How much do you know about 1904?
QUESTIONS
1. Russia goes to war with which other country?
2. Premiere of which Puccini opera takes place?
3. First performance of Peter Pan, by which playwright?
4. Anglo-French problems solved in an agreement which becomes known as what?
5. Which famous theatre opens in Dublin?
6. Which famous motor car manufacturing company is founded?
7. The general theory of radioactivity is put forward by whom?
8. War breaks out in the Far East, between which two countries?
9. Death of which British explorer, at the age of 63?
10. In the U.S.A. the first power boat race is held on the River Hudson.What is it
called?
11. U.S presidential election won by which candidate?
12. Underground railway opens in which city?
13. What drinks-related object is invented by Thomas Sullivan in the U.S.A?
14. Britain sends military expedition to which country?
15. Violent general strike takes place in which country?
ANSWERS
1. Japan. 2. Madame Butterfly. 3. J.M. Barrie. 4. Entente Cordiale. 5.Abbey Theatre. 6.
Rolls-Royce. 7. Ernest Rutherford and Frederick Soddy. 8. Russia and Japan. 9. Henry
Morton Stanley. 10.The Gold Cup. 11.Theodore Roosevelt. 12. New York. 13.The
teabag. 14.Tibet. 15. Italy
