greatreporter.com, October 8th, 2007
The film industry was changed forever when the first ‘talkie’ was released in 1927. What was it called?
The General
Question 2 of 10:It was in the 1920s that
Al
Capone
rose to power and notoriety. By what nickname was he popularly known?
Which 1920s
US
president was notorious for the widespread corruption that riddled his administration?
Herbert
Hoover
Question 4 of 10:Which Jazz Age actress was nicknamed ‘the it girl’ and scandalised
America
with her wild lifestyle?
Clara
Bow
Question 5 of 10:What name was given to the flourishing period of art and music among African Americans in the 1920s?
The Bronx Enlightenment
Question 6 of 10:Which hugely popular singer of the era was dubbed ‘the Empress of the Blues’ and remains an icon to this day?
Ella
Fitzgerald
Question 7 of 10:Which movie star of the 1920s was catapulted to worldwide fame after starring in ‘The Sheik’?
Buster
Keaton
Question 8 of 10:Which legendary American aviator made the first solo trans-Atlantic flight in 1927?
Charles Kingsford
Smith
Question 9 of 10:The greatest chronicler of the Jazz Age was
F Scott
Fitzgerald
. But which of these novels did he NOT write?
The Last Tycoon
Question 10 of 10:What name was given to the famous group of
US
writers who chose to live and work in
Paris
during the 1920s?
The Existentialists
