The Ultimate Year Quiz - 1929
See what you know about the year 1929
Quiz created by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye
1. What was the name of the University of California player who ran the wrong way during the 1929 Rose Bowl?
(#) Nibs Price
(#) Benny Lom
(#) Roy Riegels
(#) Jim Marshall
2. What team won the 1929 World Series?
(#) New York Yankees
(#) St. Louis Cardinals
(#) Chicago Cubs
(#) Philadelphia Athletics
3. What comic strip character made his debut on January 17, 1929?
(#) Popeye
(#) Lil Abner
(#) Beetle Bailey
(#) Happy Hooligan
4. Who was the leader of the gang that were gunned down in a Chicago garage on February 14, 1929?
(#) Bugs Moran
(#) Earl "Hymie" Weiss
(#) "Machine Gun" Jack McGurn
(#) Johnny Torrio
5. Who was sworn in as the 31st President of the United States on March 4, 1929?
(#) Warren G. Harding
(#) Calvin Coolidge
(#) Herbert C. Hoover
(#) Franklin D. Roosevelt
6. What did the Kellogg-Briand Pact, which went into effect on July 24, 1929, do?
(#) it limited each signatory's armed forces
(#) it officially ended World War I
(#) it limited each signatory's navy
(#) it renounced war as an instrument of foreign policy
7. Who said on December 3, 1929 that the American people had regained faith in the economy after the stock market crash in October of 1929?
(#) Calvin Coolidge
(#) Andrew Mellon
(#) John D. Rockefeller
(#) Herbert C. Hoover
8. What famous radio show made its debut on August 19, 1929?
(#) The Jack Benny Show
(#) Fibber McGee and Molly
(#) Amos and Andy
(#) Burns and Allen
9. The Lateran Treaty, which was ratified on June 7, 1929, gave full sovereignty to what area?
(#) Liechtenstein
(#) Monaco
(#) Italy
(#) Vatican City
10. What national park was established on February 26, 1929?
(#) Grand Teton National Park
(#) Grand Canyon National Park
(#) Carlsbad Caverns National Park
(#) Yellowstone National Park
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