Over at the NY Times, the Upshot team has developed a weekly game called the Flashback, which will cause history-lovers to rejoice. Each Sunday, there will be a new Flashback quiz to play, where you’ll drag clues before or after other events based on which occurred earlier or later. If you need the NYT Flashback Quiz Answers for September 24th, 2023, we have them for you!
NYT Flashback Quiz Answers for September 24 2023
There are eight clues that are given one at a time and must be arranged in chronological order: from oldest-occurring to most recently-occurring. A perfect score on the quiz results in 28 points with each correctly-placed clue earning 2 to 5 points depending on difficulty level. Here are the answers in chronological order:
- Circa 1170 BCE: Egyptian tomb builders walk off the job after not receiving their monthly grain, in one of the world’s first recorded strikes.
- Circa 301: Armenia is the first country to adopt Christianity as its state religion, in part to resist cultural pressure from Persia.
- 410: Visigoths enter Italy, seeking land and recognition. After they are refused and ambushed, they sack Rome.
- Circa 1804: The world reaches one billion people, with about 15 million living in North America.
- Circa 1942: Raymond Moriyama, an architect who alter designs the Canadian War Museum, is brought to a Vancouver internment camp at age 12.
- 1957: Nine Black students attend an all-white high school in Little Rock, Ark.
- 1964: The World’s Fair opens in New York City, and the Unisphere and “It’s a Small World” debut. (Starting clue)
- 1971: “All in the Family” debuts, among the first US TV sitcoms to tackle issues like bigotry, gay identity, and antiwar protests.
- 1984: Ordered by Indira Gandhi, the Indian army uses tanks and artillery to seize the Golden Temple.
This should help you finish up this week’s quiz as we have provided the NYT Flashback Quiz Answers for September 24th, 2023. You can check the archives for answers to past NYT Flashback Quizzes.
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