer better known? Hint

Mark Twain

Henry James

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Jack London

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. It's November 3, and the first Auto Show is taking place tonight in Madison Square Garden. A nice new horse and buggy will set me back $400, but how much can I pick up that new Oldsmobile for?

Answer: $1,250

Staged by the Automobile Club of America, around 10,000 people attended the show, where they could see all the latest electric, steam and gasoline-powered cars. The Olds Motor Works of Detroit were hoping to sell all 400 of the gasoline-powered motorcars they had produced so far.

Answer: Casey Jones

Although he was in fact held responsible for the crash, Casey was praised for staying with his train instead of jumping, thereby saving many lives. He was immortalised in "The Ballad of Casey Jones".

3. I have a new hobby and have just spent $1 on the latest product, marketed by George Eastman's company - I think this will catch on! What did I buy?

Answer: A camera

The Brownie Box Camera was launched by the Eastman Kodak at a cost of just $1 for the camera and 10-15 cents for a roll of film to take six pictures, thus bringing photography within the reach of the general public.

Answer: William McKinley

Mckinley, the 25th President, was elected to his second term, comfortably beating William Jennings Bryan. Theodore Roosevelt was his vice-President.

Answer: Honolulu

Seventy people died from the plague, which had prompted the lighting of the "controlled" fires by Health officials - unfortunately the wind took control.

6. Another disaster ... It's September 8, and a hurricane and tidal wave strikes, killing 6,000-8,000 people. The damage to this city is estimated at $25m. Where did this happen?

Answer: Galveston, Texas

The tidal wave was said to be 14 feet high as it raced through Galveston, where 2,600 structures were destroyed by that and winds raging up to 120 mph.

Answer: Tennis

Dwight Filley Davis donated the "Davis Cup", and was appropriately a member of the team that won it on its first outing. He was ahead in the fourth match against England when the rain started, but America had already won 3 of the 5 matches.

8. I've just read a wonderful new book about a girl who falls asleep in the midst of a cyclone, and wakes up to find herself deposited in a magical land. Now, what was the title?

Answer: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Lyman Frank Baum began his writing career as a journalist, and wrote many books, for adults as well as children, but is best known for his "Oz" stories, of which he wrote 14 in total.
[ Baum uses the word "cyclone" when referring to a tornado ]

9. This ragtime composition was actually published last year, but after a slow start sales are now beginning to pick up. Who composed the "Maple Leaf Rag"?

Answer: Scott Joplin

Scott Joplin, known as the "King of Ragtime" was born in Texas in 1868. He composed some sixty pieces, including "The Entertainer", which featured in the 1973 movie, "The Sting".

Answer: Mark Twain

Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born in Missouri in 1835. He wrote many novels under the pseudonym 'Mark Twain', including "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "The Prince and the Pauper". He left America in 1891 and travelled widely throughout Europe, Asia and Africa giving lectures and writing.

Source: Author fringe

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