The Ultimate Year Quiz - 1913
See what you know about the year 1913
Quiz created by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye
1. What was the purpose of the 16th Amendment to the Constitution, which was ratified on February 3, 1913?
(#) Authorized Federal Government to impose and collect income taxes
(#) Gave women the right to vote
(#) Banned all alcohol production and consumption in the United States
(#) Abolished the poll tax
2. Who became the 28th President of the United States on March 4, 1913?
(#) Robert LaFollette
(#) William Howard Taft
(#) Theodore Roosevelt
(#) Woodrow Wilson
3. What European country's monarch was assassinated on March 18, 1913?
(#) Romania
(#) Greece
(#) Italy
(#) Serbia
4. What was the purpose of the 17th Amendment to the Constitution, which was ratified on April 8, 1913?
(#) Banned alcohol production and consumption in the United States
(#) Gave women the right to vote
(#) Called for creation of Federal Reserve
(#) Allowed for direct election of U.S. Senators
5. What temperature did Death Valley, California hit on July 10, 1913, which is the highest temperature recorded in the United States?
(#) 146 degrees Fahrenheit
(#) 150 degrees Fahrenheit
(#) 134 degrees Fahrenheit
(#) 125 degrees Fahrenheit
6. Who won golf's U.S. Open in 1913, making him the first amateur to win the event?
(#) Bobby Jones
(#) Lawton Little
(#) Ted Ray
(#) Francis Ouimet
7. What team won the 1913 World Series?
(#) Boston Red Sox
(#) Brooklyn Dodgers
(#) Philadelphia Athletics
(#) New York Giants
8. What New York City landmark reopened on February 1, 1913?
(#) Holland Tunnel
(#) Grand Central Terminal
(#) Brooklyn Bridge
(#) Metropolitan Museum of Art
9. What anniversary did the House of Romanov celebrate in Russia in March of 1913?
(#) 400th birthday of Tsar Peter the Great
(#) 25 years of Tsar Nicholas II's reign
(#) 300 years of family rule
(#) 25 years of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandria's marriage
10. What was first published in the newspaper New York World on December 21, 1913?
(#) obituary section
(#) crossword puzzle
(#) classified ads
(#) comic strip
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