Dystopian Literature | Context

Question 1

Electric chair introduced in USA (first industrial execution method since guillotine)

Answer 1

1880

Question 2

Invention of the first telephone - tech infiltrating peoples’ homes & becoming a part of daily life

Answer 2

1876

Question 3

First transatlantic wireless connection - indirectly enabling future warfare

Answer 3

1901

Question 4

First successful flight of an aeroplane - revolutionising future communication & warfare

Answer 4

1903

Question 5

WWI

Answer 5

1914-18

Question 6

Stalin’s terror era (begins w/ first public trials against alleged traitors)

Answer 6

1936-53

Question 7

The Vietnam War (May Lai Massacre)

Answer 7

1955-75

Question 8

WWII

Answer 8

1939-45

Question 9

First use of an atomic bomb

Answer 9

1945

Question 10

First pacemaker introduced - marks the beginning of a post-human era

Answer 10

1952

Question 11

First moon landing

Answer 11

1969

Question 12

First successful heart transplant - humans become a set of organic spare parts

Answer 12

1967

Question 13

9/11 (wide spread paranoia, non-democratic tendencies & illegal war campaigns - terrorists achieve their goal)

Answer 13

2001

Question 14

First nuclear power plant catastrophe in Chernobyl, USSR

Answer 14

1986