He was regarded as the biggest celebrity of the 1920's. What did he accomplish?
What is Charles Lindbergh made the first transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
100
What was the most famous dance craze of the 1920's?
What is the Charleston
100
Name the most famous book of the Jazz Age and its author.
What is Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
100
The first cartoon featuring Mickey Mouse
What is Steamboat Willie
100
Who were three men that fought for civil rights during the Harlem Renaissance?
What is WEB DuBois, James Weldon Johnson and Marcus Garvey
200
Name three men that dedicated their lives to bringing bootleggers to justice.
What is 2-Gun Hart, Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith
200
Gertrude Ederle was the first woman to do this.
What is swim the English Channel
200
What themes did Edward Hopper and Georgia O'Keeffe paint?
What is Hopper-realistic life; O'Keeffe-landscapes
200
What caused the emergence of celebrities and stars.
What is rise in the literacy rate and the availability of more newspapers and magazines; most importantly the radio.
200
Define the Harlem Renaissance? Why did this movement begin?
What is an artistic and literary movement celebrating African American culture. It began because of the Great Migration.
300
List four labels or titles used to describe the 1920's.
What is Era of Wonderful Nonsense, Jazz Age, Roaring Twenties, Age of Prohibition, Golden Age
300
List three fads of the 1920's
What is flagpole sitting, mahjong, dance marathons, cross word puzzles
300
Four things Josephine Baker was known for in the 1920's
What is singer, dancer, actress, activist
300
Who was known as the most famous silent film star of the 1920's?
Who is Charlie Chaplin
300
Name George Gershwin's most famous piece.
What is Rhapsody in Blue
400
What was the Monkey trial about?
What is the debate of teaching evolution in schools. Fundamentalists (religious people who favored the teaching of creationism over science)
400
Which sports did the following men participate in: Babe Ruth, Bobby Jones, Jack Dempsey, Bill Tilden, Red Grange
What is Ruth- baseball; Jones-Golf; Dempsey-Boxing; Tilden-tennis; Grange-football
400
This famous writer wrote Farewell to Arms and The Sun Also Rises. This WWI veteran wrote a lot about war and bullfighting.
What is Ernest Hemingway
400
Three famous silent film stars of the 1920's.
What is Charlie Chaplin, Rudolph Valentino, William Powell, Louise Brooks
400
Name three songwriters of the Harlem Renaissance and one song for each.
What is Louis Armstrong- What a Wonderful World, Stardust; Duke Ellington-Cottontail; Bessie Smith- St. Louis Blues, Backwater Blues
500
Name the Prohibition Amendment to the constitution and the amendment that repealed Prohibition. What was Prohibition?
What is 18th and 21st; The banning of alcohol in the US
500
List three fashions and one hairstyle for both men and women
What is men- Zootsuits, patent leather hair and Oxford Bags
women- flesh colored stockings, short loose wais-less dresses, pumps, close fitting felt caps, darker makeup, the bob
500
Name two Harlem Renaissance writers and their books.
What is Zora Neale Hurston- Their Eyes Were Watching God; Langston Hughes- When The Negro Was in Vogue
500
This was the first movie with sound in 1927.
What is Jazz Singer
500
Describe the Great Migration, how many people relocated and three problems it caused.
What is movement of 1.5 million African Americans from the south to the north in search of jobs and escape from Jim Crow south; over crowding, unemployment and racism due to competition