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1930s Decade Quiz

Do you have what it takes to guess these facts about the 1930s?
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First submittedFebruary 17, 2015
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Economic downturn that lasted through most of the decade
The Great Depression
Country invaded by Germany (and the Soviet Union) which is often considered to
be the start of WWII
Poland
Artist who painted "Guernica"
Pablo Picasso
Country whose civil war was called a "dress rehearsal" for WWII
Spain
Baseball player who was diagnosed with ALS disease
Lou Gehrig
Country that invaded Ethiopia
Italy
New York skyscraper that became the world's tallest building in 1931
Empire State Building
Style of design exemplified by the above
Art Deco
Book by John Steinbeck about poor Okies looking for work in California
The Grapes of Wrath
Communist who led his forces on the "Long March"
Mao Zedong
Pilot who disappeared over the Pacific in 1937
Amelia Earhart
Period of of U.S. history that ended with the ratification of the 21st amendment
Prohibition
Actor who starred as Rhett Butler in "Gone With the Wind"
Clark Gable
Character from "The Wizard of Oz" who lacked a brain
Scarecrow
Dance partner of Ginger Rogers
Fred Astaire
Fill in the blank: "the only thing we have to fear is ____ ______"
Fear Itself
Musical instrument played by bandleaders Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw
Clarinet
Child actress who delighted audiences in "Curly Top" and "Heidi"
Shirley Temple
Stan Laurel's comedic partner
Oliver Hardy
Notable British person who married American divorcée Wallis Simpson
Edward, Duke of Windsor
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45 Comments
cpgatbyu
+5
Level 85
Feb 20, 2015
The only thing we have to fear is Grizzly Bears!
DonTheLamplighter
+6
Level 85
Oct 2, 2016
Clearly, you've never met my mother-in-law.
divantilya
+1
Level 36
Nov 30, 2017
What ^ Said!
Sifhraven
+1
Level 71
Mar 11, 2020
you know his mother-in-law?
JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Nov 29, 2021
What have you against your mother-in-law?
AntiMatter8192
+1
Level 68
Nov 19, 2022
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother-in-law_joke
BlackLab
+1
Level 65
Nov 12, 2017
'Brown' Grizzly Bears
tschutzer
+6
Level 91
Apr 1, 2015
Edward was not a king when he married Wallis Simpson - he was Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor. He had to abdicate the throne to marry her.
TheWombat
+4
Level 73
Apr 9, 2015
He was the King. If he wasn't already King he wouldn't have had to, or have been able to, abdicate.
BlueDragon
+4
Level 54
Nov 13, 2017
He wasn't King at the time of the marriage, he had already abdicated. He became the King on 20th Jan 1936 and abdicated on 10th Dec 1936. He married Simpson on 3rd Jun 1937
ADeljaj
+13
Level 68
Jun 22, 2015
omg who cares...you people pick at every little contrivance just to show that you know some random tidbit that most people on here already know
divantilya
+4
Level 36
Nov 30, 2017
Accuracy is important. Remember, school-aged children may be taking these quizzes and relying on their accuracy for the answers on their exams.
Zsoia
+1
Level 19
Jul 5, 2022
Accuracy is very important here. This is not a historical fictioon. This is a quizz.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Jan 3, 2020
The nitpick has been addressed.
comjag
+2
Level 90
Jul 2, 2022
No rush.
LarryLovage
+1
Level 55
Jun 20, 2015
After he abdicated, even though Edward VIII wasn't the King any more, everybody continued to address him as "Mr. King".
JB24
+3
Level 65
May 26, 2020
That's not the name he was commonly known as in Britain
jmellor13
+2
Level 67
Jul 2, 2022
I believe he was most commonly referred to as "Fast Eddie."
Ian1979
+2
Level 71
Jun 26, 2015
I really enjoyed this quiz, thanks
BobSaget
+10
Level 78
Nov 12, 2017
Too 1930s-centric.
Jacktheguy
+1
Level 90
Nov 12, 2017
Too general-knowledge-centric.
kenpo17
+1
Level 66
Nov 13, 2017
Too trivia-centric.
Sifhraven
+3
Level 71
Mar 11, 2020
too word centric, why not drawn answers
BlackLab
+3
Level 65
Nov 12, 2017
Is it because of the Great War and the Great Depression that they had the Greatest Generation? Is there another kind of Depression?
kalbahamut
+5
Level 82
Nov 13, 2017
I always thought it was because they invented Frosted Flakes.
Tinu
+1
Level 41
Nov 13, 2017
Is the Wonderful Wizard of Oz in any way typical for the 1930s? Wikipedia tells me it was first published in 1900.
Freestatebear
+10
Level 85
Nov 13, 2017
The movie, which is much more widely known, was released in august 1939.
mpmusic
+1
Level 57
Nov 17, 2017
I got them all right (I'm old) but my results show lots of my responses as being only 50% correct. What's up with that? Did I not capitalize when typing? Did I hesitate? How can one person only get a one-word answer 50% correct?
Djilas
+4
Level 83
Dec 18, 2017
The right column shows your all-time average (since last reset). 50% means that you got the answer right this time but you had taken the quiz once before and missed it. (or missed twice and got it right once etc)
0978
+1
Level 29
Feb 26, 2019
Its Of Mice and Men not Grapes of Wrath
Hectorselector
+3
Level 60
Dec 12, 2022
I think you're confusing Of Grapes and Wrath with Mice of Men.
DomRepper27
+3
Level 38
Mar 14, 2019
Typed in Zedong three times, didn't work. Any way this could be accepted?
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Jan 3, 2020
Sorry, that would be like accepting "Lou" for "Lou Gehrig".
Jacktheguy
+4
Level 90
Jun 18, 2020
Or "Elvis" for "Elvis Presley."
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Sep 5, 2024
Zedong is just wrong.

His family name was Mao and, unlike Elvis, he was not known by his given name.

kalbahamut
+2
Level 82
Jun 20, 2020
Because Lou Gehrig is so often written Gehrig Lou.
NV1
+1
Level 51
Jun 20, 2020
Only 50% guessed Edward VIII?
dogmeat
+1
Level 68
Jun 21, 2020
I had a mental blank with Clark Gable. Could see him, hear him, knew his name started with a G and had 2 minutes with only that to get. Still missed out.
JM00
+4
Level 57
Oct 10, 2020
This quiz is too much America-centred. Not even a mention of how nazis rose to power...
elcampeador
+1
Level 78
Jul 6, 2022
This quiz is about the 1930s in general, including politics and culture. If you want one centered on the Nazis or centered on Hitler or centered on WWII, there are plenty of quizzes, on JetPunk or elsewhere.
SpartanLlama
+2
Level 68
Feb 27, 2022
Wow I feel a bit bad because I play clarinet and missed it
aetherel
+1
Level 45
Jul 2, 2022
Got the history questions easily, gave up on the pop culture questions. I do think history is probably more valuable.
Weatherball
+1
Level 44
Jul 3, 2022
Nice quiz, but, what's a Jetpunk quiz without some know-it-all a**hole picking nits in the comments? Allow me.

Mao's leadership of the Chinese Communist Party wasn't settled until the Zunyi conference, halfway through the Long March. Before that, a number of others, especially Zhou Enlai had more control than Mao.

yppiL
+1
Level 28
Jul 15, 2022
I know it asks for the country and not the war's name but seriously, 'Spanish Civil War' should be allowed lol, I was so confused, trying Russia and even Finland.
GlassMonkeyCode
+1
Level 68
Aug 14, 2023
Same! I almost didn't get it because I started with 'Spanish' and proceeded to ponder whether the Chinese civil war might be the answer.
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