Prominent Athletes/Teams
Race
Women
Scandals
Miscellaneous
100
Name 3 of the 5 most popular sports at the time
What is Boxing, golf, tennis, baseball, and college football
100
African basketball teams usually only played here
What are big cities
100
In 1924, the first Winter Olympics, this was the only female Winter Olympic Sport.
What is figure skating
100
What was the average salary of a baseball player?
What is $5,000
200
The most popular boxer in the twenties due to his aggressive fighting style and amazing punching power.
Who is Jack Dempsey
200
The first black boxer to win the world middleweight championship in 1926
Who was Tiger Flowers?
200
In 1924, what did Aileen Riggin accomplish that no female or male had done before?
She medaled in both Olympic swimming and diving competitions
200
Who was the main contributor of the Black Sox's money for the fix of the World Series?
Who is Arnold Rothstein
200
Some of the best baseball players at the time
Who is Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Lou Gehrig
300
He was traded from the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for cash. This trade turned out to be one of the worst ones in history because he went on to become one of the best players in the history of baseball.
Who is Babe Ruth
300
The original name of the Harlem Globetrotters
What is The Big Savoy Five in New York
300
In 1928, The Summer Olympic Games opened these 2 events to women.
What is Gymnastics and Track and Field
300
How many players were apart of the fix in the World Series.
Who was eight players
300
Name some of the 7 top college football teams at the time
What is Princeton, Yale, Illinois, Harvard, and Cornell, Cal, Texas
400
Number one tennis player in the world for 7 years during the 20s and 30s. He is considered the best tennis player of all time.
Who is Bill Tilden
400
The two African American Baseball leagues that were formed in the 1920's
What is the Negro National League and Eastern Colored League
400
This US woman won an international 3-mile swim in the New York Bay, won 3 medals at the Paris Olympics in 1924, and in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel.
Who is Gertrude Ederle
400
What Black Sox player was the prime factor of igniting the fix?
Who was Cuck Grandil
500
One of the best football players in history. He went on to play for the Bears
Who is Red Grange
500
This year is when the first Negro League World Series
What happened in 1924
500
This woman is known for being the first women to appear on Time Magazine and what sport was she premier in?
Who is Edith Cummings, played Golf.
500
What did Commisioner Landis place the eight players
What is In the ineligible list