1930s quiz 2
The answers to the clues given below all relate to events or people from the period 1930-1939. How many can you answer correctly? One guess per clue. 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 disappeared over the Pacific in 1937?
2. What period of U.S. history ended with the ratification of the 21st amendment?
3. Who starred as Rhett Butler in "Gone With the Wind"?
4. What character from "The Wizard of Oz" lacked a brain?
5. In 1938 the radio adaptation of what novel caused panic in the USA when it was broadcast?
6. Who famously said “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”?
7. What child actress was featured doing a staircase tap dance in the film The Little Colonel (1935) ?
8. What instrument was played by bandleaders Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw?
9. Who starred in the film “Way out West” in 1937?
10. Which chocolate biscuit bars were first introduced in Britain in 1932?
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 disappeared over the Pacific in 1937?
2. What period of U.S. history ended with the ratification of the 21st amendment?
3. Who starred as Rhett Butler in "Gone With the Wind"?
4. What character from "The Wizard of Oz" lacked a brain?
5. In 1938 the radio adaptation of what novel caused panic in the USA when it was broadcast?
6. Who famously said “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”?
7. What child actress was featured doing a staircase tap dance in the film The Little Colonel (1935) ?
8. What instrument was played by bandleaders Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw?
9. Who starred in the film “Way out West” in 1937?
10. Which chocolate biscuit bars were first introduced in Britain in 1932?
