Question

During this decade, John Fadden helped to sway referendum voters to reject a list of 14 extensive powers to be granted to the federal government. Near the end of this decade, a prime minister who had begun the “Ten Pound Poms” migration scheme deemed the labor movement a “light on the hill.” (10[1])During this decade, an opposition leader claimed that the middle class were the “Forgotten People” (10[2])and founded the Liberal Party (10[1]-5[1])of Australia (-5[1])after the failure (10[1])of the United Australia party. (-5[1])That party leader, Robert (10[1])Menzies (10[1]-5[1])(“Men-zees”), was defeated by John Curtin’s (10[1])Labor Party (10[1])during (-5[1])an election (-5[2])in this (-5[1])decade. (10[2])During this decade, Australian soldiers and (-5[1])Dutch forces battled invaders (10[1])in New Guinea. (10[4]-5[1])For (10[1])10 points, name this decade (10[1])in which (10[1])Australian (10[1])soldiers (10[1])were captured at the battle of Singapore (10[1])and Darwin (10[2])was attacked by (10[1])the Japanese (10[2])air force. (10[1])■END■ (10[8])

ANSWER: 1940s [prompt on ’40s]
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Allan LeeStanford CBerkeley A5110
Cooper Roh (DII)Columbia AJohn Jay6610
Amogh KulkarniGeodesicAlabama6610
Caleb Kendrick (Grad)Maryland A (Grad)GWU A (UG)71-5
Truman FillbrandtUW AIowa A7110
Cormac BeirneSorbonneUBC A73-5
Dean Ah NowClaremont ATexas A&M B7610
Alan WuVanderbilt ASouth Carolina81-5
Jack LewisMTSUTennessee8510
Andrew ZengStanford BBerkeley B86-5
Diego Almaraz (UG)UNC C (UG)JMU A (UG)8610
Anton AkroushMichigan State ATexas A&M A9110
Joel MilesMinnesota BMinnesota C9310
Chris ScheriRIT ACornell A94-5
Ethan StrombeckStanford ABerkeley C96-5
Jacob Martin (UG)Maryland B (UG)William & Mary A (UG)96-5
Jim Fan (Grad)UNC A (Grad)Liberty B (DII)98-5
Jacky XuCornell BBinghamton9910
Mitchell ShaddenTexas AIowa B9910
Zander Werner (DII)Virginia C (UG)Virginia A (UG)105-5
Michael GeCornell ARIT A10910
Michael Brown (DII)GWU B (Grad)Roanoke College A (DII)11210
Jonathan Shauf (UG)UNC B (UG)UNC D (DII)112-5
Jaik HavlickArizona StateIowa State11210
Jacob Goodson (DII)Ohio State BMichigan B11210
Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt (DII)NYU AColumbia B11210
Simon Zimmerman (DII)Ohio State AMichigan C11310
Logan Mitchell (UG)JMU B (UG)Liberty C (DII)11810
Matthew WangUBC ASorbonne12010
Julian BushlowCornell CRIT B12110
Anirudh Bharadwaj (DII)PennVassar12210
Andre WongColumbia CNYU B12910
Sinecio Morales (DII)Johns HopkinsHaverford13110
Sanjay SrihariGeorgia Tech AHarding13110
Rahul KumarRice AAppalachian State13410
Vinu HariharBerkeley CStanford A13610
Patrick Torre (DII)Maryland C (DII)Duke A (UG)13610
Martin AlfayaKentuckyVanderbilt B13810
Pranav VeluriBerkeley BStanford B13910
Caleb Hines (DII)Liberty B (DII)UNC A (Grad)13910
Derek Aldridge (DII)William & Mary A (UG)Maryland B (UG)13910
Andrew Amygdalos (UG)GWU A (UG)Maryland A (Grad)13910
Jeffery Austin (DII)UNC D (DII)UNC B (UG)13910
Brian Lai (DII)Virginia B (UG)Liberty A (Grad)13910
Minh Nguyen (DII)Virginia A (UG)Virginia C (UG)13910
Robert FreemanSouth CarolinaVanderbilt A13910