A to Z by Decade: 1920s - Statistics

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Letter Clue Answer % Correct
C Aviator who completed the first non-stop flight from New York to Paris in 1927 Charles Lindbergh
100%
E Island in New York which was the primary immigration station for European migrants Ellis Island
100%
G Country which was known as the Weimar Republic Germany
100%
J Expressive music style popular in the 1920s Jazz
100%
O Prominent empire which dissolved in 1922 after several centuries Ottoman Empire
100%
P Antibiotic drug first discovered by Alexander Flemming in 1928 Penicillin
100%
V First leader of the Soviet Union Vladimir Lenin
100%
Y New name of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, which was adopted in 1929 Yugoslavia
100%
A Substance banned in the United States by the 18th amendment Alcohol
92%
W Group granted the right to vote in the US from the 19th amendment Women
92%
L Precursor to the United Nations founded in 1920 League of Nations
83%
S This crashed in October of 1929, leading to the Great Depression Stock market
83%
M Form of entertainment which was enhanced by the addition of sound Movie
75%
Q Hygenic swab invented by Leo Gerstenzang in 1923 Q-tip
75%
U Major world power which refused to join L United States of America
75%
X Nationalistic and anti-immigrant rhetoric which led to I, translating to “fear of outsiders” Xenophobia
75%
N 1922 silent German horror film which served as an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula Nosferatu
67%
F Term for a rebellious, liberated woman in the 20s, many of whom wore short dresses and bobbed hair, and defied traditional social and sexual norms Flapper
58%
K Egyptian pharaoh whose tomb was discovered in 1922 King Tutankhamun
58%
R Term for 1920s stemming from the economic boom and lifestyle of excess and gaudiness Roaring Twenties
58%
B Term for smuggling of the above frequent during the Prohibition Bootlegging
50%
H Explosion of black artistic, social, and cultural expression centered in 1920s New York Harlem Renaissance
42%
Z Socialite and wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald, who was perhaps the most prominent example of F Zelda Fitzgerald
42%
T Massive political corruption scandal in the United States involving the Harding administration Teapot Dome Scandal
25%
I 1924 US law passed which limited the number of immigrants based on national origin quotas Immigration Act
17%
D Pianist and composer who helped revolutionize swing music Duke Ellington
8%
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