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Twentieth Century History 141014 is a selection of 10 questions. Twentieth Century History 141014 is the filename to differentiate it from other History quizzes. Feel free to use any of these questions and answers for your own quizzes. Just keep in mind that you cannot republish them in any format.
1 What was the Nazi operation code-named Sea Lion in the Second World War?
A The invasion of Britain
2 Who was commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe from 1935 up until the final days of World War II?
A Hermann Göring
3 Which gas did terrorists use in the 1995 Tokyo subway attacks?
A Sarin (a nerve gas – Sarin was discovered in 1938 by scientists at IG Farben)
4 Which sports personality did Marilyn Monroe marry in 1954?
A Joe DiMaggio
5 In which year did Cyprus gain independence from the UK?
A 1960
6 Whose dictatorship ruled Spain between 1936 and 1975?
A Francisco Franco (Bahamonde)
7 Who was the pioneering British computer scientist and code breaker, convicted in 1952 for homosexual activity?
A Alan Turing
8 In which year did Richard Nixon resign the US Presidency over the Watergate Scandal?
A August 9, 1974 (Gerald Ford, issued a pardon to him on September 8, 1974)
9 Who in October 1947, was the first pilot confirmed to have travelled faster than the speed of sound?
A Chuck Yeager (Charles Elwood “Chuck” Yeager – faster than 343 metres per second)
10 Who completed a circumnavigation of the world in 1967 on his yacht Gipsy Moth IV?
A Francis Chichester (Gipsy Moth, originated from the de Havilland Gipsy Moth aircraft in which Chichester completed pioneering work in aerial navigation techniques.)