The Bygone Days Quiz

1. What was Prohibition?

Anti-Slavery MovementManufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcohol was illegalPro-Imperialism MovementAnti-Immigration Movement

2. What was the slang term for the manufacturing and selling of illegal alcohol?

BootleggingTappingJoggingNumbering

3. What is a "Speakeasy"?

A nickname for a servant of a houseAn illegal drinking establishment during ProhibitionAn unmarried woman

4. Approximately how many speakeasies were there in New York City by the late 1920s?

15000230003200046000

5. What famous gangster rose to power during Prohibition and is called the “king of Chicago crime”?

Bugsy MoranAl CaponeGeorge “Machine Gun” KellyDutch Schultz

6. What job did Al Capone’s brother, Richard 'Two Gun' Hart, have?

BootleggerSpeakeasy managerCorrupt copProhibition agent

7. Which famous figure was given a medical exemption from prohibition?

Babe RuthCharlie ChaplinWinston ChurchillWarren Harding

8. What do you have if you have a "brick of wine"?

A heavy bottle of wine made out of cementA restaurant that served wine secretly during ProhibitionDehydrated juice that becomes wine once you've added water

9. Who are you hiding from if you're avoiding a "Dry Agent"?

A child of a police officer in the 1920sA Bureau of Prohibition agentSomeone who owned a speakeasy

10. If you're sipping on some "White Lightning", what type of alcohol are you consuming?

BeerVodkaWhiskey

11. Why is it called "bathtub gin"?

Because it was often hidden it people's bathtubsBecause the bottle was so tall you needed to add water from the bathtubBecause the creator's last name was Bathtub

12. Back in the early 1900s, who was a "teetotaler"?

Someone who smuggled illegal alcohol from one county to anotherThe owner of an illegal barA person who abstains from the consumption of alcohol

13. The supporters of Prohibition were called _______.

DriesWetsProsCons

14. Where are you headed if you go to a "blind tiger"?

A friend's house to secretly drink alcoholAn illegal barA petting zoo

15. Which sport was created as a result of Prohibition?

Professional FootballNascarProfessional BowlingPolo