But his last name wasn't Hapsburg, though. His full name was Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria. In german, it's "von Österreich-Este" and the short "official" name is Franz Ferdinand d'Este. If anything, he was Este, not Hapsburg. House Este of coutse was part of house Hapsburg, but he was never written as that.
Taking in account everything that has been said here about US having an undeniably prominent role in the history of the 20th century, I am still convinced it is inappropriate to characterise the Cold war as a conflict between the USA and the USSR. While they were the chief agents, the Cold war took place between the Western World and the socialist block, mostly in the East (barring exceptions like Cuba and Nicaragua). Reducing this to a conflict between two countries is like saying that WWII was fought between Germany and Britain, for example.
What's with type-ins for the Ford? Ford T, T Ford, Model T Ford, Ford Model T, Ford T Model .. I think I tried every conceivable combination of those three and FINALLY one caught. Please add some?
Many people would agree with you, but I don't, and probably most historians wouldn't either. 20th century warfare may seem particularly brutal, but it was positively benign compared to the crises of earlier eras. Think about the countries that were worst affected by the World Wars such as Russia, Poland, Germany, and Japan. Now compare their populations and standards of living in 1900 vs 2000. Despite their awful ordeals, all the affected countries emerged much stronger than they started. The 20th century was, in fact, the best century of all-time (excepting the 21st, of course).
It also depends what part of the 20th century you're talking about. Living during World War 1 or 2 would be terrible, but the '80s and '90s were on the balance pretty good. 100 years is a long time, and it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to make blanket statements about the entire century. That being said, I agree with Quizmaster that, as a whole, there were more positives to the century than negatives.
Colossus was the world's first electronic digital programmable computer. It used a large number of valves (vacuum tubes). It had paper-tape input and was capable of being configured to perform a variety of boolean logical operations on its data, but it was not Turing-complete. Nine Mk II Colossi were built (The Mk I was converted to a Mk II making ten machines in total). Colossus Mark I contained 1500 thermionic valves (tubes), but Mark II with 2400 valves, was both 5 times faster and simpler to operate than Mark 1, greatly speeding the decoding process. ENIAC was the first USA Computer and although later than Colossus was faster and more flexible.
Zuse's Z3 came 5 years earlier than ENIAC. It "was the world's first programmable computer; the functional program-controlled Turing-complete Z3 became operational in May 1941", says Wikipedia.
You're right, the Colossus was the first computer of this type. It was, however, kept secret. So the question is correct, ENIAC was "hailed" as the first, even though it wasn't actually the first.
Does it seem crazy to anyone else that there were only 4 decades between the first transatlantic flight and Neil Armstrong walking on the moon? That's a lot of change in 40 years!
The quiz is correct as it says the first solo flight, but Lindbergh wasn't the first transatlantic flight. Alcock and Brown were the first, ten years earlier. It would be nice for this to be recognised in at least one quiz on this site.
Agreed. The arrogance levels are off the scale. I don't mean necessarily just the choice of questions in the first instance but the vehemence of defence (OK defense) when questioned or challenged about it.
Though I've lived in the USA for much of my adult life, I have also traveled extensively through Northern Europe and the Caribbean.
So, while I am comfortable with other cultures, I tend to gravitate
toward these, which are made by Americans. A suggestion? Those of you who are offended by the heavy emphasis on Americanism in these quizzes should absolutely boycott them and CREATE YOUR OWN!
Just want to point out, there is a huge overlap in dates, to the point that I wasn't sure if it can be ruled out entirely, but surely the "Race to Space" war between the USSR and the USA could also be a potential answer for the 2nd question?
I don't think so. Those dates clearly track the Cold War: the end of WWII in 1945 through the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The US didn't take a serious interest in going to space until Eisenhower's tenure in the 50s, which was also when the Soviets launched Sputnik. After Apollo 11 in 1969, the race was pretty much over, to the point that the US and USSR actually cooperated on the Apollo-Soyuz mission, in which an astronaut and cosmonaut shook hands in space (awesome!). That was in 1975 or so. Not exactly sure of the year, but definitely mid-70s. So the Space Race is probably like 1955-1975, if not even less time than that.
I mean, sure, but which other "Zedong" would an English-speaking user of this website be referring to? John being disallowed makes sense because there's a million Johns with historical significance to the average resident of an English speaking country. I can only count one Zedong.
Just because you can only name one Zedong doesn't mean there aren't more. The only times where just a first name works on Jetpunk, usually, is when that person only has one name or is overwhelmingly known by one name. Paul for the Apostle Paul and Elvis for Elvis Presley are good examples.
Jetpunk getting political now. Abortion is a legit answer and should be accepted. This quiz will take answers that are misspelled to the ends of the earth, however, can't mention abortion.
I actually don't think Sanger herself promoted abortion. She promoted contraception. Planned Parenthood's abortion work is a logical outgrowth of what Sanger taught, but "birth control" is the best answer, irrespective of politics.
Your ignorance doesn't render correct answers political. Why don't you actually read about the woman... somewhere without the political bias you are misidentifying in others.
Nothing to do with ignorance. Abortion is a method of birth control. There are plenty other instances on JetPunk where if you get the in the same ballpark the "real" answer is revealed.
Um, sounds like ignorance to me. I quickly put the answer as "abortion" too. But I realized a moment later why it was the wrong response. Not sure why you're arguing a point that cannot be supported.
Again, I'd encourage you to actually do some reading about the woman and the work that she did. Abortion had little to do with most of it, especially in 1916.
I think US-centric does make sense for this quiz, but I do find it interesting that the justification of "American Century" is being used when this quiz mentions very little about US hegemony. While there is the vague mention of the Cold War as a whole and the Cuban Missile Crisis (which are both rightly framed as power struggles), there's nothing directly referring to the US's many neo-imperial pursuits.
Meanwhile, China, Japan, and the Ottomans all get explicit statement of a horrendous act they've committed (for China and the Ottomans, the most horrendous)— which I do think are important to know and do make good quiz questions, but it does sort of feel like a double standard? I don't know if it was intentional, but this distribution seems to implicitly portray the US in an needlessly patriotic light, by denouncing our enemies for their crimes while being completely silent on our own (and while praising our innovations).
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/why-536-was-worst-year-be-alive
So, while I am comfortable with other cultures, I tend to gravitate
toward these, which are made by Americans. A suggestion? Those of you who are offended by the heavy emphasis on Americanism in these quizzes should absolutely boycott them and CREATE YOUR OWN!
and, yes, as jmellor points out the Space Race was over long before 1991. It ended either in 1957 or 1969 depending on whom you ask.
Meanwhile, China, Japan, and the Ottomans all get explicit statement of a horrendous act they've committed (for China and the Ottomans, the most horrendous)— which I do think are important to know and do make good quiz questions, but it does sort of feel like a double standard? I don't know if it was intentional, but this distribution seems to implicitly portray the US in an needlessly patriotic light, by denouncing our enemies for their crimes while being completely silent on our own (and while praising our innovations).