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Twentieth Century Stuff Trivia Quiz

Facts, oddities,...

A multiple-choice quiz by chrissie_26. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
chrissie_26

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
35,748

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. In what country did these political rivals fight for power: 1.FNLA, 2.PMLA and 3.Unita? Hint

Liberia

Rwanda

Angola

Antigua

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Question 2 of 10

2. What European mini-state has a bishop as one of its rulers? Hint

Andorra

Liechtenstein

Monaco

San Marino

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Question 3 of 10

3. What European country was first ruler by King Zog, and later by Enver Hoxha? Hint

Romania

Bulgaria

Albania

Moldavia

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Question 4 of 10

4. What did Hitler mean by Germany's 'Ostmark'? Hint

Russia

Poland

Chechnia

Austria

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was Bill Clinton's original last name? Hint

Klandinski

Bligh

Blythe

Clinton

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Question 6 of 10

6. What was the sad fate of Leon Klinghoffer in October 1985? Hint

Thrown overboard from a cruiseship

Killed in a plane crash

Kidnapped and never seen again

Killed in the New York Underground

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Question 7 of 10

7. What African ruler made his country change overnight from a Republic into an Empire? Hint

Milton Obote

Mobutu

Nkwame Nkrumah

Jean Bedel Bokassa

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Question 8 of 10

8. What German military commander shared the fate of Dietrich Bonhoeffer in being hanged in the Floessenberg prison on April 9,1945? Hint

Admiral Karl Doenitz

Alfred Graf von Schlieffen

Colonel von Stauffenberg

Admiral Wilhelm Canaris

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who was the first Prime Minister (aka President of the Executive Council)of the Irish Free state? Hint

Johnny Redmond

Eamon de Valera

William Thomas Cosgrave

Michael Collins

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Question 10 of 10

10. What ex-Soviet Union country had a conflict with its neighbour Azerbeijan over Nagorno-Karabakh? Hint

Armenia

Uzbekistan

Kazakhstan

Georgia

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In what country did these political rivals fight for power: 1.FNLA, 2.PMLA and 3.Unita?

Answer: Angola

2. What European mini-state has a bishop as one of its rulers?

Answer: Andorra

The bishop of Urgell in Spain. Their other ruler is the President of France.

3. What European country was first ruler by King Zog, and later by Enver Hoxha?

Answer: Albania

Zog I was president of Albania from 1925 to 1928 and King from 1928 to 1939.-Enver Hoxha ruled Albania for 4O years after World War II and made it into the most tightly controlled country in Europe.

4. What did Hitler mean by Germany's 'Ostmark'?

Answer: Austria

It was the name given to Austria after the Anschluss.

5. What was Bill Clinton's original last name?

Answer: Blythe

His father died in a car crash before he was born. When his mother re-married, and had Roger, Bill changed his last name legally so he and Roger would have the same sur-name.

6. What was the sad fate of Leon Klinghoffer in October 1985?

Answer: Thrown overboard from a cruiseship

Klinghoffer was wheelchair ridden and thrown overboard by terrorists. According to some accounts he was shot first. It was anti-Jewish murder by Palestinian terrorists. The ship was the Achille Lauro.

7. What African ruler made his country change overnight from a Republic into an Empire?

Answer: Jean Bedel Bokassa

The Empire did not last too long. It ended in 1979.

8. What German military commander shared the fate of Dietrich Bonhoeffer in being hanged in the Floessenberg prison on April 9,1945?

Answer: Admiral Wilhelm Canaris

9. Who was the first Prime Minister (aka President of the Executive Council)of the Irish Free state?

Answer: William Thomas Cosgrave

It happened on 15th January 1922, shortly after part of the Irish rbels had accepted the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921.De Valera opposed that Treaty because it included the Partition of Ireland.
Michael Collins was Commander of the Free State army, not of the IRA.
De Valera became Prime Minister of the Irish Government in 1937 after a new constitution had abolished the so-called Free State. From 1932 till 1937 de Valera had been Prime Minister (or: "President of the Executive Council) of that Free State.

10. What ex-Soviet Union country had a conflict with its neighbour Azerbeijan over Nagorno-Karabakh?

Answer: Armenia

Source: Author chrissie_26

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