Memorize these and recognize 11.3% of all 20th Century clues.
| # | Answer | Count | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stalin | 9 | Charge d'affaires Jacob D. Beam represented the U.S. at the funeral of this Soviet dictator |
| 2 | Indira Gandhi | 9 | On January 11 Indian PM Shastri died; on January 19 this person was elected by Parliament as the new PM |
| 3 | China | 7 | The Great Leap Forward program launched in this country led to a famine & millions of deaths |
| 4 | the United Nations | 7 | Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg succeeded the late Adlai Stevenson in this diplomatic position |
| 5 | Cuba | 6 | On January 1 Fulgencio Batista, dictator of this country, was overthrown |
| 6 | Amelia Earhart | 6 | This famous female flyer was once the aviation editor of Cosmopolitan |
| 7 | John F. Kennedy | 6 | At Democratic convention, he lost V.P. nomination on 2nd ballot to Estes Kefauver |
| 8 | the Soviet Union | 5 | In '53, one year after the U.S., this country exploded its 1st hydrogen bomb |
| 9 | Portugal | 5 | Technically prime minister, Antonio Salazar was actually the dictator of this country |
| 10 | Elvis Presley | 5 | Time Magazine's review of the film "Love Me Tender" called him "A 172-lb. sausage 6 ft. tall" |
| 11 | Bobby Fischer | 5 | He began making a name for himself, becoming, at age 15, the youngest grandmaster in chess to that time |
| 12 | Belgium | 5 | After 6 years in exile, this country's King Leopold III returned, only to abdicate a week later |
| 13 | Harry Truman | 5 | In January this former president & his wife Bess were presented with the first 2 Medicare cards |
| 14 | Nikita Khrushchev | 5 | He succeeded Bulganin as premier of the USSR on March 27 |
| 15 | de Gaulle | 5 | In November a memorial service was held at Notre Dame for this former French president who died at 79 |
| 16 | the Hindenburg | 4 | It took about 30 seconds for this hydrogen-filled airship to burn in New Jersey in 1937 |
| 17 | Texas | 4 | People prayed for 18-month-old Jessica McClure who fell into a well shaft by her home in this state |
| 18 | Spain | 4 | In a synagogue the king of this country marked the 500-year-old edict of the Jews' expulsion |
| 19 | South Africa | 4 | This country's Department of the Interior classified residents by color & issued ID cards |
| 20 | Princess Diana | 4 | Her engagement was announced February 24, she wed July 29, & was expecting in October |
| 21 | Mother Teresa | 4 | Sadly, 5 days after Princess Diana's death, this beloved woman died in Calcutta at age 87 |
| 22 | Marilyn Monroe | 4 | Sang "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend", then married a baseball star |
| 23 | Hitler | 4 | Winner of British contest on "What To Do With this leader" said, "Let him live with my in-laws for a month" |
| 24 | Eleanor Roosevelt | 4 | As chair of a new commission, this former first lady helped draft the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
| 25 | Canada | 4 | Because of rationing, U.S. citizens crossed into this country at Windsor to buy meat & eggs |
| 26 | Wilson | 4 | After coaching football at Connecticut's Wesleyan University, he went on to be President of Princeton |
| 27 | the Vietnam War | 3 | According to an AP poll, the escalation of this was the biggest news story of the year |
| 28 | the Philippines | 3 | Imelda Marcos' son "Bong Bong" lost his bid for a seat in this country's senate—& was convicted of tax evasion |
| 29 | the Dalai Lama | 3 | In April 1959 Prime Minister Nehru met with this exiled Tibetan leader in India |
| 30 | Teapot Dome | 3 | In 1927 the Supreme Court ruled the lease of these Wyoming oil reserves fraudulent |
| 31 | Sukarno | 3 | He was stripped of his title of President for Life of Indonesia |
| 32 | Sputnik | 3 | The October 4 launch of this made Americans doubt their country's technological superiority |
| 33 | Richard Nixon | 3 | He was the presiding officer of the senate |
| 34 | Queen Elizabeth II | 3 | She marked the official celebration of her 69th birthday by granting 1,055 knighthoods & other honors |
| 35 | Poland | 3 | This country formed the Eastern Bloc's 1st non-Communist government since WWII |
| 36 | Pakistan | 3 | In August this country's president, Ghulam Ishaq Khan, kicked P.M. Benazir Bhutto out of office |
| 37 | Pablo Picasso | 3 | He donated some 800 of his works to a Barcelona museum |
| 38 | Norway | 3 | In 1920 explorer & statesman Fridtjof Nansen headed this country's delegation to the League of Nations |
| 39 | Martin Luther King | 3 | August 5: This man gets hit in the head by a rock while leading a civil rights march in Chicago |
| 40 | Mars | 3 | In March 1989 the Soviets lost contact with Phobos 2, a craft sent to check out this planet, sound familiar |
| 41 | Margaret Mead | 3 | She titled her Ph.D. thesis "An Inquiry into the Question of Cultural Stability in Polynesia" |
| 42 | MacArthur | 3 | On September 26 this general announced that Seoul, Korea was again in friendly hands |
| 43 | Korea | 3 | In August this country was divided in two at the 38th parallel |
| 44 | Joseph McCarthy | 3 | In March, President Truman denounced this Wisconsin senator as a saboteur of U.S. foreign policy |
| 45 | Japan | 3 | In March the U.S. agreed to help build this nation's FSX fighter jet |
| 46 | Italy | 3 | In 1987 adult film star Ilona Staller got herself elected to this country's parliamanet |
| 47 | Hawaii | 3 | In August William F. Quinn was sworn in as its first governor |
| 48 | Guyana | 3 | When it became independent in 1966, it dropped the "British" from its name & changed an "I" to a "Y" |
| 49 | Greece | 3 | In December Premier Constantine Mitsotakis made his daughter Culture Minister of this country |
| 50 | Germany | 3 | In '23 you could get 4 trillion, 200 billion marks for $1 in this country |
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