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Оглавление1 Who wrote the children’s novel Emil and the Detectives (1929)?
2 Who received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics?
3 Who did Albert, Duke of York marry in 1923 at Westminster Abbey?
4 Which UK political party formed in 1925?
5 Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen in 1922 under the employment of which Earl?
6 To what did the LNER company rename the Special Scotch Express in 1924?
7 By what name was the Republic of Ireland known from 1921 to 1937?
8 Which style of décor first became popular in the 1920s, as seen in London’s Eltham Palace?
9 To what did the Equal Franchise Act of 1928 lower the female voting age?
10 Who became Prime Minister of Italy in October 1922?
11 In which month did the General Strike of 1926 occur?
12 Which European long-distance car race was first run in 1923?
13 The Tennessee Scopes trial which took place in 1925 was dramatised in which 1960 film?
14 Which English composer was appointed Master of the King’s Musick in 1924?
15 Which 1920s UK Prime Minister was born in what is now Canada?
16 In which year did women become full members of Oxford University?
17 Which mountaineer (d.1924) is reported to have said “Because it’s there” in response to a question about why he wanted to climb Everest?
18 The UK 1923 Intoxicating Liquor Act prohibited the sale of alcohol to people under what age?
19 In which year did the Wall Street Crash happen?
20 In 1925 Cyril Brownlie was playing rugby for which country when he became the first person to be sent off in an international match?
