1913 Trivia Quiz Questions and Answers
The British Board of Film Censors receives the authority to
do what?
A: Classify and censor films.
General elections are held in what country?
A: In Tasmania.
In the 1913 Ottoman coup d'état, who comes to power?
A: Ismail Enver.
In January, the British House of Lords rejects an Irish
what?
A: Home Rule Bill.
New York City's Grand Central Terminal, having been
rebuilt, reopens as what?
A: The world's largest railroad station.
The 16th Amendment to the United States
Constitution is
ratified, authorizing the Federal government to do what?
A: Impose and collect income taxes.
Beginning of "La Decena Trágica", the rebellion of some
military chiefs against whom?
A: The President of Mexico, Francisco I. Madero.
What are President Francisco I. Madero and Vice President
José María Pino Suárez forced to do?
A: Resign.
Pedro Lascuráin serves as President for less than an hour
before who take office?
A: General Victoriano Huerta, leader of the coup.
What two men were assassinated in Mexico?
A: Francisco I. Madero and José María Pino Suárez.
Following the assassination of his rival Song Jiaoren, who
uses military force to dissolve China's parliament and rules as a dictator?
A: Yuan Shikai.
Where does British steamship Calvados disappear?
A: In the Sea of Marmara with 200 on board.
What Parade takes place in Washington, D.C. led by Inez
Milholland on horseback?
A: The Woman Suffrage Parade.
Who succeeds William Howard Taft as President of the United
States?
A: Woodrow Wilson
The U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Department of
Labor are established by splitting the duties of what?
A: The 10-year-old Department of Commerce and Labor.
Where does the British freighter Alum Chine, carrying 343
tons of dynamite, explode?
A: In Baltimore harbor.
Australia begins building the new federal capital of what?
A: Canberra.
Pancho Villa returns to Mexico from what?
A: His self-imposed exile in the United States.
King George I of Greece is "what" after 50 years on the
throne?
A: Assassinated.
He is succeeded by whom?
A: His son Constantine.
Who is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies two
days later?
A: Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese nationalist party.
Siege of Adrianople ends when Bulgarian forces take
Adrianople from who?
A: The Ottomans.
What federation is formed in the United States?
A: The United States Soccer Federation.
The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
is passed, dictating what?
A: The direct election of senators.
Designed by Cass Gilbert, the Woolworth Building opens in
New York City, and it is the what?
A: Tallest building in the world at this date.
What first full-length Indian feature film is released,
marking the beginning of the Indian film industry?
A: Raja Harishchandra.
New York Governor William Sulzer approves the charter for
the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a what?
A: A $100,000,000 donation from John D. Rockefeller.
Who becomes the first person to pilot a 4-engine fixed-wing
aircraft?
A: Igor Sikorsky.
South Africa's first flying school opens in Kimberley to
train pilots for what?
A: The South African Aviation Corps, to become the South African Air Force on 1
February 1920.
Women's suffrage is enacted in what country?
A: Norway.
The Arab Congress of 1913 opens, during which Arab
nationalists meet to discuss what?
A: The desired reforms under the Ottoman Empire.
The Parliament of South Africa passes the Natives Land Act,
limiting what?
A: Land ownership for blacks to black territories.
Joseph Cook becomes the 6th Prime Minister of what country?
A: Australia.
Romania declares war on what country?
A: Bulgaria.
Death Valley, California hits 134 °F (~56.7 °C), the what?
A: The highest temperature recorded in the world as of
2013.
After his airplane fails at an altitude of 900 feet (270
m), aviator Adolphe Pégoud becomes the first what?
A: The first person to bail out to safety from an airplane and land safely.
What statue in Copenhagen, Denmark, is finished?
A: The Little Mermaid.
French aviator Roland Garros crosses what in an airplane
flying from Fréjus, France to Bizerte, Tunisia?
A: the Mediterranean.
The Treaty of Constantinople is signed in Istanbul between
who?
A: The Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Bulgaria.
Pancho Villa's troops take Torreón after a what?
A: A 3-day battle, when government troops retreat.
HMS Queen Elizabeth is launched at Portsmouth Dockyard as
the first what?
A: Oil-fired battleship.
Who is elected president of Mexico?
A: Victoriano Huerta.
The Ford Motor Company introduces the first what?
A: Moving assembly line, reducing chassis assembly time from 12½ hours in
October to 2 hours, 40 minutes.
The Federal Reserve System is created as the what?
A: The central banking system of the United States.
The Camel cigarette brand is introduced by R. J. Reynolds
in the United States, and it is the first what?
A: Packaged cigarettes.