Name of 1920s women who wore short dresses and liked fast cars
What are flappers
100
Cause of Fitzgerald's death in 1940
What is massive heart attack.
100
"Tom's got some woman in New York."
Who is Jordan Baker
100
How does Tom suspect that Gatsby has been making his money?
What is bootlegging
100
Which character believes you can relive the past?
What is Nick Carroway.
200
Name one other popular writer of American Literature during the 1920s.
What is Hemingway, O'Neil, Faulkner, Eliot, Steinbeck.
200
1920 novel that made Fitzgerald money and gained him fame
What is This Side of Paradise
200
"Have you read The Rise of the Coloured Empires by that mann Goddard?"
Who is Tom Buchanan
200
List at least THREE shady rumors we hear about Gatsby's past from people OTHER THAN Gatsby.
What is:
- He is nephew of Von Hindenburg
- Cousin to the devil
- Killed a man once
- Related to Keiser Wilhelm
200
What is Daisy's maiden name?
What is Faye.
300
Name at least TWO advancements in technology that developed during the 1920s.
What is technicolor, roads, Model T Ford, the radio, talkie movies.
300
How Fitzgerald's wife died
What is in a fire at her NC sanitarium
300
"You'd have thought i'd had my appendicitus out!"
Who is Myrtle Wilson
300
A. Name TWO jobs that James Gatz had before he met Dan Cody and assumed his new identity.
B. How much money was Gatz supposed to inherit from Dan Cody?
A. What is salmon fisherman, clam digger, janitor.
B. $25,000
300
A. What year was it when a young Daisy met Gatsby for the first time?
B. What city and state were they in when it happened?
What is :
A. 1917
B. Louisville, KY
400
The name of the act AND the number amendment that banned the sale and transportation of alcohol during the 1920s.
What is The Volstead Act (18th Amendment)
400
The FULL NAME of the woman who Fitzgerald met while in the military and who he would later marry.
What is Zelda Sayre
400
"You have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock."
Who is Jay Gatsby
400
What two business does Gatsby tell Nick that he has been involved with in the past?
What is drug stores and oil.
400
What does Nick mean when he says that after meeting Daisy, "Gatsby's count of enchanted objects had diminished by one."
What is that the green light was no longer enchanted, but just another green light on a dock.
500
Specific day (month, day and year) that the Stock Market crashed ending the prosperity enjoyed during the 1920s.
What is October 29th, 1929.
500
Daughter born to Fitzgerald and his wife in 1921,
What is Frances Scott Key Fitzgerald (Scottie)
500
"When are you gonna sell me that car?"
Who is George Wilson
500
Name THREE thngs that Gatsby uses as 'evidence' of his claims about his past.
What is the medal from the war, the photo of Dan Cody, the photo from Oxford
500
A. What was Daisy clutching in her hand on the day she was to marry Tom?
B. Why did she go through with the marriage to Tom if she was still in love with Gatsby?
What is :
A. A letter from Gatsby
B. Expectations from her family and fear of the unknown as to when Gatsby would return.