Style and Culture
This is the style of haircut favored by flappers.
What is a bob?
These federal agents, pulled together by Elliot Ness to combat Al Capone, were considered incorruptible.
Who are the Untouchables?
This was the name of the law that provided for enforcement of Prohibition. It was approved by Congress over the veto of Woodrow Wilson.
What is the Volstead Act?
This is a term for imbibing a little alcohol to cure a hangover.
What is "hair of the dog?"
This beloved bear, whose name makes Dave giggle, debuted in 1926.
Who is Winnie-the-Pooh?
This term for the 1920s refers to a prominent style of music.
What is the "Jazz Age?"
Seven gang members were killed in this incident in Chicago on Feb. 14, 1929.
What is the Valentine's Day Massacre?
This amendment to the U.S. Constitution ended Prohibition in 1933.
What is the 21st Amendment?
This word, referring to equipment used in law enforcement, was used to describe a wedding band or engagement ring.
What is a "handcuff?"
Comedian Steve Martin wrote a song about this long-ago monarch, whose tomb was opened in 1922.
What was King Tut?
This animated film, released in 1928, is the first starring Mickey Mouse.
What is "Steamboat Willie?"
This was a code of silence that prevented members of the Mafia from giving evidence of criminal activity committed by other members.
What is Omerta?
This was the word that first appeared in a famous sign erected in 1923 to advertise the name of a new housing development in the hills above Los Angeles. Today, the sign is four letters shorter.
What is Hollywoodland?
This term for illegal liquor refers to its supposed creation during the night.
What is "moonshine?"
In one of the bigger d'oh moments in U.S. history, this group of Americans gained the right to vote in 1920.
Who are women?
This neighborhood in a Midwestern town was the location of the first cocktail party in the United States in 1917.
What is the Central West End?
J. Edgar Hoover described her as "the most vicious, dangerous, and resourceful criminal brain of the last decade."
Who is Ma Barker?
This famous trial in 1925 concerned teaching evolution in schools.
What is the Scopes Monkey Trial?
This slang term was used to describe a chaperone whose unwelcome intervention would cool things down.
What is "fire extinguisher?"
This slang term referencing a mythological figure, was used to identify an elderly man, that is, one over 30.
What is "Father Time?"
This famous 1925 novel, adapted as a movie multiple times, became an enduring symbol of the excesses of the 1920s.
What is "The Great Gatsby?"
Al Capone was once held in a state hospital in this small Illinois town. The hospital neighbors Mary Beth's first home.
What is Anna?
This inventor developed a process for freezing food for later sale. A frozen food company bears his name.
What was Clarence Birdseye?
If you have a lot of this bitter leafy green vegetable, it means you're rich.
What is kale?
A careless lab worker returned from vacation in 1928 to discover he's contaminated an experiment. The mistake led to the discovery of this antibiotic.