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