Q 01/05

Which American picnic food did President Roosevelt serve King George VI at his Hyde Park estate in June 1939?

A) Hamburgers

B) Hot dogs

C) Fried chicken

D) Corn on the cob

Answer · why

B) Hot dogs

Hot dogs shared the table with smoked turkey and strawberry shortcake. The royal couple had toured the New York World's Fair only the day before.

Q 02/05

Which American holiday did President Roosevelt move a week earlier in 1939 to lengthen the Christmas shopping season?

A) Labor Day

B) Armistice Day

C) Thanksgiving

D) Columbus Day

Answer · why

C) Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving ended up on two dates: 23 states took the new one, 22 kept the old and critics mocked the change as Franksgiving. Congress fixed the four...

Q 03/05

Which superhero, created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, debuted in the 27th issue of Detective Comics in 1939?

A) Batman

B) Superman

C) The Flash

D) Aquaman

Answer · why

A) Batman

Batman gained his cowl, cape, gloves and darker costume at Finger's suggestion. Detective Comics went on to become the longest-running comic book in t...

Q 04/05

Which Christmas character first appeared in a 1939 giveaway booklet that Robert L. May wrote for Montgomery Ward?

A) Frosty

B) The Grinch

C) Jack Frost

D) Rudolph

Answer · why

D) Rudolph

Rudolph was a money-saver: Montgomery Ward had been buying Christmas booklets to give away and decided to create its own. It handed out 2.4 million co...

Q 05/05

Which actress became the first African American to win an Oscar, for playing Mammy in 1939's Gone with the Wind?

A) Butterfly McQueen

B) Hattie McDaniel

C) Ethel Waters

D) Lena Horne

Answer · why

B) Hattie McDaniel

Hattie McDaniel accepted the award at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, where she was seated at a segregated table at the side of the room.