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America's Got Talent: 20s and 30s Edition

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Your opinion. There are many styles of music in America. Rock n' roll, rap, alternative, country, blue grass. What style of music do you think is "American" music? Not asking your favorite, but what music defines "America."

(a)  

2.

No cheating. That means "Googling." I know you won't know these. And that's okay. What's not okay is cheating. Okay?

(a)  

3.
a)

Mary Pickford

b)

Bessie Smith

c)

Judy Garland

d)

Lucille Ball

4.



(a)  

5.

Author of this novel

a)

Langston Hughes

b)

D.W. Griffith

c)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

d)

John Steinbeck

6.
a)

Disney

b)

Paramount

c)

Universal

d)

M.G.M.

7.

Which U.S. city is considered the birthplace of jazz?

(a)  

8.

American composer

a)

Countee Cullen

b)

Duke Ellington

c)

Aaron Copland

d)

Jacob Lawrence

9.

Little known pioneer filmmaker of black cinema

a)

Langston Hughes

b)

Oscar Micheaux

c)

D.W. Griffith

d)

Jessie Redmon Fauset

10.

Who was I?

a)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

b)

Duke Ellington

c)

Aaron Copland

d)

Louis Armstrong

11.

I helped to bring many classic horror monsters to the silver screen.

a)

Zora Hurston

b)

Charlie Chaplin

c)

Boris Karloff

d)

Rudolph Valentino

12.

Married Zelda. Author of The Great Gatsby. Made up the term "jazz age."

a)

George Gershwin

b)

Jacob Lawrence

c)

Langston Hughes

d)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

13.
a)

Langston Hughes

b)

Countee Cullen

c)

Louis Armstrong

d)

Georgia O'Keeffe

14.
a)

Georgia O'Keeffe

b)

Mary Pickford

c)

Zora Hurston

d)

Bessie Smith

15.

Entertainer. Civil rights activist. Spy.

a)

Zora Hurston

b)

Josephine Baker

c)

Mary Pickford

d)

Georgia O'Keeffe

16.
a)

Zora Hurston

b)

Jacob Lawrence

c)

John Steinbeck

d)

Langston Hughes

17.
a)

Jacob Lawrence

b)

Louis Armstrong

c)

Aaron Copland

d)

Langston Hughes

18.

Identify this actor. The one in the derby hat and toothbrush moustache.

a)

Charlie Chaplin

b)

Boris Karloff

c)

Duke Ellington

d)

Oscar Micheaux

19.

An American in Paris. Rhapsody in Blue. Porgy & Bess.

a)

Aaron Copland

b)

George Gershwin

c)

Rudolph Valentino

d)

Boris Karloff

20.
a)

Zora Neale Hurston

b)

Bessie Smith

c)

Mary Pickford

d)

Josephine Baker

21.

"Empress of the Blues"

a)

Mary Pickford

b)

Bessie Smith

c)

Josephine Baker

d)

Zora Neale Hurston

22.

In which U.S. city would you find this industry/neighborhood?

(a)  

23.

This character first belonged to which animator?

(a)