Medicine/Tech
Literature/Art
Music/Dances
Fashion/Fads
Misc.
100
The name of an antibiotic mass produced in the Americas that treated an array of diseases.
What is penicillin?
100
A book written in 1940 by Ernest Hemingway about the Spanish Civil War.
What is For Whom the Bell Tolls?
100
This is the best selling single of all time.
What is "White Christmas?"
100
This new clothing article was popular with vacationing teenagers
What is the bikini?
100
Mr. Warnke's favorite sport
What is golf?
200
This was the name of the atomic bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki.
What is "Fat Man?"
200
A type of magazine that was popular during the 1940s.
What are Fashion magazines?
200
Dance genre, similar to Swing, that was popular with African-Americans
What is the Jitterbug?
200
Name given to post-war fashion
What is the New Look?
200
Person to score 100 points in a basketball game (NBA)
Who is Wilt Chamberlain?
300
This computer was used to assist in the development of the hydrogen bomb.
What is ENIAC?
300
The main genre of art in the post-war 1940s
What is Abstract Expressionism?
300
The most popular instrument used in Jazz
What is the saxaphone?
300
Families gathered around these for wartime updates
What are radios?
300
Winner of Super Bowl XX.
Who are the Patriots?
400
This computer cracked the "Enigma" codes
What is the Colossus?
400
A magazine that covered many war-related events.
What is Life?
400
Dance genre that contrasted with the stress of war
What is Rumba?
400
This type of clothing was produced by industries during World War II
What is utility clothing?
400
The 33rd president of the United States of America
Who is Harry S. Truman?
500
The name of the drug synthesized from coal tar to treat malaria.
What is quinine?
500
The name of the author who wrote about hope to keep people's spirits up during WWII.
Who is William Saroyan?
500
This union boycotted recording companies from 1942-1944.
What is the American Federation of Musicians (AFM)?
500
This type of clothing was encouraged during World War II
What is homemade clothing?
500
The year Mr. Warnke graduated from Lehigh University
What is 1983?
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