Statistics for 1930s Decade Quiz

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Country invaded by Germany (and the Soviet Union) which is often considered to be the start of WWII	Poland	97%
New York skyscraper that became the world's tallest building in 1931	Empire State Building	92%
Economic downturn that lasted through most of the decade	The Great Depression	91%
Fill in the blank: "the only thing we have to fear is ____ ______"	Fear Itself	82%
Pilot who disappeared over the Pacific in 1937	Amelia Earhart	80%
Character from "The Wizard of Oz" who lacked a brain	Scarecrow	76%
Style of design exemplified by the above	Art {Deco}	75%
Country that invaded Ethiopia	Italy	73%
Country whose civil war was called a "dress rehearsal" for WWII	Spain	72%
Artist who painted "Guernica"	Pablo Picasso	71%
Communist who led his forces on the "Long March"	Mao Zedong	66%
Period of of U.S. history that ended with the ratification of the 21st amendment	Prohibition	62%
Stan Laurel's comedic partner	Oliver Hardy	59%
Child actress who delighted audiences in "Curly Top" and "Heidi"	Shirley Temple	59%
Book by John Steinbeck about poor Okies looking for work in California	The Grapes of Wrath	57%
Dance partner of Ginger Rogers	Fred Astaire	55%
Baseball player who was diagnosed with ALS disease	Lou Gehrig	54%
Notable British person who married American divorcée Wallis Simpson	Edward, Duke of Windsor	50%
Actor who starred as Rhett Butler in "Gone With the Wind"	Clark Gable	43%
Musical instrument played by bandleaders Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw	Clarinet	32%