The Ultimate Year Quiz - 1925
See what you know about the year 1925
Quiz created by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye
1. What was the top grossing film of 1925?
(#) The Freshman
(#) Ben-Hur
(#) The Gold Rush
(#) The Big Parade
2. What team won the 1925 World Series?
(#) New York Yankees
(#) Pittsburgh Pirates
(#) New York Giants
(#) Washington Senators
3. Nellie Tayloe Ross, who was the first woman to serve as governor of a U.S. state, became governor of what state on January 5, 1925?
(#) Wyoming
(#) Kansas
(#) Arkansas
(#) Texas
4. Who became the first President of the United States to have his inauguration broadcast on radio on March 4, 1925?
(#) Warren G. Harding
(#) Herbert C. Hoover
(#) Calvin Coolidge
(#) Woodrow Wilson
5. In what state did the famous Scopes Trial take place in 1925?
(#) California
(#) Tennessee
(#) New York
(#) Georgia
6. What magazine published its first issue on February 21, 1925?
(#) New Yorker
(#) Time
(#) Newsweek
(#) Reader's Digest
7. What famous American novel was first published on April 10, 1925?
(#) The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
(#) Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
(#) The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
(#) A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemingway
8. Who was the Governor of Tennessee who, on March 21, 1925, signed into law the Butler Act which prohibited the teaching of evolution in public schools?
(#) Alfred A. Taylor
(#) William Jennings Bryan
(#) Austin Peay
(#) Clarence Darrow
9. What automobile manufacturer was founded on June 6, 1925?
(#) Studebaker
(#) Ford
(#) Chrysler
(#) General Motors
10. What show made its radio debut on November 28, 1925?
(#) The Shadow
(#) The Grand Ole Opry
(#) Charlie Chan
(#) Amos n' Andy
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