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1920s Trivia
Roar back to the Jazz Age with 150 questions about the decade that gave us flappers, speakeasies, silent films, and the birth of modern America. From Prohibition to the Harlem Renaissance, test your knowledge of the Roaring Twenties.
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What was the name of the Harlem nightclub where Duke Ellington had a residency from 1927 to 1931?
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What famous novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald is set during the 1920s?
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What was the name of the first feature-length animated film, released in 1926 in Germany?
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What popular new appliance made ironing clothes easier in 1920s households?
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What nickname is the 1920s commonly known by?
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How many victims were killed in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre of 1929?
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What landmark immigration law severely restricted entry to the United States in 1924?
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What nickname was given to the period of artistic creativity in Black American culture centered in New York?
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What type of hairstyle was popular among flappers in the 1920s?
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What major highway system was first established in the United States in 1926?
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What was the approximate U.S. population at the start of the 1920s?
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Which Prohibition-era bootlegger was known as the 'Real McCoy,' a term meaning authentic quality?
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What was the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which took effect in 1920?
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Which physicist published the theory of general relativity, confirmed by a 1919 solar eclipse, boosting his 1920s fame?
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What constitutional amendment repealed Prohibition in 1933?
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Which Model car, produced by Ford, was the most popular automobile of the early 1920s?
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What year was the Lincoln Memorial dedicated in Washington, D.C.?
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Which composer wrote 'An American in Paris' in 1928?
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What popular 1920s expression meant something was excellent or wonderful?
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What discovery by Howard Carter in 1922 captivated the world?
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Which Harlem Renaissance poet wrote 'The Weary Blues' in 1926?
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What famous luxury ocean liner made its maiden voyage in 1922?
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What was the name of the 1920 Wall Street bombing that killed 38 people?
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Which clothing item became a symbol of men's fashion rebellion in the 1920s?
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How many days did Alvin 'Shipwreck' Kelly sit atop a flagpole in his longest 1920s stunt?
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What board game was patented in the 1920s and involved buying and trading properties?
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What famous Prohibition-era cocktail was made with gin and orange juice to disguise the smell of alcohol?
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Which boxer was known as 'The Manassa Mauler' in the 1920s?
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What was the name of Charles Lindbergh's airplane?
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Which Native American was granted U.S. citizenship under the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924?
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In which city were the first Winter Olympic Games held?
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Which 1920s fashion designer popularized the 'little black dress'?
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What popular dance of the 1920s involved kicking the legs and swinging the arms?
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Which silent film epic, directed by Fritz Lang, depicted a futuristic dystopian city?
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What famous trial in 1925 pitted evolution against creationism?
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Which jazz pianist and composer wrote 'Black Bottom Stomp' in 1926?
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What was the name of the 1921 emergency law that first imposed numerical limits on immigration to the U.S.?
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Which silent film director was famous for his elaborate biblical epics, including 'The Ten Commandments' (1923)?
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What was the price of a Ford Model T at its lowest point in the 1920s?
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What was the name of the 1920 play by Eugene O'Neill that won the Pulitzer Prize and explored racial themes?
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Which baseball legend hit 60 home runs in a single season in 1927?
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What device did people wind up to play recorded music at home in the 1920s?
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What were illegal bars that sold alcohol during Prohibition called?
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Which silent film comedian performed death-defying stunts and was known for never smiling on screen?
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Which 1920s evangelist built the Angelus Temple in Los Angeles?
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Which African American woman became a major entertainer in 1920s Paris?
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What was the Teapot Dome scandal of the 1920s primarily about?
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What was the name of the treaty that formally ended World War I with the Ottoman Empire in 1920?
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What popular frozen treat on a stick was patented by Frank Epperson in 1924?
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Which 1920s author wrote 'Babbitt,' a satirical novel about middle-class conformity?
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What medical breakthrough was insulin first used to treat in 1922?
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Which decade saw the first commercial radio station, KDKA, begin regular broadcasts?
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Which 1920s artist created the painting 'Jimson Weed' and became known for her New Mexico landscapes?
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What was the name of the 1920 census milestone showing that, for the first time, more Americans lived in urban than rural areas?
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What was the popular name for the period of economic prosperity in 1920s America?
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Which country established the first fascist government in 1922?
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What famous literary award was first given in 1926?
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What style of music defined the 1920s and gave the decade one of its nicknames?
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What was the name of Prohibition agents who raided speakeasies?
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Which country hosted the 1924 Summer Olympic Games?
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What famous American trial lawyer defended John Scopes in the 1925 'Monkey Trial'?
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What was the horsepower of the engine in the Ford Model T?
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What was the name of the 1924 British expedition leader who disappeared near the summit of Mount Everest?
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Which 1920s chemist developed the process for adding tetraethyl lead to gasoline?
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What was the name of the 1928 agreement where nations pledged to renounce war as an instrument of policy?
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Which sport's 'Golden Age' is often said to have occurred in the 1920s?
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Which golfer won the Grand Slam (all four majors) in 1930 after dominating 1920s golf?
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Which aviator was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
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What was the name of Sacco and Vanzetti, the two Italian-born anarchists executed in 1927, charged with?
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What country experienced hyperinflation so severe that money was used as wallpaper in the early 1920s?
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What was the name of the first animated short film featuring Mickey Mouse with synchronized sound?
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What was the name of the 1921 race massacre in Oklahoma that destroyed a prosperous Black neighborhood?
