The 20th Century Challenge

------------------------------ the 1900's

Come take the Century Challenge.
Test your knowledge about things that have shaped your world!

1. What was the population of the United States in 1900.
A. 17,845,900
B: 76,094,000
C: 100,765,500

2. Who sent the first transatlantic wireless radio message?
A: Guilermo Marconi
B: Laurie Turkeygrandma
C: Theodore Roosevelt

3. What was the game craze of the US and Europe?
A: Ping Pong
B: Billiards
C: Football

4. What kind of music did Scott Joplin write?
A: Jazz
B: Blues
C: Ragtime

5. What famous rabbit did Beatrix Potter create?
A: Bugs Bunny
B: Peter Rabbit
C: The Tortoise and the Hare

6. What was The Great Train Robbery??
A: a book
B: an actual train robbery
C: a movie

7. Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
A: Nicole Marie Antoinette Krantz
B: Marie Curie
C: Gertrude Ederle

8. What new dessert was served at the St.Louis World's Fair in 1904?
A: popcorn
B: ice cream
C: cotton candy

9. When was the first flight of the Wright brothers biplane in KittyHawk, North Carolina?
A: November 4, 1907
B: August 8, 1905
C: December 17, 1903

10. Who discovered cellophane??
A: Jacques E. Brandenberger in 1908
B: Thomas Edison in 1905
C: Henry Ford in 1909

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