20 th Century America Edition

1. 20th Century America Edition

2. Popular New Products Famous Folks Sports Cinema and Theatre The Bad Guys 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500

3. Topic 1 – 100 Points • QUESTION: • “Oh Yeah!” This popular kid’s drink hit the shelves in 1927. • ANSWER: • Kool-Aid

4. Topic 1 – 200 Points • QUESTION: • WHAT? This little device was invented in 1902, much to the pleasure of conversationalists everywhere. • ANSWER: • The Hearing Aid

5. Topic 1 – 300 Points • QUESTION: • Invented in 1903, this invention didn’t reach commercial popularity until after WWII. • ANSWER: • The Airplane

6. Topic 1 – 400 Points • QUESTION: • Keeping kids from ever seeing the light of day since 1972, the first one of these sparked an entertainment revolution • ANSWER: • Home Video Game Console

7. Topic 1 – 500 Points • QUESTION: • It Curves! Invented for his son and named after sports slang in 1953, this new game was safe to play indoors or out. • ANSWER: • Wiffle Ball®. Named when David N. Mullany’s son and friends referred to a strikeout as a “whiff”

8. Topic 2 – 100 Points • QUESTION: • Writing his most famous work in the depths of a German prison during WWI, this man would rise to be one of the most powerful leaders of the 20th century. • ANSWER: • Adolf Hitler

9. Topic 2 – 200 Points • QUESTION: • Inspiring imaginative childhood’s and creating a place “where dreams come true”, this artist initially named his most famous original character “Mortimer” • ANSWER: • Walt Disney

10. Topic 2 – 300 Points • QUESTION: • A prominent figure in the 80’s, this man known as “The Gipper” may be surprised to find he ranks only 96th on TIME’s most important people of the 20th century • ANSWER: • Ronald Reagan

11. Topic 2 – 400 Points • QUESTION: • A college drop-out with an arrest record for driving without a license, this tech-genius would eventually be known around the globe as the world’s most generous billionaire. • ANSWER: • Bill Gates

12. Topic 2 – 500 Points • QUESTION: • A Spanish-born artist, this man began the Cubist Movement and used his work to protest and bring attention to the atrocities of the world. • ANSWER: • Pablo Picasso

13. Topic 3 – 100 Points • QUESTION: • Beginning with the 1966 season, this championship game is now the most viewed annual sporting event in the United States • ANSWER: • The Super Bowl

14. Topic 3 – 200 Points • QUESTION: • This Chicago Bulls’ Forward was an crucial part of the team’s 6 championships, but his outstanding gameplay didn’t earn him a spot in Space Jam with his teammate. • ANSWER: • Scottie Pippen

15. Topic 3 – 300 Points • QUESTION: • It’s a miracle! This 1980 US Olympic victory defined US pride and symbolized the strength of the nation, defeating the USSR in this sport • ANSWER: • Hockey

16. Topic 3 – 400 Points • QUESTION: • *61. This New York Yankee broke Babe Ruth’s single-season Home Run record, yet was given an asterisk in the record book due to the number of games played. • ANSWER: • Roger Marris

17. Topic 3 – 500 Points • QUESTION: • Although this “Cinderella Man” would lose his Heavyweight Title to Joe Louis in 1937, Louis said that this he was “the bravest man I’ve ever fought.” • ANSWER: • James J. Braddock

18. Topic 4 – 100 Points • QUESTION: • The admitted favorite film of this US President was Birth Of A Nation, a 1915 glorification of the Ku Klux Klan in the South. • ANSWER: • Woodrow Wilson

19. Topic 4 – 200 Points • QUESTION: • Born in 1915, this renowned playwright was only 25 when he one of his most famous works, Death Of A Salesman, opened on stage in 1940. • ANSWER: • Arthur Miller

20. Topic 4 – 300 Points • QUESTION: • A two-time nominee for Best Picture, this 1959 film was commended for its dramatic portrayal of the title character’s struggle as a young girl in WWII Nazi Germany. • ANSWER: • The Diary of Anne Frank

21. Topic 4 – 400 Points • QUESTION: • This 1939 film directed by Frank Capra is an icon in American cinema. Capra would later chose the same lead actor to star in his 1946 Christmas classic. • ANSWER: • Mr. Smith Goes To Washington

22. Topic 4 – 500 Points • QUESTION: • Released in 1927, this musical adaptation of The Day of Atonement was the first “talkie” film, although the title actually focuses more on singing. • ANSWER: • The Jazz Singer

23. Topic 5 – 100 Points • QUESTION: • A notorious mob boss in Chicago during the Prohibition Era, this man will be remembered in infamy for leading the Valentine’s Day Massacre • ANSWER: • Al Capone

24. Topic 5 – 200 Points • QUESTION: • The perfect couple, these two shared a deep love of robbing banks and dodging the law. • ANSWER: • Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow

25. Topic 5 – 300 Points • QUESTION: • Public Enemy No. 1, this Depression Era criminal was seen as more of a 20th century Robin Hood than a villain, charged with only one account of homicide for a reactionary shot that killed an officer after being shot himself. • ANSWER: • John Dillinger

26. Topic 5 – 400 Points • QUESTION: • Although never actually committing a murder himself, this “family” leader was convicted for ordering several extremely brutal murders in the 1960’s. Since coming into the public eye, he has become the symbol for insanity and evil. • ANSWER: • Charles Manson

27. Topic 5 – 500 Points • QUESTION: • The most infamous domestic terrorist in United State’s History. This man sent packages via the US Postal Service to targeted houses all over the country, killing 3 and injuring 29 others. • ANSWER: • Ted Kaczynski