Play The Roaring Twenties Trivia Online

1. 01Which constitutional amendment launched Prohibition by banning the manufacture and sale of alcohol in the United States?
2. 02What name was given to the hidden, illegal bars where Americans drank during Prohibition?
3. 03Which gangster built a bootlegging empire in Chicago during Prohibition?
4. 04What nickname described the fashionable young women of the 1920s known for bobbed hair, short dresses, and a taste for jazz?
5. 05Who wrote the 1925 novel The Great Gatsby?
6. 06Which aviator made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic in a plane called the Spirit of St. Louis?
7. 07Which energetic dance, all kicking heels and swinging arms, became the signature craze of the Jazz Age?
8. 08Mickey Mouse became a star in which 1928 animated short, famous for its synchronized sound?
9. 09Slugger Babe Ruth smashed home run records in the 1920s while playing for which team?
10. 10The 19th Amendment, ratified in 1920, guaranteed American women which right?
11. 11Which British archaeologist opened Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings?
12. 12Which 1927 film is celebrated as the first feature-length talkie?
13. 13Which scientist discovered penicillin in 1928 after mold contaminated his petri dishes?
14. 14Duke Ellington led the house band at which famous Harlem nightclub?
15. 15Which trumpeter, nicknamed Satchmo, became jazz's breakout star with his Hot Five recordings?
16. 16Which designer made the little black dress a fashion essential in the 1920s?
17. 17Silent film legend Charlie Chaplin was beloved worldwide for playing which character?
18. 18Agatha Christie introduced which detective in her 1920 debut, The Mysterious Affair at Styles?

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