How much do you know about 1932?
QUESTIONS.
1. The first super star of the horse racing world is accidentally poisoned during a
visit to the U.S.A.The horse’s name?
2. Whose baby dies in a botched kidnapping?
3. Reports of famine in which country?
4. Which two scientists transmute one material (lithium atoms) into another
(helium atoms) with a particle accelerator?
5. Japanese forces occupy which Chinese city?
6. What is the title of the rather startling book, published by Aldous Huxley this
year?
7. In which Eastern European state is there a fascist coup?
8. Fist solo transatlantic flight by which American aviatrix?
9. In which city are the tenth modern Olympic games staged?
10. What is the name of the party founded this year by Oswald Mosley?
11. By what name are its members more commonly known?
12. Ernest Hemingway publishes a book about bullfighting which becomes a best-
seller.What does he call it?
13. Spain grants autonomy to which province, allowing it to have its own flag,
language and parliament?
14. Death of which prolific British thriller writer?
15. Which very young Hollywood star makes her debut?
ANSWERS
1. Phar Lap. 2. Charles and Anne Lindbergh. 3. U.S.S.R. 4. John Cockcroft and Ernest
Walton. 5. Shanghai. 6. Brave New World. 7. Lithuania. 8.Amelia Earhart. 9. Los
Angeles. 10. British Union of Fascists. 11. Blackshirts. 12. Death In The Afternoon. 13.
Catalonia. 14. Edgar Wallace. 15. Shirley Temple.
