General Awareness: Important Dates quiz

1. All quiet on the Western Front: In which year did the big guns fall silent at the end of WWI?
 
a) 1917
b) 1916
c) 1919
d) 1918

The correct answer is d) 1918

2. A day that shook the world I: In which year was the first atomic bomb dropped?
 
a) 1943
b) 1945
c) 1941
d) 1946

The correct answer is b) 1945

3. A day that shook the world II: In which year did terrorists crash aircraft into New York's World Trade Centre?

a) 2000
b) 2001
c) 2003
d) 1998

The correct answer is b) 2001

4. "It's all bunkum to me": In which year did the Ford Motor Company first produce its Model T?

a) 1888
b) 1878
c) 1928
d) 1908

The correct answer is d) 1908

5. "Buddy can you spare a dime?" In which year of the 20th century did the Wall Street stock market crash?
 
a) 1949
b) 1919
c) 1929
d) 1939

The correct answer is c) 1929

6. D'oh!: When were the animated adventures of "The Simpsons" first broadcast in their own TV series?
 
a) 1999
b) 1969
c) 1979
d) 1989

The correct answer is d) 1989

7. Gateway to a New World: When did the Ellis Island immigrants' reception centre open?

a) 1752
b) 1852
c) 1892
d) 1792

The correct answer is c) 1892

8. 'Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee'. When did Muhammad Ali first become world heavyweight champion?
 
a) 1954
b) 1960
c) 1958
d) 1964

The correct answer is d) 1964

9. And the wall came tumbling down: In which year did the dream of free travel between East and West Germany became a reality with the (metaphorical) fall of the Berlin Wall?
 
a) 1994
b) 1999
c) 1989
d) 1984

The correct answer is c) 1989

10. In which year did the Large Hadron Collider fail to live up to its hype and the huge amounts of money spent on it?

a) 2002
b) 1996
c) 1998
d) 2008

The correct answer is d) 2008