TELEVISION
What device did most families use to listen to news, comedy and music at home?
What is a Radio?
What type of headwear was commonly worn by men with suits during the 1930s?
What is a fedora?
If someone called something "the bee's knees" was it good or bad?
What is good? It means excellent or wonderful.
What inexpensive staple made from flour and water was commonly used to make sandwiches and stretch meals?
What is bread?
What economic crisis that began in 1929 affected jobs, income and daily life throughout the decade?
What is The Great Depression?
True or false: Television was already a common household item in the 1930s.
What is false? Television was not yet a common household item
What style of women's dress became popular for its flowing fabric and figure-hugging shape?
What is a bias-cut dress?
What word, still used today, meant nonsense or something untrue?
What is "baloney"?
What sweet drink mix, invented in the late 1920s, became popular in the 1930s?
What is Kool-Aid?
What major international sporting event was cancelled in 1940 because of World War II, which began in 1939?
What are the Olympic Games?
What kind of technology allowed people to watch moving images on a screen?
What is a Television?
What type of footwear was often worn for formal occasions and everyday dress?
What are leather dress shoes?
What was a "dame" in this period's slang?
What is a woman?
What famous cookie was invented by Ruth Wakefield in the 1930s?
What is the chocolate chip cookie?
What board game involving buying properties, collecting rent and bankrupting opponents became popular during the decade?
Which form of entertainment became especially popular because it offered an inexpensive escape during the Great Depression?
What are movies?
What Hollywood industry helped influence the hairstyles, dresses and suits people wanted to wear?
What is the film industry?
What was a "speakeasy" during the era of American Prohibition?
What was an establishment that secretly sold or served alcohol?
What type of food preservation helped families keep food for later instead of wasting it?
What is canning?
What two forms of entertainment helped families escape everyday worries without necessarily spending much money?
What is radio and home games?
In 1939, what major New York event helped introduce television demonstrations to a wider public?
What is the New York World's Fair?
What was one way families made clothing more affordable during the Great Depression?
What is repairing, reusing, or making clothes from available fabric, including flour sacks?
If someone said a person was "all wet" what did they mean?
What is that the person was wrong or mistaken?
During the Great Depression, what was a community soup line designed to provide?
What is a free or low cost meal for people who were struggling financially?
Why did many families grow vegetables in gardens during the Great Depression?
What is to save money and provide their own food?