1920s Entertainment

Question 1

How much did the number of radio stations grow by?

Answer 1

In August 1921 there was 1 licensed radio station, in 1922 there were 508

Question 2

How much was National Broadcasting Company making by 1929?

Answer 2

$150 million per year

Question 3

How much did the amount of purchased radios increase by?

Answer 3

1920 $2 million worth of radios purchased

By 1929 it was $600 million

Question 4

What became an obsession among the young?

Answer 4

Jazz

Question 5

What did black people bring from the countryside?

Answer 5

Jazz

The blues

Question 6

What did the 20s become known as?

Answer 6

The Jazz Age

Question 7

What dances developed?

Answer 7

Charleston
Black Bottom
Flappers

Question 8

What did many people think about jazz?

Answer 8

It was a corrupting influence

Question 9

Who did Cotton Club in Harlem attract?

Answer 9

Great performers such as Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith

Question 10

What was a boom sport?

Answer 10

Baseball

Eg the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox

Question 11

How much was Babe Ruth paid a year?

Answer 11

$80,000

Question 12

What prominent figures were fans of baseball?

Answer 12

Al Capone

Question 13

What other sports became popular?

Answer 13

Boxing with Jack Dempsey

Golf with Bobbie Jones

Question 14

What was developing in a small suburb of Los Angeles?

Answer 14

A major film industry

Question 15

What allowed studios to make plenty of films?

Answer 15

All year sunshine

Question 16

What stars emerged?

Answer 16

Charlie Chaplin

Buster Keaton

Question 17

When was the first talkie made?

Answer 17

1927

Before then all films were silent