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100
Nickname for Red Grange, a famous football hero of the 1920's.
Who is the Galloping Ghost?
100
Many famous writers of the 1920's, including the Lost Generation, were similar in these feelings or attitudes about America.
What is critical view of American culture?
100
The first women to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, in a record time of about 15 hours, from Newfoundland to Ireland.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
100
This comedian used physical humor during his silent movies. He was known as the "Little Tramp" and starred in The Kid and Gold Rush.
Who is Charlie Chaplin?
100
He became famous for flagpole sitting in the 1920's.
Who is Shipwreck Kelly?
200
One of the most successful golfers in the 1920's. Won the Grand Slam of Golf and co-designer of Augusta National.
Who is Bobby Jones?
200
Wounded in WWI, this writer criticized the glorification of war and introduced a style of writing based on "hard little sentences".
Who is Ernest Hemingway?
200
This writer's poems celebrated youth and a life of independence and freedom from traditional restraints. Wrote 'First Fig'. My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends- It gives a lovely light.
Who is Edna St. Vincent Millay?
200
Silent film star known as the "Sheik". A major sex symbol adored by many women.
Who is Rudolf Valentino?
200
Executive Secretary of the NAACP who fought for anti-lynching legislation.
Who is James Weldon Johnson?
300
During his 13-year tenure as head coach of the Fighting Irish, he collected 105 victories, 12 losses, five ties and six national championships. He also coached Notre Dame to five undefeated seasons without a tie. He died in a plane crash near Matfield Green, Kansas.
Who is Knute Rockne?
300
First American to win a Nobel Prize for literature, he took aim at the shallow, stifling existence of middle-class America in such novels as Main Street and Babbitt.
Who is Sinclair Lewis?
300
She was one of the most successful and influential women writers of her era and a member of the Algonquin Round Table. Wrote the poem, The Flapper.
Who is Dorothy Parker?
300
Known as the "Empress of the Blues," this singer was at one time the highest paid black artist in the world.
Who is Bessie Smith?
300
Composer who wrote "Rhapsody in Blue", the first Jazz work for a symphony.
Who is George Gershwin?
400
Hit a record 60 home runs for the Yankees in 1927.
Who is Babe Ruth?
400
In the 'Great Gatsby', this novelist portrayed wealthy people leading hopelessly empty lives.
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
400
Silent film star known as the girl with "It"
Who is Clara Bow?
400
Literary and artistic movement that celebrated African-American culture.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
400
Name of the airplane to make the first nonstop, solo flight across the Atlantic.
What is the Spirit of St. Louis?
500
He was an exceptional college football player, actor, singer, cultural scholar, author, and political activist who was a true "Renaissance Man" of the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920's.
Who is Paul Robeson?
500
She coined the phrase the Lost Generation and was an expatriate writer.
Who is Gertrude Stein?
500
Writer who portrayed the lives of poor, unschooled Southern African Americans. Wrote 'Their Eyes Were Watching God".
What is Zora Neal Hurston?
500
Famous artist whose work included New York cityscapes, flowers, skulls and bones.
Who is Georgia O'Keeffe?
500
Young woman of the 1920's who represented a change in society. She wore short skirts, dated casually, and often smoke and drank in public.
What is a Flapper?
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