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A QUIZ ON 20TH CENTURY

1. It was done to save 125,000 youngsters on the American side and 125,000 on the Japanese side from getting killed and that is what it did. It probably also saved a half million youngsters on both sides from being maimed for life.Whose words?

Harry S TrumanThe American President justifying Hiroshima and Nagasaki

2. The death of this great leader of China led to a war between communists and nationalists. He is venerated as a Saint in o Cao i, a religion established in Vietnam in 1926 along with two other Saints including Victor HugoName him.

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__________ is a broadway musical, the fifth by the legendary team of Rodgers and Hammerstein based on the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, governess to the children of King Mongkut of Siam in the early 1860s.Interestingly a BBC documentary on Romulus Whitakers quest to save the world's largest venomous snake also have a similar name. Identify .

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Joe Dimaggio, a baseball legend was voted the sport's greatest living player in a poll taken during the baseball centennial year of 1969. Numerous works of arts including musicals and DC comics were made on him and his more famous life partner from the field of glamour ,one of which include a Jon Bon Jovi song Captain Crash & the Beauty Queen from mars.Identify the lady in his life.

Marilyn Monroe

5. Which war is referred as The Forgotten War, 625 Upheaval, and Fatherland Liberation War?There was a cease fire agreement , but no peace treaty has been signed, and the two countries are technically still at war.

The Korean war

6. Carl Bernstein is the author or co-author of six books: All the President's Men, Final Days, and The Secret Man, with Bob Woodward; His Holiness: John Paul II and the History of Our Time, with Marco Politi; Loyalties; and A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton.What was his claim to fame?

Along with Bob Woodward at The Washington Post, he did the majority of the most important news reporting on the Watergate scandal. These scandals led to numerous government investigations and the eventual resignation of President Richard Nixon.

7. He was one of only three professional actors, along with Charlie Chaplin and Marilyn Monroe, named in 1999 by Time magazine as one of its 100 Most Important People of the Century . Identify him.

Marlon Brando

8.Identify the person

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______went undefeated in his boxing career and defended his title six times.________was the inspiration for the name, iconography, and fighting style of the title character Rocky Balboa from Sylvester Stallone's American classic Rocky movie series. Name him

ROCKY MARCIANO

10.On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences was a report by X which was sharply critical of the reign of deceased leader Y. A story says that in a meeting somebody send a piece of paper asking X why he has not said these things while Y was alive. X took out a gun and shouted who send this?. After moments of silence, he smiled and replied now you know why.Identify X and Y.

Nikita Krushchev and Stalin

11.Kadesh Operation, was an invasion by Israel, followed by the United Kingdom and France . After the fighting had started, the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Nations forced the three invaders to withdraw. The episode humiliated Great Britain and France. What is the more popular name of this incident?

The Suez Crisis

12._______ is a city in the north-west region of Vietnam. The city is best known for the events which occurred there during the First Indochina War,during which the region was a breadbasket for the region. The city was formerly called Thaeng. Name the city.

13. J.M. Barrie created this character based on his brother, David, who died in an ice-skating accident the day before his 14th birthday. The character rescued princess tiger lily and is friend of Wendy darling and Tinker bell.Who is he?

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The phrase originally described the movement of a ship on the ocean, but was used by the early twentieth century to describe the spiritual fervor of black church ritual. It was used to describe rhythm and blues music aimed at a black audience. Later any upbeat music was called by this name. Elvis Presly the all time most selling solo artist was often called the king of _____.Name the phrase

15. To all who come to this happy place: Welcome. ______is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past, and here youth may savour the challenge and promise of the future. _______is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, and the hard facts that have created America, with the hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world.Where will you find this dedication?

Disneyland

16.This famous lady has the unique achievement of two days named after her; Her birthday, February 4, is celebrated in California and Missouri and the day she was arrested, December 1, is commemorated in Ohio and Oregon.Identify her.

17.Identify this Nobel laureate and explain what was special about his award.