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What year was the first demonstration of a working television by John Logie Baird?
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What was the name of the first scheduled commercial airline service in the U.S., beginning in 1926?
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What type of consumer credit became widely available for the first time in the 1920s?
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What was the top speed of Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis in miles per hour?
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What major U.S. stock market event occurred in October 1929?
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Which U.S. President was known for his 'Return to Normalcy' slogan in 1920?
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Which architect designed the Chrysler Building, completed in 1930 but designed in the late 1920s?
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Which surrealist artist painted 'The Persistence of Memory' inspired by ideas developed in the 1920s?
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What percentage of American households owned a radio by 1929?
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What was the exact date of the first Academy Awards ceremony?
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Which 1920s invention by Earle Dickson became a household staple for minor injuries?
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Which treaty signed in 1925 guaranteed the borders between Germany, France, and Belgium?
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What iconic New York City skyscraper began construction in 1929?
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Which silent film won the first Academy Award for Best Picture in 1929?
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What did the Volstead Act specifically define and enforce?
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In which year did the 19th Amendment, granting women's suffrage, officially become law?
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What year did the Holland Tunnel, connecting New York and New Jersey, open?
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Which New York City mayor was known for his flamboyant personality and nightlife during the 1920s?
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What was the name of the cultural movement celebrating African American art and literature in 1920s New York?
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What was the exact distance in miles of Lindbergh's solo transatlantic flight from New York to Paris?
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What was the 'Red Scare' of the early 1920s primarily a fear of?
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Which 1920s author wrote 'Mrs Dalloway' and 'To the Lighthouse'?
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What 1927 film is considered the first feature-length 'talkie' (movie with synchronized dialogue)?
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What was the name of the 1925 international agreement to outlaw chemical weapons?
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Which early airline, founded in 1927, would later become one of the world's largest?
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Which 1920s engineer designed the first iron lung for polio patients?
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What cosmetic product became widely popular among women for the first time in the 1920s?
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Which U.S. constitutional amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920?
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Which Russian leader implemented the New Economic Policy (NEP) in 1921?
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Which major art movement, characterized by geometric shapes and bold colors, defined 1920s design?
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What sport did Red Grange make famous in the 1920s?
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Which physicist formulated the uncertainty principle in 1927?
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What breed of dog became famous thanks to the 1920s movie star Rin Tin Tin?
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Which famous gangster dominated Chicago's organized crime during the 1920s?
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Which boxer defeated Jack Dempsey in the famous 'Long Count' fight of 1927?
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Which famous pilot made the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in 1927?
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What type of radio broadcast became hugely popular as home entertainment in the 1920s?
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What was the first 'talkie' to win the Academy Award for Best Picture?
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How many hours did Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic flight take?
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What month and year did Benito Mussolini's March on Rome take place?
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Which 1920s writer coined the term 'Lost Generation'?
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Which 1920s mathematician published groundbreaking work on the expanding universe?
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What was the exact date of 'Black Thursday,' the beginning of the 1929 stock market crash?
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Which type of music venue featured live performances of jazz in the 1920s?
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Which Harlem Renaissance sculptor created 'Forever Free' and other works celebrating Black identity?
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Which city was the center of the jazz music scene in the 1920s?
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Which silent film star was nicknamed 'The It Girl'?
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What was the name of the financial plan that restructured Germany's World War I reparations in 1924?
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Which famous silent film comedian was known as 'The Little Tramp'?
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What was the name of the first commercially produced antibiotic-related compound, Prontosil, based on research from which 1920s chemical discovery?
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Which jazz musician was known as 'Satchmo'?
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Which famous New York venue, known for its jazz performances, opened in 1927?
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Which blues musician, known as the 'Mother of the Blues,' made her first recording in 1923?
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Which famous escape artist died on Halloween in 1926?
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Which famous American novelist published 'An American Tragedy' in 1925?
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In which Massachusetts town did Robert Goddard launch the first liquid-fueled rocket in 1926?
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Which 1920s labor strike involved over 350,000 steel workers and was one of the largest in U.S. history?
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Which famous bandleader recorded 'Rhapsody in Blue' with George Gershwin in 1924?
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What was the estimated number of speakeasies in New York City at the height of Prohibition?
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Which 1920s invention allowed people to keep food cold at home?
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What were fashionable young women of the 1920s commonly called?
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Which famous monument was carved during the 1920s in South Dakota?
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Which 1927 natural disaster caused the most destructive river flood in U.S. history?
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Which famous American author wrote 'The Sun Also Rises' in 1926?
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Which actress was known as 'America's Sweetheart' in the silent film era?
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In which year did the first Winter Olympic Games take place?
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What was the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims, celebrated in the 1920 tercentenary?
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Which 1920s dance marathon craze saw couples dancing for days to win prize money?
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Which famous gangster massacre took place on Valentine's Day in 1929?
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In what year was penicillin discovered by Alexander Fleming?
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Which architect designed the Tribune Tower in Chicago after winning a 1922 international competition?
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Which famous cartoon character was created by Walt Disney in 1928?
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Which band leader popularized the phrase 'It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)'?
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Which inventor is credited with developing the first practical television system in the late 1920s?
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Which 1920s anthropologist published 'Coming of Age in Samoa' in 1928?
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Which 1920s invention by Philo Farnsworth contributed to the development of electronic television?
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Which jazz singer was known as the 'Empress of the Blues'?
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Who was the U.S. President at the start of the 1920s?
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