Dive into a captivating journey through the 1930s, an era bursting with iconic moments and fascinating trivia! From the debut of beloved cartoon characters like the Jazz Age flapper and famous dogs to the discovery of Pluto, the decade offers plenty of gems for trivia lovers. Can you name the President who led the United States through most of this transformative time?
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Which global economic crisis most defined the early 1930s?
The Great Depression
The Great Depression
The Dot-com Bubble
The Dot-com Bubble
The Oil Crisis
The Oil Crisis
The Housing Crash
The Housing Crash
Which U.S. president was inaugurated at the start of 1933?
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
Which type of natural disaster became infamous across the United States’ Great Plains during the 1930s?
Earthquakes
Earthquakes
Dust storms
Dust storms
Hurricanes
Hurricanes
Floods
Floods
Which German leader came to power in 1933?
Otto von Bismarck
Otto von Bismarck
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Joseph Goebbels
Joseph Goebbels
What iconic bridge opened in San Francisco in 1937?
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Sydney Harbour Bridge
London Bridge
London Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge
Which musical film starring Judy Garland was released in 1939?
The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Singin’ in the Rain
Singin’ in the Rain
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind
Which legendary jazz singer recorded ‘Summertime’ in 1936?
Nina Simone
Nina Simone
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday
Which major sporting event was hosted in Berlin in 1936?
Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games
World Cup
World Cup
Summer Olympics
Summer Olympics
Winter Olympics
Winter Olympics
Which physicist fled Germany in the 1930s and helped alert the U.S. to atomic bomb potential?
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
Niels Bohr
Niels Bohr
Erwin Schrödinger
Erwin Schrödinger
Enrico Fermi
Enrico Fermi
Which comic strip character first appeared in U.S. newspapers in 1931, known for outsmarting gangsters?
Dick Tracy
Dick Tracy
Batman
Batman
Popeye
Popeye
Superman
Superman
Which Spanish conflict lasted from 1936 to 1939?
Spanish Civil War
Spanish Civil War
Peninsular War
Peninsular War
Spanish-American War
Spanish-American War
War of Spanish Succession
War of Spanish Succession
Which science fiction radio broadcast by Orson Welles caused public panic in 1938?
Dracula
Dracula
The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
The Shadow
The Shadow
Which comic book superhero debuted in 1938?
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman
Superman
Superman
The Hulk
The Hulk
Spider-Man
Spider-Man
Which new art movement, sometimes called ‘American Scene Painting,’ gained favor in the 1930s?
Impressionism
Impressionism
Cubism
Cubism
Regionalism
Regionalism
Surrealism
Surrealism
Which African American athlete won 4 gold medals at the 1936 Olympics, challenging Nazi ideology?
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson
Wilma Rudolph
Wilma Rudolph
Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens
Joe Louis
Joe Louis
Who wrote the classic novel ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ during the 1930s?
William Faulkner
William Faulkner
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Which prime minister led the United Kingdom at the outbreak of World War II in 1939?
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
Neville Chamberlain
Neville Chamberlain
Clement Attlee
Clement Attlee
Stanley Baldwin
Stanley Baldwin
Which jazz genre dominated the early 1930s?
Free Jazz
Free Jazz
Ragtime
Ragtime
Bebop
Bebop
Swing
Swing
Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in the 1930s?
Harriet Quimby
Harriet Quimby
Bessie Coleman
Bessie Coleman
Jean Batten
Jean Batten
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart
Which U.S. government program hired artists, writers, and laborers as part of New Deal efforts?
Social Security Administration
Social Security Administration
Works Progress Administration
Works Progress Administration
Federal Reserve Act
Federal Reserve Act
Peace Corps
Peace Corps
The 1930 FIFA World Cup, the first ever, was held in which country?
Argentina
Argentina
Brazil
Brazil
Italy
Italy
Uruguay
Uruguay
What was the main purpose of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930?
Increase import taxes
Increase import taxes
Create new jobs
Create new jobs
Lower estate taxes
Lower estate taxes
Promote tourism
Promote tourism
Which famous painting by Grant Wood was created in 1930 and depicts a farmer and his daughter?
Christina’s World
Christina’s World
The Persistence of Memory
The Persistence of Memory
American Gothic
American Gothic
Nighthawks
Nighthawks
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