Boris Pasternak who had to decline it in 1958 and his descendants accepted it 30 years later.

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Director and cinematographer Balu Mahendra often tells about how he got attracted to film making after watching the iconic David lean. When he tells rain , it rains; I was so surprised.By watching which classical movies shooting Balu Mahendra was inspired?

19. Which leader founded the Fifth republic, the current constitution of the country and whose War Memoirs, which quickly became a classic of modern literature?

Charles de Gaulle

20.Identify

21.One of the stories regarding the origin of this word is from the name of an Arab tribe that ruled Palermo.In America they call themselves Cosa Nostra, the Mexican calls itself La Eme,and the Russians are termed Bratva.Identify the word.

22. When the leaders of the United States and Cuba held their first formal meeting in more than half a century in 2015, which prediction made by Fidel Castro in 1973 became true?

23. When a nightclub operator in Dallas, Texas shot down an American sniper with a Russian wife on 24th November 1963,how does that became a global news?

Jack Ruby fatally shot Lee Harvey Oswald, who was in police custody after being charged with the murder of President John F. Kennedy

24.The Natural Law Party (NLP) was a transnational party founded in 1992 on "the principles of Transcendental Meditation ,the laws of nature, and their application to all levels of government.Prominent candidates included John Hagelin for U.S. president and Doug Henning as representative of Rosedale, Toronto, Canada.Maharishi Mahesh Yogi , the founder of Transcendental Meditation and was able to attract artists to perform for the Parties benefit concerts include _______ of _______who wrote songs like my sweet lord during his stay in Maharishis Ashram in Rishikesh.Identify the artist and Band.

25.Xs advertising has historically focused on wholesomeness and nostalgia for childhood often characterized as "family-friendly" and often relies on "cute" characters e.g., the polar bear mascot and Santa Claus around ChristmasY came up with showing people in blind taste tests and introduced a system called stuff to collect points which could be redeemed. Y outperformed X during the summer of the Atlanta Olympics - held in X's hometown - where X was a lead sponsor of the Games.Identify X and Y and also name this aggressive campaign by the two

26.He used to play Mozarts sonatas in his violin named Lina. Mozarts work, _____ wrote, was so pure that it seemed to have been ever-present in the universe, waiting to be discovered by the master. In this respect, he saw Mozart as a kind of musical physicistsomeone who seemed to find his distinctive sound in the most cosmic essence of harmony. Even though he was trained in piano also by his mother, he took to violin because of Mozart.Identify the man.

27. Which Oscar winner female actors father was a three time Olympic gold medallist in rowing?

28. U2 crisis of 1960 involves Francis Gary Powersa pilot whose spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union. He was later exchanged for Rudolf Abel, a captive Soviet KGB spy held under the custody of the United States.Which 2015 movie is the film adaptation of this incident?

29.The Kashmir Princess was a chartered Lockheed L-749A Constellation aircraft owned by Air India. On 11 April 1955, it was damaged in mid air by a bomb explosion and crashed into the South China Sea while en route from Bombay, India, and Hong Kong to Jakarta, Indonesia. Sixteen of those on board were killed, while three survived.The captain of the plane, D.K. Jatar who perished in the crash, later along with Co-Pilot, M.C Dixit and ground maintenance engineer Anant Karnik, became the first civilians to be awarded the Ashoka Chakra Award for "most conspicuous bravery, daring and self-sacrifice.Who was the target of the assassination attempt who miraculously missed the flight?

CHINESE PREMIER CHOU EN LAI

30.Paul Newman turned it down because he said he didn't have the legs to wear a tunic. Marlon Brando, and Rock Hudson were also offered the role, as were a number of muscular, handsome Italian actors. In the end the role went to someone with a theatre experience playing shakesperean characters and who already got a golden globe nomination playing Moses.The rest is history.Identify the actor.

Charlton Heston

There is a connect other than the obvious between all the questions

All the questions was taken from the song We didnt start the fire by Billy Joel

Thank you