CHROKNOWLEDGEY

RANGING from the year 1901 to 2000, can you place the following ten events into the correct decade? Each decade starts with the year ending ‘1’ and ends with the year ending ‘0’ (i.e. 1901-1910) and there is one event per decade. SOLUTION ON MONDAY

A

THE Humber Bridge is opened and, at 2,200m in length, becomes the world’s longest single-span suspension bridge.

B

MEMBERS of the Hutu ethnic majority in Rwanda slaughter around one million Tutsis.

C

THE world’s first automated teller machine (ATM) is installed outside a branch of Barclays in Enfield, London.

D

CHAIRMAN MAO proclaims the founding of the People’s Republic of China, naming himself head of state.

E

KING EDWARD VIII gives up the throne to marry Wallis Simpson, who can’t become Queen because she is a divorcee.

F

HMS DREADNOUGHT, a revolutionary battleship boasting high speeds, aggressive armaments and resilient armour, is launched. It gives rise to a new class of battleship referred to as ‘dreadnoughts’.

G

THE initial section of the M1, Britain’s first full-length motorway, opens between Watford and Rugby.

H

THE Bauhaus school of architecture and design is founded by German architect Walter Gropius in Weimar.

I

LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN, an uncle of Prince Philip, is assassinated by the IRA, which plants a bomb on his fishing boat in Mullaghmore in Ireland.

J

F. SCOTT FITZGERALD publishes The Great Gatsby, exploring ideas of wealth and class during a period of economic growth and prosperity in America.