How it works
These name the decade trivia questions come in three rounds of eleven, one question for every decade from the 1900s to the 2000s. Three more rounds are guess the year trivia questions. Every answer gives the years and its source.
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Guess the year trivia, printable by round
Pick a guess-the-year round under Start from, then Print the question sheet: the sheet holds that round's eleven questions, a printable game of guess the year it happened.
A guess the decade quiz for students
Pick Easy questions under Show only: fifteen of the 66, such as the decade of the first Moon landing. A class can put each name-the-decade answer's three dated events on a timeline.
- Reading aloud? Give the three events one at a time and let teams lock in a decade after each.
- All three events share the decade, so a team that can date one of them has the answer.
Questions and answers
How do you play a guess the year game?
Read out one event and four years, and each team picks a year. Here a tap shows the right year and the reason. For a harder game, read the event without the choices and score the closest guess.
Can I print these guess the year games?
Yes. Print the question sheet lists the questions with four lettered choices and no answer marked, and the print window can save the sheet as a PDF. A tick on With answer key adds each right answer with its reason and source.
How do name the decade trivia questions work?
Each one gives three events from the same ten years, such as a wall going up, a first bullet train and a new national flag, with four decades in a row to choose from.