The Ultimate Year Quiz - 1934
See what you know about the year 1934
Quiz created by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye
1. What was the top grossing film of 1934?
(#) Viva Villa!
(#) One Night of Love
(#) It Happened One Night
(#) The Painted Veil
2. What baseball pitcher struck out 5 consecutive future Hall of Famers in the 1934 All Star Game?
(#) Dizzy Dean
(#) Mel Harder
(#) Red Ruffing
(#) Carl Hubbell
3. What prison, which was operated by the U.S. Department of Justice, was opened on January 1, 1934?
(#) Alcatraz Island
(#) San Quentin
(#) Sing Sing
(#) Attica
4. What gangster was killed by FBI agents outside Chicago's Biograph Theatre on July 22, 1934?
(#) John Dillinger
(#) Baby Face Nelson
(#) Al Capone
(#) Pretty Boy Floyd
5. What country's leader was assassinated by Nazis during a failed coup attempt on July 25, 1934?
(#) Austria
(#) Czechosolvakia
(#) Germany
(#) Hungary
6. What was the name of the passenger liner that caught fire off the New Jersey coast on September 8, 1934 in which 134 people were killed?
(#) Queen Elizabeth
(#) Lusitania
(#) Morro Castle
(#) Andrea Doria
7. What comic strip was first published on August 13, 1934?
(#) Lil Abner
(#) Dick Tracy
(#) Little Orphan Annie
(#) Nancy
8. In what country was the famous Dionne quintuplets born on May 28, 1934?
(#) Canada
(#) England
(#) United States
(#) France
9. King Alexander of what country was assassinated in Marseilles, France on October 9, 1934?
(#) Spain
(#) Bulgaria
(#) Greece
(#) Yugoslavia
10. In what state was the famous bank robbing duo of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow killed on May 23, 1934?
(#) Louisiana
(#) Oklahoma
(#) Arkansas
(#) Texas
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