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Sports
Literature
Movie Industry
Crime
Miscellaneous
100
What sport does Babe Ruth play?
Baseball
100
What was the name of the book that described a farming family in the Midwest dealing with the struggles of the Dust Bowl?
Grapes of Wrath
100
Frankenstein is what color?
Green
100
Fill in the blank: Bonnie and _______.
Clyde
100
What instrument did Louis Armstrong play?
The trumpet
200
Where was the horse race between War Admiral and Seabiscuit?
Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland
200
Which book was turned into a movie and was, and still is, considered as the longest, most expensive, and successful movie ever made?
Gone with the Wind
200
What movie is about a gorilla who steals a woman?
King Kong
200
What was John Dillinger notorious for?
Robbing banks
200
Who was "The King of Delta Blues"?
Robert Johnson
300
In what game of the 1932 World Series did Babe Ruth make his famous "Called Shot"?
Game 3
300
What medal did The Hobbit win and for what category?
The Carnegie Medal for best juvenile fiction
300
What movie did this quote come from? "Follow the yellow brick road!"
The Wizard of Oz
300
Al Capone was finally arrested in 1931, but not for smuggling and selling illegal alcohol. What charge was he arrested for?
Income tax evasion
300
Which prominent jazz pianist played at the Grand Terrace Cafe?
Earl Hines
400
How long did the 1938 boxing rematch between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling take and who won? A) 4:34; Louis B) 2:04; Louis C) 3:09; Schmeling D) 5:56; Louis
B) 2:04; Louis
400
John Steinbeck's novels during the 1930s were meant to do what?
They were meant to heal the pain people had suffered from the Great Depression and Dust Bowl by helping them understand one another's lives
400
The Bride of Frankenstein was the sequel to the original Frankenstein movie. But who actually wrote the book Frankenstein?
Mary Shelley
400
Fill in the blank: Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd was known as the "____________ of Cooksoon Hills" for destroying mortgage papers at many of the banks he robbed, thus liberating many people in debt. A) Savior B) Peter Pan C) Robber D) Robin Hood
D) Robin Hood
400
When she was 17, she made her first performance at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York. She would later win 13 Grammys. Who was this person? A) Shirley Caesar B) Bessie Smith C) Ella Fitzgerald D) Arethra Franklin
C) Ella Fitzgerald
500
How many gold medals did the top 3 medalists of the 1932 Summer Olympics win? A) 6 B) 7 C) 8 D) 9
C) 8
500
How long was the book Gone with the Wind and how much did it sell for? A) 513; $4.98 B) 1,037; $3.00 C) 678; $5.28 D) 198; $23.78
B) 1,037; $3.00
500
What are the names of the seven dwarfs in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?
Doc, Grumpy, Sneezy, Sleepy, Bashful, Dopey, Happy.
500
Fill in the blank: John Dillinger had ____________ to hide his identity.
Plastic surgery
500
Fill in the blanks: The Broadway show Three's A Crowd became the first Broadway play of the 20th century to eliminate ___________, replacing them with _________ suspended from the balcony. A) footlights, floodlights B) floodlights, footlights C) streetlights, searchlights D) searchlights, streetlights
A) footlights, floodlights