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The Roaring 20's
100
What famous magician and escape artist died in 1926?
Harry Houdini
100
How many countries competed in the first ever Winter Olympics in 1924?
16 countries
100
The Edmonton Grads were a legendary women's sports team that dominated globally from 1915 to 1940. What sport did they play?
Basketball
100
What children’s book, featuring a lovable bear, was first published in 1926?
Winnie the Pooh
100
What was the name given to the illegal sale of alcohol from Canada to the U.S during Prohibition?
Bootlegging
200
Who was the Prime Minister of Canada in 1926?
William Lyon Mackenzie King
200
Babe Ruth played for the New York Yankees from 1920 - 1934. What team did he leave in 1920 to join NY?
Boston Red Sox
200
Which Canadian hockey team won the Stanley Cup in 1926?
Montreal Maroons
200
Which historic cartoon character was introduced in a 1928 short film called "Steamboat Willie"?
Mickey Mouse
200
What popular dance craze was sweeping across North America during the Roaring Twenties?
The Charleston
300
Elton John wrote a song about which famous blonde actress, who was born in 1926?
Marilyn Monroe (Candle in the Wind)
300
What was the mass fear of communism and radicalism in the 1920s called?
The Red Scare
300
In 1926, American swimmer Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim across the English Channel. How old was she?
19 years old
300
This is what Time magazine looked like before 1926. What iconic feature did they add to the cover in this year that is still used today?
The red border
300
What happened on Black Tuesday?
The stock market crashed
400
Frances Ethel Gumm is the real name of what iconic actress / singer, born in 1922?
Judy Garland
400
In 1927, what famous aviator, nicknamed the Lone Eagle, made the first solo non-stop plane trip across the Atlantic?
Charles Lindbergh
400
Which world-famous exhibition basketball team from Chicago was established in 1926?
The Harlem Globetrotters
400
What popular American writer published the novel The Sun Also Rises one year earlier (1925)?
Ernest Hemingway
400
What is another phrase used to describe the Roaring Twenties, which refers to a popular type of music in this era?
The Jazz Age
500
Which famous fashion designer, who was already a major name during this era, founded her fashion house in Paris in 1926?
Coco Chanel
500
What new invention, still widely used today, did John Logie Baird demonstrate in 1926?
Television
500
What baseball team won the 1926 World Series?
St. Louis Cardinals
500
Which famous novel did F. Scott Fitzgerald publish in 1924 about a billionaires obsessive love, eventually becoming a film featuring Leonardo DiCaprio?
The Great Gatsby
500
What was American gangster Al Capone's most popular nickname, which eventually became a classic film featuring Al Pacino?
Scarface