5/27/11

Bottoms Up!



What amendment repealed Prohibition?

5/26/11

Speaking of Easy...



There are roughly 3,000 drinking establishments* in NYC today. How many speakeasies did New York have during prohibition?


(* drinking establishments = restaurants, bars, and nightclubs)


True or False: It was against the law to drink alcohol during prohibition.

5/23/11

So It Wasn't All Bad



During prohibition, it was LEGAL to make up to 200 gallons of what type of alcoholic liquid for home use?

5/19/11

Cruisin for a BREWsin



During prohibition, "Cruises to Nowhere" referred to what?

5/18/11

Truly a Jury of His Peers.



One bootlegger, on trial during prohibition, was acquitted because the jury did what?
(note: it was not a hung jury, nor a jury that found him innocent)

The Noble What?

Some beer is brewed with noble hops, but some people called prohibition "The Noble..." what?


(hint, they were trying something they had never tried before)

Criminalcoholic



At the start of prohibition, some towns were so convinced that Alcohol was the cause of most crime that they sold all of their...whats?
(hint, it has to do with crime)

5/10/11

It Wasn't Me, It Was The Beer. I Swear!



The name of what type of beer container comes from the sounds emitted by escaping Carbon Dioxide?
(note: applies to earlier models, newer ones don't make the sound)

5/9/11

What Does America Need Now?

What president famously quipped after the repeal of Prohibition "What America needs now is a drink"?
(btw, I know the ? should be inside the quotes, but the quote wasn't a question, it was a statement, so I left it outside. Grammarians can sue me if they want.)

5/4/11

Merryland



What was unique about the state of Maryland during Prohibition?

Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time.



What amendment to the U.S. Constitution (ratified on 1/16/1919) effectively started Prohibition (the banning of alcohol)?

5/3/11

Mess Of What, Now?

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"Mesopotamia" is a Greek toponym meaning "[the land] between the rivers." What 2 rivers form the borders for this region?