Quiz

Prohibition Quiz

1) What was the most popular jazz dance of the jazz age?

a) The Slow dance
b) The Rumba
c) The Charleston
d) The Ellington

2) What was the name of Rollin Kirby's famous cartoon character?

a) Prohibition Paul
b) Dr. Wet
c) Mr. Bootleg
d) Mr. Dry

3) Who were called "G-Men"??

a) Gang Men
b) Garbage Men
c) FBI Special Agents
d) Members of the WCTU

4) Who drank more in movies during 1929-31?

a) Heroes
b) Villains

5) What did the letters WCTU stand for?

a) Whiskey Colonial Treatment Union
b) Women's Christian Temperance Union
c) Women's Center for Trade Uniformity
d) World Car Transport of Utah

6) Which of these is a deadly disease caused by drinking too much alcohol?

a) The Flu
b) Emphysema
c) Cirrhosis
d) Cancer

7) In what decade was National Prohibition repealed?

a) 1920s
b) 1930s
c) 1940s
d) 1950s

8) Which two amendments to the US Constitution started and ended national Prohibition?

a) 18th/20th
b) 19th/20th
c) 18th/21st
d) 19th/21st

9) What did the Hays code do?

a) Rate movies
b) Censor movies
c) Shorten movies
d) Put advertisements in movies

10) What does the word "prohibition" mean?

a) Banning something
b) Starting a saloon
c) A person who drinks alcohol
d) The consumption of alcohol

11) In gangster movies, gangsters were often portrayed as what?

a) Heroes
b) Villains
c) Politicians
d) Women

12) What was a blind tiger?

a) A popular cocktail during Prohibition
b) A movie that grossed over $1,000,000
c) An illegal saloon
d) An illegal type of whiskey

13) Which of the following best describes Al Capone?

a) A gangster who owned many speakeasies and was called "The Master of Atlanta"
b) A mob boss who owned most of Chicago's speakeasies
c) A major gangster who was ultimately tried and convicted of murder

14) Who was the head of the WCTU?

a) Mary Hannah
b) Frances Willard
c) Carrie Nation
d) Martha Jackson

15) Name a drug that Prohibition made popular:

a) Hashish
b) Model glue
c) Speed
d) LSD

16) What was the name of the government department created to deal with Prohibition?

a) Department of Homeland Security
b) Bureau of Prohibition
c) The Alcohol Department
d) FBI

17) What was a name for a person who made and/or sold illegal liquor?

a) Bootfooter
b) Blind Pig
c) Bootlegger

18) Which woman who had a hand in starting Prohibition?

a) Florence Nightingale
b) Jill Ania
c) Carry Nation
d) Jane R. Capone

19) Which was the name of a common type of homemade alcoholic beverage?

a) Basement Brew
b) Bathtub Gin
c) Chock Wine
d) Kitchen Hooch

20) What act implemented National Prohibition?

a) The Volstead Act
b) The Prohibition Act
c) The Green Act
d) The Temperance Act