Trivia Quiz on 1920s

1. What magazine started in America March 1923

A) Reader's Digest

B) The New Yorker

C) Fortune

D) Time

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2. Imperial Airways in 1925 was the first to do what

A) Show an in flight movie

B) Introduce passenger air conditioning on flights

C) Begin in-flight meal service for passengers

D) Install wireless passenger telephones on board

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3. Which year was the St. Valentines Day Massacre

A) 1927

B) 1928

C) 1930

D) 1929

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4. In Which City In The Us Did The St Valentines Day Massacre Occur

A) New York

B) Chicago

C) Los Angeles

D) Philadelphia

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5. Name the French boxer who was World Heavyweight Champion from 1920 to 1922, best remembered for his title fight with Jack Dempsey in 1921

A) Jess Willard

B) Georges carpentier

C) James J. Jeffries

D) Max Schmeling

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6. What was the first mickey mouse cartoon

A) Steamboat Willie

B) The Gallopin' Gaucho

C) Plane crazy

D) The Band Concert

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7. What was invented by Garnet Carter of Chattanooga in 1926

A) The modern parking meter

B) The electric toothbrush

C) The traffic signal

D) Miniature Golf

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8. Who was the first woman to win an Oscar best actress 1928

A) Greta Garbo

B) Norma Shearer

C) Bette Davis

D) Janet Gaynor

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9. Roy Chapman became baseball's first fatality in which year

A) 1920

B) 1919

C) 1921

D) 1923

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10. Johan Schober the first president of what organisation in 1923

A) Interpol

B) League of Nations

C) FBI

D) World Health Organization

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11. Gertrude Ederlie (USA) was the first woman to do what

A) Climb Mount Everest

B) Swim English Channel

C) Win an Olympic swimming gold medal

D) Fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean

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12. What was the first cartoon character called

A) Mickey Mouse

B) Felix the Cat

C) Oswald the rabbit

D) Betty Boop

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13. Who was the first American to make $100 million a year

A) John D. Rockefeller

B) Andrew Carnegie

C) Henry Ford

D) Al Capone

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14. The first book of __________ was introduced on april 10, 1924

A) Jigsaw puzzles

B) Cryptograms

C) Crosswords

D) Word searches

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15. Which was the 1st winner of the academy award for best picture, and the only silent film to achieve that honor

A) The Broadway Melody

B) Wings

C) All Quiet on the Western Front

D) Gone with the Wind

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16. In Which European City Was The First Ever Motorway Built In 1921

A) Berlin

B) Paris

C) Vienna

D) London

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17. The song Mack the Knife comes from what stage show

A) The Mikado

B) The Beggar's Opera

C) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

D) Threepenny Opera

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18. What was the recently closed Wembley Stadium called in 1923

A) The Empire Stadium

B) British Empire Stadium

C) Wembley Park Stadium

D) London National Stadium

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19. Who was given a ticker tape parade in new york after his 1927 flight to Paris

A) Amelia Earhart

B) Gertrude Ederle

C) Charles Lindbergh

D) Howard Hughes

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20. In which city were the 1928 Summer Olympic Games held

A) Paris

B) Athens

C) London

D) Amsterdam

E) Los Angeles

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21. Which individual had the highest income of anyone in the USA in the 1920s

A) John D. Rockefeller

B) Al capone

C) Henry Ford

D) William Randolph Hearst

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22. Which Band Took Their Name From A Type Of Fire Engine Manufactured In The 1920's

A) REO Speedwagon

B) The Fire Engines

C) The Speed Wagons

D) The Railroaders

E) The Gasoline Alley Band

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23. In 1925 at Windsor Bookies went on strike - against what

A) Income tax increase

B) License fee hike on bookmakers

C) Betting Tax

D) Stamp duty on bets

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24. Frank Heyes 1923 on Sweet Kiss only jockey ever to do what

A) Win a race on a horse that had never won before

B) Win a race after death - heart failed during race

C) Win a race while riding with a broken arm

D) Win a race wearing a different set of silks than his own

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25. An illegal 1920s saloon

A) Speakeasy

B) Prohibition bar

C) Secret club

D) Hidden tavern

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26. In What Year Was The General Strike

A) 1919

B) 1926

C) 1923

D) 1930

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27. What was the name of Charles Lindbergh's plane in which he completed the first non-stop solo trans-Atlantic flight?

A) The Lone Eagle

B) The Atlantic Arrow

C) The Missouri Maid

D) Spirit of St Louis (achieved in 1927)

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28. The St. Valentine's Day massacre took place in this city.

A) New York

B) Detroit

C) Philadelphia

D) Chicago

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29. In 1921 Who Founded The First Birth Control Clinic In London

A) Margaret Sanger

B) Emmeline Pankhurst

C) Virginia Woolf

D) Marie Stoppes

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