Epic Dates

Question 1

In what year was the Tsar of Russia deposed?

Answer 1

1917

Question 2

Windows 1.0 was released in what year?

Answer 2

1985

Question 3

Who took charge in Iran in 1979?

Answer 3

Ayotollah Khomeini

Question 4

In what year did the Wright Brothers make their first flight?

Answer 4

1903

Question 5

What food item was introduced in 1981?

Answer 5

Chicken McNuggets

Question 6

What year marks the first year of the Baby Boom in the U.S. and Europe?

Answer 6

1946

Question 7

When did Disneyland open in Anaheim, CA?

Answer 7

1955

Question 8

Who reached the summit of Mount Everest and in which year?

Answer 8

Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953

Question 9

In what year did ‘Space Invaders’ debut in arcades?

Answer 9

1978

Question 10

What event was reported in newspapers near Roswell, NM in 1947?

Answer 10

A ‘flying saucer’ has been captured

Question 11

What was the first hybrid car released by Toyota?

Answer 11

Prius

Question 12

In what year was the first Rock and Roll concert held?

Answer 12

1952

Question 13

When did the Spanish Flu pandemic begin?

Answer 13

1918

Question 14

In what year was Volkswagen founded?

Answer 14

1937

Question 15

What year saw the first cartoon featuring Mickey Mouse?

Answer 15

1928

Question 16

Roger Bannister ran a mile in less than 4 minutes in what year?

Answer 16

1954

Question 17

In what year did the Panama Canal open?

Answer 17

1914

Question 18

Who invented the bikini?

Answer 18

French designer Louis Réard

Question 19

Christian Barnard performed the first successful heart transplant in what year?

Answer 19

1967

Question 20

In what year was Michael Jackson born?

Answer 20

1958

Question 21

When did Algeria become independent from France?

Answer 21

1962