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1920s and WWII Trivia

Test your knowledge of the events and figures that shaped the 1920s and World War II with this Jeopardy-style trivia game. From the Great Depression to iconic leaders, this game covers it all!

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1920s and WWII Trivia

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  1. Jeopardy! Click to begin…

  2. Category 1100 What led the U.S. to join WW1? Answer

  3. Category 1100Answer What is the sinking of the Lusitania?

  4. Category 1200 What ended the WW1 between Germany and the Allied Powers? Answer

  5. Category 1200Answer What is the Treaty of Versailles?

  6. Category 1300 Who was most famous for their contributions to jazz in the 1920’s? Answer

  7. Category 1300Answer Who is Louis Armstrong?

  8. Category 1400 Who was known for contributing great literary work during the Harlem Renaissance? Answer

  9. Category 1400Answer Who is Langston Hughes?

  10. Category 1500 Who was a famous baseball player of the 1920’s? Answer

  11. Category 1500Answer Who is Babe Ruth?

  12. Category 2100 Who made the automobile affordable for all Americans with his moving assembly line? Answer

  13. Category 2100Answer Who is Henry Ford?

  14. Category 2200 Who was known for flying the first solo flight from New York to Paris, France? Answer

  15. Category 2200Answer Who is Charles Lindbergh?

  16. Category 2300 What signified the beginning of the Great Depression? Answer

  17. Category 2300Answer What is the Stock Market Crash of 1929?

  18. Category 2400 Who was president at the beginning of the Great Depression? Answer

  19. Category 2400Answer Who is Herbert Hoover?

  20. Category 2500 What environmental event caused many Americans to migrate to California? Answer

  21. Category 2500Answer What is the Dust Bowl?

  22. Category 3100 Who was president throughout the Great Depression until nearly the end of WW2? Answer

  23. Category 3100Answer Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?

  24. Category 3200 What New Deal program hired young men to plant trees and work in the national forests? Answer

  25. Category 3200Answer What is Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?

  26. Category 3300 What New Deal Program hired artists, writers, and musicians to document the Great Depression? They also hired men to work on public roads and buildings. Answer

  27. Category 3 300Answer What is Works Progress Administration (WPA)?

  28. Category 3400 Who was a legendary track and field runner during the 1936 Berlin Olympics? Answer

  29. Category 3400Answer Who is Jesse Owens?

  30. Daily Double!

  31. Category 3500 What Atlanta author wrote Gone with the Wind? Answer

  32. Category 3500Answer Who is Margaret Mitchell?

  33. Category 4100 Who led the attack against America at Pearl Harbor? Answer

  34. Category 4100Answer Who is Japan?

  35. Category 4200 The beaches of Normandy, France were stormed by Allied Powers to take back lands from Germany Answer

  36. Category 4200Answer What is D-day

  37. Category 4300 What man was responsible for the Holocaust? Answer

  38. Category 4300Answer Who is Adolf Hitler?

  39. Category 4400 Which American president made the decision to drop the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Answer

  40. Category 4400Answer Who is Harry Truman?

  41. Category 4500 Who was the prime minister of Great Britain during WW2? Answer

  42. Category 4500Answer Who is Winston Churchill?

  43. Category 5100 What 1940’s icon represented American women participating in the work force? Answer

  44. Category 5100Answer Who is Rosie the Riveter?

  45. Category 5200 What New Deal program hired men to build dams and locks along the Tennessee River? Answer

  46. Category 5200Answer What is Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)?

  47. Daily Double!

  48. Category 5300 Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during WWII? Answer

  49. Category 5300Answer Who is Joseph Stalin?

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