Statistics for 1920s Decade Quiz

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Which ancient Egyptian pharaoh was dug up?	Tutankhamun	95%
Who became the first leader of the Soviet Union in 1922?	V. I. Lenin	94%
What fascist leader rose to power in Italy?	Benito Mussolini	91%
Who was Chicago's most notorious gangster?	Al Capone	89%
What miracle drug was discovered by Alexander Fleming?	Penicillin	89%
What is the nickname of the 1920s?	The {Roaring} Twenties	87%
What escape artist died after being punched in the stomach?	Harry Houdini	84%
Who wore a bowler hat, had a mustache, and often carried a cane?	Charlie Chaplin	77%
What type of movie declined after the release of "The Jazz Singer", starring Al Jolson?	Silent Movie	70%
What invention of 1928 was the greatest thing since ... ever?	Sliced Bread	68%
What was the name of F. Scott Fitzgerald's wife? (later, a video game princess)	Zelda	66%
What was the name of the German government during this period?	The {Weimar} Republic	65%
What trumpeter was known as "Satchmo"?	Louis Armstrong	64%
What intelligence-lowering device is John Logie Baird credited with inventing?	Television	63%
What group of women wore short skirts, had bobbed hair, drank booze, and listened to jazz?	Flappers	60%
What art movement was represented by Salvador Dalí and René Magritte?	{Surreal}ism	60%
Who flew the Spirit of St. Louis from New York to Paris?	Charles Lindbergh	56%
Who became the first President of Turkey?	Mustafa Kemal Atatürk	55%
Who wrote "Farewell to Arms" and "The Sun Also Rises"?	Ernest Hemingway	53%
Who composed "Rhapsody in Blue"?	George Gershwin	40%