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