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<h1>The Ultimate Year Quiz - 1912</h1><p>See what you know about the year 1912</p>
<p>Quiz created by: <a href="http://www.amiwrong.com/authors/mrbadgerhawkeye.shtml">Mr. Badger Hawkeye</a></p><br>1. What state became the 47th state to be admitted to the union on January 6, 1912?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Utah</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Arizona</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Oklahoma</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) New Mexico</div>
<br>2. As a follow-up to Question 1, what state became the 48th state to be admitted to the union on February 14, 1912?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Oklahoma</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Utah</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Arizona</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) New Mexico</div>
<br>3. What major news event happened on April 15, 1912?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) The Girl Scouts of the USA are founded</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) the RMS Titanic sinks, taking with it 1500 victims</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) France establishes a protectorate over Morocco</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Harriet Quimby becomes first woman to fly across the English Channel</div>
<br>4. What major league baseball park opened on April 22, 1912?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Tiger Stadium in Detroit</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Wrigley Field in Chicago</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Fenway Park in Boston</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Comiskey Park in Chicago</div>
<br>5. Where were the 1912 Summer Olympics held?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Paris, France</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Stockholm, Sweden</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Berlin, Germany</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) London, England</div>
<br>6. What was the name of the Emperor of Japan who passed away on July 30, 1912?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Akihito</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Showa</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Taisho</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Meiji</div>
<br>7. In what city was former President Theodore Roosevelt shot while campaigning on October 16, 1912?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Cleveland, Ohio</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) New York, New York</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Buffalo, New York</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Milwaukee, Wisconsin</div>
<br>8. What presidential candidate finished second to Democrat Woodrow Wilson in the 1912 Presidential election?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Progressive (or Bull Moose) Theodore Roosevelt</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Republican William Howard Taft</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Prohibition candidate Eugene W. Chafin</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Socialist Eugene V. Debs</div>
<br>9. What team won the 1912 World Series?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Chicago Cubs</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Philadelphia Athletics</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) New York Giants</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Boston Red Sox</div>
<br>10. The mayor of what Japanese city presented 3,000 cherry blossom trees to be planted in Washington D.C. on March 27, 1912?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Tokyo</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Sapporo</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Kobe</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Osaka</div>
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