Social Studies
The Great Gatsby
Jokes and Random Facts (Pretty much freebies)
100

What is the AFL?

American Federation of Labor

100

Who killed Myrtle?

Daisy (Gatsby later took the blame for it)

100

Where is it illegal for a chicken to cross the road?

Georgia

200

What is a bootlegger? (I swear if you get this wrong)

A term to describe people who produced, smuggled, transported, and/or sold alcohol during Prohibition.

200

Who is the narrator?

Nick Carraway

300

Who was Al Capone?

A bootlegger who was later convicted of income tax evasion in 1931 (That’s the gist)

300

What was the color of the seats of Gatsby’s car?

Green

400

What is buying on a margin?

A practice in which investors bought stock with little money by borrowing against future profits

400

What was Gatsby’s real name?

James Gatz

500

What was companionate marriage?

A solution to rising divorce rates in the 1920s that proposed that couples do a preliminary premarital partnership to ensure compatibility before committing to legal marriage. (I don’t expect anyone to get this one, props to you if you do).

500

Why did Tom give Daisy a pearl necklace?

To show ownership

500

Who is a hater?

Anyone

This was a freebie :)

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