Can you recognize major historical events?

[Karen G]

Test yourself with this quiz. Can you recognize the events pictured?

I just missed one.

 

[Passepartout]

Got 'em all.

 

[DebBrown]

I got 29. Mixed up some wars.

Deb

 

[am1]

1 wrong about who was captured in a hole. But I did know that after thibking about it.

 

[stmartinfan]

I got all but 1. It's interesting to see how some of the photos are so memorable, even decades later.

 

[DaveNV]

Missed one. I blame it on the fact that I'm not a hundred and seven years old...

Dave

 

[artringwald]

I got them all. It just means I'm old enough to remember when many of them happened.

 

[Karen G]

The one that tripped me up was the soldier in a helmet that said "war is hell." That could be any war I would think.

 

["Roger"]

The one that tripped me up was the soldier in a helmet that said "war is hell." That could be any war I would think.

Missed the same one. Like Karen, not sure why this photo was associated with the correct answer.

 

[jimf41]

I got them all but I'm a news/history junkie. If there were no multiple choice captions or more difficult choices I doubt anyone would have done well.

 

[Passepartout]

The one that tripped me up was the soldier in a helmet that said "war is hell." That could be any war I would think.

That 'tin pot' was just Viet Nam era. I guess you just had to be there to get that clue. That was probably the one that had me scratching my head the most.

 

[jimf41]

That 'tin pot' was just Viet Nam era. I guess you just had to be there to get that clue. That was probably the one that had me scratching my head the most.

That's the same helmet used by US troops since WWII. It was changed to a ballistic non-metallic helmet in the late 80's. The band on which the writing is on is a new item fielded in RVN. It's purpose is to secure the camo helmet cover but many troops wrote on it or used the band to secure items to the helmet.

 

[x3 skier]

33/33 but I read a lot of history.

Cheers

 

[csxjohn]

The one that tripped me up was the soldier in a helmet that said "war is hell." That could be any war I would think.

Missed the same one. Like Karen, not sure why this photo was associated with the correct answer.

All war is hell but for this quiz a famous photograph by Horst Fass was used to depict the war in question.

That is why the there is only one correct answer for this question.

Here is a good article on that photograph.

http://www.famouspictures.org/war-is-hell/

33/33 if anyone's keeping track.

 

[SueDonJ]

I got 32 of 33, guessed incorrectly on 1 out of 2 that I wasn't sure. But if it wasn't a multiple-choice test and we had to label each picture, I wouldn't have done nearly as well.

Enjoyed seeing the pics all in one place. Thanks for posting it, Karen!

 

[easyrider]

I missed number 9. I thought the right answer was Victory Day in America because it looked like these were Americans celebrating the Victory and the newspaper headline was in English. After I missed this I realized that Victory Day was a celebration of the victory in Europe, which was the right answer.

It was interesting to see a picture of the construction of the Berlin Wall and then later, the removal of the Berlin Wall.

Bill

 

[csxjohn]

I missed number 9. I thought the right answer was Victory Day in America because it looked like these were Americans celebrating the Victory and the newspaper headline was in English. After I missed this I realized that Victory Day was a celebration of the victory in Europe, which was the right answer.

It was interesting to see a picture of the construction of the Berlin Wall and then later, the removal of the Berlin Wall.

Bill

For me that photo was #15. The flags on the buildings told me this wasn't taken in the US. Here in the states that was often called VE day.

 

[Karen G]

I missed number 9.

For me that photo was #15.

I noticed that each time I went to the site the photos were rearranged in a different order. The helmet picture was #25 when I did the test.

 

[Karen G]

All war is hell but for this quiz a famous photograph by Horst Fass was used to depict the war in question.

That is why the there is only one correct answer for this question.

Here is a good article on that photograph.

http://www.famouspictures.org/war-is-hell/

33/33 if anyone's keeping track.

Thanks for that link. Very interesting story.

 

[pedro47]

33 out of 33. not bad for an old person.

 

[GregT]

The one that tripped me up was the soldier in a helmet that said "war is hell." That could be any war I would think.

Same here...got the others though!

 

[artringwald]

It was interesting to see a picture of the construction of the Berlin Wall and then later, the removal of the Berlin Wall.

Bill

You don't have to go to Europe to see a piece of the wall. There's a section on display at Westminster College in Fulton, MO.

 

[waffles77]

Guess I have to go back to school. Only 30/33.
On the other hand, maybe it's a generational thing. I wasn't alive when 75% of those events took place.

 

[dioxide45]

I got 32 of 33, guessed incorrectly on 1 out of 2 that I wasn't sure. But if it wasn't a multiple-choice test and we had to label each picture, I wouldn't have done nearly as well.

Enjoyed seeing the pics all in one place. Thanks for posting it, Karen!

The multiple choice made is much easier than it would have been otherwise. Some of the options didn't even make sense as they weren't even historical events. #28 with the option of "The Second Great Depression"? That never happened. It is called the great recession. What about t#21 about the invention of the bullet proof vest vs the execution of Bonny and Clyde? That one was obvious just looking at the photo. #19 was similar. Who would have thought MLK Jr gave the Gettysburg Address or Emancipation Proclamation? Seems they put some options in there for people with absolutely no clue about history.

I got 30 out of 33. Some guesses went my way, others didn't. I missed #3, #13 and #26.

 

[BevL]

32 out of 33 - not bad for a Canadian - lots of American stuff but well known American stuff.

Got the people in the boat wrong, which when I looked a bit harder was a bit obvious.

Wouldn't have done nearly as well without multiple choice although I'm thinking 25.