Memorize these and you could recognize 16.0% of all 20th Century clues.
| # | Answer | Appearances | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indira Gandhi | 7 | She was assassinated by her own Sikh bodyguards on October 31, 1984 |
| 2 | Portugal | 5 | Technically prime minister, Antonio Salazar was actually the dictator of this country |
| 3 | China | 5 | In April 1970 this world power launched its 1st satellite which broadcast the song "The East is Red" |
| 4 | Amelia Earhart | 5 | This famous female flyer was once the aviation editor of Cosmopolitan |
| 5 | Stalin | 5 | She defected from the Soviet Union in 1967 after assuming her mother's maiden name, Alliluyeva |
| 6 | Princess Diana | 4 | On July 8, 1993 this British princess' stepmother, Raine Spencer, married a French count |
| 7 | Mother Teresa | 4 | In 1950 she started the Missionaries of Charity |
| 8 | Eleanor Roosevelt | 4 | During his U.S. visit in 1959, Khrushchev visited her at Hyde Park |
| 9 | Wilson | 4 | After coaching football at Connecticut's Wesleyan University, he went on to be President of Princeton |
| 10 | the Dalai Lama | 3 | In 1988 this leader rejected China's offer to return to Tibet provided he stop advocating Tibetan independence |
| 11 | Texas | 3 | On Jan. 10, 1901, the Spindletop oil gusher blew, representing 1st major oil strike in this state |
| 12 | Teapot Dome | 3 | In 1927 the Supreme Court ruled the lease of these Wyoming oil reserves fraudulent |
| 13 | Spain | 3 | To mark the 5th centennial of American exploration, this nation will host a 1992 Olympics & a World's Fair |
| 14 | Queen Elizabeth II | 3 | She was Time magazine's Woman of the Year for 1953 |
| 15 | Norway | 3 | In 1942 the Germans appointed Vidkun Quisling "Minister President" of this country |
| 16 | Margaret Mead | 3 | In 1971 this anthropologist co-wrote "A Rap On Race" with James Baldwin |
| 17 | Hitler | 3 | In July 1944 Col. Stauffenberg attempted to assassinate this dictator with a bomb |
| 18 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | It's not known if the 1948 death of this country's foreign minister, Jan Masaryk, was murder or suicide |
| 19 | Canada | 3 | After 16 years in office, Pierre Trudeau resigned as this country's prime minister in 1984 |
| 20 | the Philippines | 3 | On Nov. 15, 1935 Manuel Quezon y Malina was inaugurated as the 1st pres. of this U.S. commonwealth |
| 21 | Yuri Gagarin | 2 | A large moon crater is named for this cosmonaut who was the first man in space |
| 22 | World War I | 2 | Bertrand Russell lost his post at Cambridge & went to jail for expressing his opposition to this war |
| 23 | U Thant | 2 | The name of this 3rd Secretary-General of the U.N. translates roughly to "Mr. Clean" |
| 24 | Time | 2 | When Henry Luce & Briton Hadden founded this magazine in 1923, they almost called it "Facts" |
| 25 | the Tet Offensive | 2 | This months-long campaign that began on January 30, 1968 was a turning point in the Vietnam War |
| 26 | the Soviet Union | 2 | From 1905 until the end of WWII, Japan & this nation both claimed portions of Sakhalin island |
| 27 | the Pentagon Papers | 2 | The top secret study of U.S. involvement in Vietnam published by The New York Times in 1971 |
| 28 | the Nobel Prize | 2 | Theodor Svedberg, who developed the ultracentrifuge, won this prize for chemistry in 1926 |
| 29 | the Netherlands | 2 | Kaiser Wilhelm II died in this low country in 1941; he had fled there in 1918 |
| 30 | the Hindenburg | 2 | "Oh, the humanity" when 36 lives were lost as this airship burst into flames while landing in New Jersey |
| 31 | Taiwan | 2 | In 1945 Chinese troops loyal to Chiang Kai-shek occupied Formosa and changed its name back to this |
| 32 | South Africa | 2 | In 1907 Mohandas Gandhi led resistance to an Asiatic registration bill in this country |
| 33 | Sonja Henie | 2 | As the world figure skating champion from 1927 to 1936, she must have put on quite an act |
| 34 | Romania | 2 | In December 1989 Ion Iliescu became president of this European country |
| 35 | Rajiv Gandhi | 2 | He took over his mother's prime minister job the same day she was assassinated in 1984 |
| 36 | Poland | 2 | World War II officially began on September 1, 1939 when Germany invaded this country |
| 37 | Pancho Villa | 2 | On March 9, 1916 this Mexican revolutionary & his men killed 17 in Columbus, New Mexico |
| 38 | Pakistan | 2 | Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan resigned as president of this country in 1971 after he lost Bangladesh |
| 39 | Pablo Picasso | 2 | Often called the 20th century's greatest artist, he died at age 91 in 1973 |
| 40 | Nicaragua | 2 | In 1990 this country's president Daniel Ortega lost his bid for reelection |
| 41 | Mussolini | 2 | When he was in power the Venezia Palace in Rome was his headquarters |
| 42 | Martin Luther King, Jr. | 2 | Hewas arrested in February of 1956 for organizing a bus boycott; his $500 fine was suspended on appeal |
| 43 | Martin Luther King | 2 | In 1982 Santa Barbara Ave. in Los Angeles was renamed to honor this slain civil rights leader |
| 44 | Mars | 2 | In 1965 Werner von Braun estimated men could land on this planet 15 years after a lunar landing |
| 45 | Maria Montessori | 2 | In 1907 she opened her first Casa dei Bambini |
| 46 | Margaret Chase Smith | 2 | In 1995 this first woman elected to both houses of Congress died in Skowhegan, Maine |
| 47 | Mahatma Gandhi | 2 | In 1906 this young Indian lawyer began his 1st campaign of civil disobedience in South Africa |
| 48 | Lee Harvey Oswald | 2 | Using real lawyers & witnesses, he was "tried" on television 23 years after his Nov. 24, 1963 death |
| 49 | Juan Carlos | 2 | His family was in exile, so this future king of Spain was born in Rome, on January 5, 1938 |