Top 3 Movies
The Golden Era of Hollywood
Big Bands
Other Music Styles
Misc.
100
True or False: Snow White was translated into ten languages.
True
100
Name two of the four popular genres of the time period.
Drama, Horror, Western, Comedy
100
Big bands are a form of what type of music?
jazz
100
What infulenced boogie-woogie, gospel, and swing?
blues
100
What introduced Americans to more types of music?
Radios and Jukeboxes
200
What was the number one movie of this decade?
Gone With the Wind
200
Name three popular actors or actresses of the 1930's.
Marlene Dietrich, Shirley Temple, Mickey Roony, Clark Gable, Katherine Hepburn
200
True or False: Big bands played only fast music.
False.
200
Where was the center of Western music?
Texas
200
What ended the Jazz Age?
stock market crash in 1929
300
Which of the top three won the most Academy Awards?
Gone With the Wind
300
What were lower cost movies that usually weren't very good?
"B" movies
300
Name three of the seven instruments most commonly found in big bands.
trumpet, saxophone, trombone, piano, bass, drums, guitar
300
What music style was dominate in urban areas?
blues
300
Name all Seven Dwarfs from Snow White. DAILY DOUBLE!
Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Bashful, Sleepy, Sneezy, and Dopey
400
How many Academy Awards did The Wizard of Oz win?
two
400
What types usually won Academy Awards?
Technicolor "A" Movies
400
What ended the big band era?
the rise of rock and roll in the 50's
400
The Western singer Gene Autry was nicknamed what?
The Singing Cowboy
400
Who was the first African-American to win an Oscar?
Hattie McDaniel
500
Who directed both The Wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind?
Victor Fleming
500
What didn't suffer during The Great Depression?
The Movie Industry
500
Who was the King of Swing?
Benny Goodman
500
What type of music became popular through artists such as The Carter Family and The Smokey Mountain Boys?
hillbilly music
500
Name all of the musicians that performed Sing, Sing, Sing today. DAILY DOUBLE!
Sterling, Rachel, Maury, Ellen, Noah, Kayla, Colleen, Chris
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