- 1. Who was the President of the United States in 1900?
A) Grover Cleveland
B) Woodrow Wilson
C) Theodore Roosevelt
D) William McKinley
- 2. The first Nobel Prizes were awarded in which year?
A) 1910
B) 1899
C) 1905
D) 1901
- 3. Who composed the opera 'Cavalleria Rusticana', which premiered in 1900?
A) Richard Wagner
B) Pietro Mascagni
C) Giuseppe Verdi
D) Giacomo Puccini
- 4. What major event occurred in the Galveston, Texas in 1900?
A) Earthquake
B) Flood
C) Hurricane
D) Tornado
- 5. Which famous artist died at the age of 37 in 1900?
A) Vincent van Gogh
B) Henri Matisse
C) Claude Monet
D) Pablo Picasso
- 6. Which American author published the novel 'Sister Carrie' in 1900?
A) Jack London
B) Edith Wharton
C) Theodore Dreiser
D) Mark Twain
- 7. What famous toy company was founded in 1900 in Denmark?
A) Mattel
B) LEGO
C) Hasbro
D) Fisher-Price
- 8. What famous brand of whiskey was officially registered in 1900?
A) Jameson
B) Jim Beam
C) Jack Daniel's
D) Johnnie Walker
- 9. Who served as the Prime Minister of Canada in 1900?
A) John A. Macdonald
B) Mackenzie King
C) Robert Borden
D) Wilfrid Laurier
- 10. Who became the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire in 1900?
A) Abdul Hamid II
B) Mehmed V
C) Selim III
D) Suleiman the Magnificent
- 11. The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 is considered the deadliest in U.S. history, approximately how many people died?
A) 12,000
B) 5,000
C) 2,500
D) 8,000
- 12. How many U.S. states were there in 1900?
A) 48
B) 45
C) 50
D) 40
- 13. Who wrote the poem 'If—' published in 1900?
A) Emily Dickinson
B) Rudyard Kipling
C) W. B. Yeats
D) Robert Frost
- 14. What famous food company was founded in 1900 in Battle Creek, Michigan?
A) Post
B) Quaker Oats
C) Kellogg's
D) General Mills
- 15. Who was the Prime Minister of Australia in 1900?
A) Robert Menzies
B) Edmund Barton
C) John Curtin
D) Alfred Deakin
- 16. Which country held the Summer Olympics in the year 1900?
A) France
B) Germany
C) United States
D) United Kingdom
- 17. Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1900 for discoveries about X-rays?
A) Marie Curie
B) Thomas Edison
C) Albert Einstein
D) Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
- 18. Which musical composition premiered in 1900 by Gustav Mahler?
A) Carmen Suite
B) The Planets
C) Rhapsody in Blue
D) Symphony No. 4
- 19. Which American state officially became the 44th state in 1900?
A) Hawaii
B) Arizona
C) New Mexico
D) Utah
- 20. In 1900, which artist painted the iconic artwork 'The Scream'?
A) Pablo Picasso
B) Vincent van Gogh
C) Edvard Munch
D) Claude Monet
- 21. Which actress, known for her portrayal of Scarlett O'Hara, was born in 1900?
A) Vivien Leigh
B) Katharine Hepburn
C) Bette Davis
D) Audrey Hepburn
- 22. What significant discovery in the field of archaeology was made in 1900 in Crete?
A) Petra
B) Knossos Palace
C) Stonehenge
D) Troy
- 23. In 1900, who founded the Ford Motor Company?
A) Henry Ford
B) Walter Chrysler
C) William Durant
D) Karl Benz
- 24. What major political union was formed in Australia in 1900?
A) Commonwealth of Australia
B) Soviet Union
C) European Union
D) United Nations
- 25. Which French artist began his 'Blue Period' of paintings in 1900?
A) Claude Monet
B) Edgar Degas
C) Pablo Picasso
D) Henri Matisse
- 26. Which famous scientist proposed his theory of special relativity in 1900?
A) Max Planck
B) Erwin Schrödinger
C) Albert Einstein
D) Niels Bohr
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