Trivia Questions And Answers about 1938
The March of Dimes is established by whom?
A: Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
The German War Minister Field Marshal Werner von Blomberg
marries whom?
A: Eva Gruhn in Berlin.
Who is best man at the wedding?
A: Hermann Göring.
King Farouk of Egypt marries whom?
A: Queen Farida Zulficar in Cairo.
What Thornton Wilder play is performed for the first time
anywhere in Princeton, New Jersey?
A: Our Town.
When and where does it premier?
A: In New York City on February 4.
What happens to the Niagara Bridge at Niagara Falls, New
York?
A: It collapses due to an ice jam.
The first "what" in America begins operation in
Vermont?
A: Ski tow.
Black Sunday at Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia: 300
swimmers are dragged out to sea in what?
A: 3 freak waves. 80 lifesavers save all but 5.
A nylon bristle toothbrush becomes the first commercial
product to be what?
A: Made with nylon yarn.
The Santa Ana River in California spills over its banks
during a rainy winter, killing how many people in Orange County?
A: 58.
Oil is discovered in what country?
A: Saudi Arabia.
Soviet Union announces officially that Nikolai Bukharin has
been what?
A: Executed.
Mexico nationalizes all what?
A: Foreign-owned oil properties within its borders.
What Italian mathematician disappears suddenly under
mysterious circumstances while going by ship from Palermo to Naples?
A: Ettore Majorana.
Who becomes prime minister of France?
A: Édouard Daladier.
First appearance of what comic book hero?
A: Superman
Who becomes the first President of Estonia?
A: Konstantin Päts.
Who recognizes Francisco Franco's government in
Spain?
A: The Vatican.
What country withdraws from the League of Nations?
A: Chile.
László Bíró patents the "what" in Britain?
A: Ballpoint pen.
Italy beats what country 4–2 to win the 1938 World Cup?
A: Hungary
Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis knocks out whom in
the first round of their rematch at Yankee Stadium in New York City?
A: Max Schmeling.
Who is elected the first President of Ireland?
A: Dr. Douglas Hyde.
What concentration camp is built in Austria?
A: The Mauthausen.
The steam locomotive Mallard sets the world speed record
for steam by reaching what speed?
A: 125.88 mph.
Howard Hughes sets a new record by completing a what?
A: A 91 hour airplane flight around the world.
What disappears with six passengers and nine crew en route
from Guam to Manila?
A: Hawaii Clipper.
In the face of overwhelming Japanese military pressure, who
withdraws his government to Chungking?
A: Chiang Kai-shek.
What Looney Tunes animated short is released?
A: Porky & Daffy.
What bridge, connecting the United States with Canada, is
dedicated by President Roosevelt?
A: The Thousand Islands Bridge.
What Olsen and Johnson musical comedy revue begins its
3-year run on Broadway?
A: Hellzapoppin'.
In a vitriolic speech at Berlin's Sportpalast, Hitler
defies the world and implies what?
A: That war with Czechoslovakia will begin at any time.
The Imperial Japanese Army largely overruns what city?
A: Canton.
In Germany, Jews' passports were what?
A: Invalidated.
The minimum wage is what?
A: Established by law in the United States.
Du Pont announces what name for its new synthetic yarn?
A: "nylon".
Jews with Polish citizenship are evicted from what country?
A: Germany.
Orson Welles' radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds is
broadcast, causing what?
A: Panic in various parts of the United States.
Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral by four lengths in their
famous match race at what race course in Baltimore?
A: Pimlico.
President Roosevelt agrees to loan $25 million to whom?
A: Chiang Kai-shek, cementing the Sino-American relationship and angering the
Japanese government.
Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of what?
A: Uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy, which
marks the beginning of the Atomic Age.
Adolf Hitler is Time magazine's what?
A: "Man of the Year", as the most influential person of the year.