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