The Major Censorship Events Quiz
Test your knowledge of significant censorship events throughout history.
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- Which Pope established the Index Librorum Prohibitorum in 1559?Pope Pius IX · Pope Gregory XIII · Pope Paul IV · Pope Urban VIII
- Which leader used 'sanitization' policies to alter historical photographs, removing people condemned to execution?Joseph Stalin · Adolf Hitler · Benito Mussolini · Mao Zedong
- Which catchphrase was used to describe the importance of secrecy during WWII?Silence is safety · Careless talk costs lives · Loose lips sink ships · Walls have ears
- Which American Supreme Court case struck down the Comstock Laws in 1966?Memoirs v. Massachusetts · ACLU v. Reno · Brown v. Board · Roe v. Wade
- What principle justified British wartime censorship during the World Wars?Political stability · Public morale · Operational secrecy · Economic security
- Which country's government prosecuted an academic book for obscenity in 2008?Iran · Egypt · China · Turkey
- Which painting by Pablo Picasso was censored by the Nazis during their regime?The Weeping Woman · Guernica · Les Demoiselles d'Avignon · The Old Guitarist
- Which famous book on evolution faced censorship and bans in several countries?On the Origin of Life · The Great Design · Origin of Species · The Selfish Gene
- Which country's Supreme Court decision blocked the Child Online Protection Act (COPA) in 2009?Canada · Germany · United States · Australia
- Which pop star's Super Bowl halftime show in 2004 led to increased FCC censorship?Madonna · Britney Spears · Lady Gaga · Janet Jackson
- What book did the Roman Catholic Church burn in Germany in 1624 by order of the Pope?Gutenberg Bible · King James Bible · Tyndale Bible · Martin Luther’s German Bible
- Which Shakespeare play was censored by Queen Elizabeth I for depicting the deposition of a king?Macbeth · Richard II · Hamlet · King Lear
- Which country's censorship laws banned Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species in 1935?Greece · Russia · Yugoslavia · Italy
- Which country's censorship board burned Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five in 1973?United States · Canada · United Kingdom · Australia
- Which work by Salman Rushdie led to a fatwa being issued, marking a significant event in modern literary censorship?Midnight's Children · Shame · The Golden House · The Satanic Verses