Q 01/05

Which pilot won the $25,000 Orteig Prize in May 1927 by flying alone and nonstop from New York to Paris?

A) Richard E. Byrd

B) Howard Hughes

C) Charles Kingsford Smith

D) Charles Lindbergh

Answer · why

D) Charles Lindbergh

Charles Lindbergh's plane, the Spirit of St. Louis, was designed and built in San Diego and now hangs in the National Air and Space Museum in Washingt...

Q 02/05

Which 1927 Warner Bros. film starring Al Jolson is remembered as the first feature-length talking picture?

A) The Broadway Melody

B) The Singing Fool

C) The Jazz Singer

D) Lights of New York

Answer · why

C) The Jazz Singer

The Jazz Singer has synchronized singing and speech in only several isolated sequences, played back from Vitaphone discs, and features six songs perfo...

Q 03/05

Which New York Yankees slugger hit 60 home runs in 1927, a single-season record that stood until 1961?

A) Babe Ruth

B) Lou Gehrig

C) Ty Cobb

D) Joe DiMaggio

Answer · why

A) Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth hit number 60 on September 30 off pitcher Tom Zachary, beating his own previous record by a single home run.

Q 04/05

Which monument did sculptor Gutzon Borglum begin carving in October 1927, a job that lasted fourteen years?

A) Stone Mountain

B) Mount Rushmore

C) Crazy Horse Memorial

D) Lincoln Memorial

Answer · why

B) Mount Rushmore

Mount Rushmore was picked partly because it faces southeast and catches the most sunlight, and Borglum's son Lincoln took over the project after his f...

Q 05/05

Which powdered drink did Edwin Perkins create in Nebraska in 1927 by drying out his Fruit Smack concentrate?

A) Country Time

B) Ovaltine

C) Nesquik

D) Kool-Aid

Answer · why

D) Kool-Aid

Kool-Aid was turned into a powder to cut shipping costs, and it is now Nebraska's official soft drink.