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