Q 01/05

In which decade did the Wright brothers make the first sustained, controlled powered flight?

A) 1900s

B) 1910s

C) 1920s

D) 1930s

Answer · why

A) 1900s

The Flyer's 12-horsepower engine kept it aloft for 12 seconds on the first hop at Kitty Hawk.

Q 02/05

In which decade did the Ford Model T go into production?

A) 1890s

B) 1900s

C) 1910s

D) 1920s

Answer · why

B) 1900s

The moving assembly line came later, in 1913, and helped push the price below $300 by the 1920s.

Q 03/05

In which decade did the Titanic sink on her maiden voyage?

A) 1890s

B) 1900s

C) 1910s

D) 1920s

Answer · why

C) 1910s

She went down two hours and forty minutes after striking the iceberg, with up to 1,635 people lost.

Q 04/05

In which decade was the Panama Canal formally opened to shipping?

A) 1880s

B) 1890s

C) 1900s

D) 1910s

Answer · why

D) 1910s

The first vessel through was the cargo ship SS Ancon; the US had taken the project over from the French a decade earlier.

Q 05/05

In which decade were the first Winter Olympic Games held, at Chamonix?

A) 1890s

B) 1900s

C) 1910s

D) 1920s

Answer · why

D) 1920s

They were staged as an 'International Winter Sports Week' and only retroactively named the first Winter Olympics.