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Answer
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Who became the first leader of the Soviet Union in 1922?
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V. I. Lenin
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Which ancient Egyptian pharaoh was dug up?
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Tutankhamun
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What miracle drug was discovered by Alexander Fleming?
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Penicillin
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What intelligence-lowering device is John Logie Baird credited with inventing?
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Television
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Who was Chicago's most notorious gangster?
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Al Capone
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Who flew the Spirit of St. Louis from New York to Paris?
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Charles Lindbergh
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What art movement was represented by Salvador Dalí and René Magritte?
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Surrealism
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What was the name of F. Scott Fitzgerald's wife? (later, a video game princess)
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Zelda
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What group of women wore short skirts, had bobbed hair, drank booze, and listened to jazz?
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Flappers
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What escape artist died after being punched in the stomach?
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Harry Houdini
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What trumpeter was known as "Satchmo"?
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Louis Armstrong
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What invention of 1928 was the greatest thing since ... ever?
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Sliced Bread
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Who wore a bowler hat, had a mustache, and often carried a cane?
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Charlie Chaplin
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What is the nickname of the 1920s?
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The Roaring Twenties
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Who wrote "Farewell to Arms" and "The Sun Also Rises"?
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Ernest Hemingway
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What fascist leader rose to power in Italy?
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Benito Mussolini
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What type of movie declined after the release of "The Jazz Singer", starring Al Jolson?
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Silent Movie
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Who composed "Rhapsody in Blue"?
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George Gershwin
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What was the name of the German government during this period?
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The Weimar Republic
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Who became the first President of Turkey?
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
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Mr Peanut?
Besides, I can find a reference to slices of bread in the Household Encyclopedia from 1858. So surely sliced bread cannot have been invented in 1928?
Thought the question on Mrs. Fitzgerald was oddly worded however. Did she morph into a video game princess, or was always of royal blood? ;)
Love these "Decade" quizzes.