Social Studies
What is the AFL?
American Federation of Labor
Who killed Myrtle?
Daisy (Gatsby later took the blame for it)
Where is it illegal for a chicken to cross the road?
Georgia
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.
Who is the narrator?
Nick Carraway
Who was Al Capone?
A bootlegger who was later convicted of income tax evasion in 1931 (That’s the gist)
What was the color of the seats of Gatsby’s car?
Green
What is buying on a margin?
A practice in which investors bought stock with little money by borrowing against future profits
What was Gatsby’s real name?
James Gatz
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).
Why did Tom give Daisy a pearl necklace?
To show ownership
Who is a hater?
This was a freebie :)