By Mark Dorosin
This week’s category: The ’20s
1. In 1927, the first “talkie†was released. What was it?
2. In 1926, Hemingway published his first novel, which began with this line: “Robert Cohn was once middleweight boxing champion at Princeton. Do not think I am much impressed by this boxing title, but it meant a lot to Cohn.†What is the book’s title?
3. In 1920, the Constitution was amended to give women the right to vote. Which amendment granted women’s suffrage?
4. In 1929, what American astronomer provided the research basis for the now widely accepted concept of the expanding universe?
5. In 1922, British archeologist Howard Carter made what landmark discovery?
6. Name the three presidents who were elected during the 1920s.
7. In 1923, under presidential pressure, what major American corporation instituted the 8-hour day, setting a precedent for the economy?
8. The Society for Human Rights is founded in 1924 in Chicago, becoming the first U.S. organization to promote what cause?
9. The first volume of Hitler’s Mein Kampf is published in 1925. The book was written while Hitler was in prison. Why had he been imprisoned?
10. According to Dorothy Parker, grand dame of the Algonquin Round Table, “brevity is the soul of†what?
Carrboro resident Mark Dorosin is the quizmaster each Wednesday at Trivia Night at The Station.
TRIVIA ANSWERS: 1. The Jazz Singer; 2. The Sun Also Rises; 3. 19th; 4. Edwin Hubble; 5. King Tut’s tomb; 6. Harding, Coolidge, Hoover; 7. U..S Steel; 8. gay rights; 9. attempted putsch to overthrow government 10. lingerie
