Showing posts with label 1930s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1930s. Show all posts

7/19/11

Popularity Contest



What classic movie has the record for the most tickets sold?
(hint: Avatar has the highest Box Office Take, but sold considerably fewer tickets than the answer)

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What amendment repealed Prohibition?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.

5/19/11

Cruisin for a BREWsin



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

5/18/11

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)

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?

12/20/10

Olive, the Other Reindeer



"Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" was created as a holiday promotion for what department store chain?

9/30/10

Pie in the Sky


What kind of pie was supposedly invented in the 1930s by the wife of a Karo® Corn Syrup Executive?