1920s quiz
The answers to the clues given below all relate to events or people from the 1920s. How many can you answer correctly? One guess per clue. You have to get the answer I was looking for in the event that there may be other valid answers. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.
REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to 5am tomorrow. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top entries.
1. Who became the first leader of the Soviet Union in 1922?
2. The seal to whose tomb was broken on 17 February 1923 ?
3. What miracle drug was discovered in 1928?
4. The first live working system of what was achieved on 26 January 1926
5. Who was Chicago's most notorious gangster?
6. Who flew the Spirit of St. Louis from New York to Paris?
7. What art movement was represented by Salvador Dalí and René Magritte?
8. Who wrote The Great Gatsby in 1925
9. Name given to fashionable young women intent on enjoying themselves and flouting conventional standards of behaviour
10. Who died on 31 October 1926 after being punched in the stomach?
REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to 5am tomorrow. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top entries.
1. Who became the first leader of the Soviet Union in 1922?
2. The seal to whose tomb was broken on 17 February 1923 ?
3. What miracle drug was discovered in 1928?
4. The first live working system of what was achieved on 26 January 1926
5. Who was Chicago's most notorious gangster?
6. Who flew the Spirit of St. Louis from New York to Paris?
7. What art movement was represented by Salvador Dalí and René Magritte?
8. Who wrote The Great Gatsby in 1925
9. Name given to fashionable young women intent on enjoying themselves and flouting conventional standards of behaviour
10. Who died on 31 October 1926 after being punched in the stomach?
