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World Events Quiz

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    A quiz to test students' knowledge on World Events
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  • The Brazilian capital moved from Rio de Janeiro to Brasília in 1940 / 1950 / 1960
    1960
  •  15
  • U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 / 1973 / 1983
    1963
  •  20
  • The military took power in Brazil in 1954 / 1964 / 1974
    1964
  •  10
  • Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon in 1959 / 1969 / 1979
    1969
  •  15
  • Elvis Presley died in 1977 / 1987 / 1997
    1977
  •  15
  • Sony introduced the walkman in 1969 / 1979 / 1989
    1979
  •  20
  • IBM introduced the first personal computers in 1961 / 1971 / 1981
    1981
  •  20
  • In 1984 / 1994 / 2004, Brazil won the world soccer championship in the United States and became the first nation to win four World Cup titles.
    1994
  •  10
  • The Soviets launched the first man in space in 1951 / 1961 / 1971
    1961
  •  20
  • The Beatles' first show in the U.S.A. happened in 1954 / 1964 / 1974
    1964
  •  15
  • The first heart transplant took place in 1967 / 1997 / 2007
    1967
  •  25
  • Brazil won the world soccer championship in Mexico in 1950 / 1962 / 1970
    1970
  •  10
  • The first test-tube baby was born in 1958 / 1968 / 1978
    1978
  •  15
  • John Lennon died in 1980 / 1990 / 2000
    1980
  •  20
  • The Berlin Wall in Germany fell in 1979 / 1989 / 1999
    1989
  •  20
  • In 1979 / 1989 / 1999, the euro became the new European currency.
    1999
  •  15