Fun in the 1940s Trivia Quiz

Answer: New York

In 1945, Miss New York, Bess Myerson became the first Jewish woman and the first woman from New York to win the Miss America pageant. The pageant directors tried to get her to change her last name to make it sound less Jewish, but she refused.

Answer: dress

Claire McCardell designed the popover, a type of wrap-around dress, in 1942. It was versatile and could be used for entertaining, parties, and as a swimsuit coverup.

Answer: Archie

The "Archie" gang first appeared in "Pep Comics" in 1941; by 1942, they had their own comics: "Archie Comics," eventually shortened to "Archie."

Archie Andrews was a student at Riverdale High School. His best friend is Forsythe Pendleton "Jughead" Jones III. Jughead is a non-conformist and extremely clever and creative. Archie has two female friends who he goes back and forth between as to who he wants to be with. Veronica Lodge is one of the most beautiful girls at Rivendale but also a bit vain. Her best friend, Betty Cooper, is intelligent, funny, clever, and more of a tomboy than Veronica.

Answer: The Little Prince

"The Little Prince" (aka "Le Petit Prince") was written in 1943 by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It follows the adventures of a prince of a small planet. In fact, he is the only inhabitant aside from a girl in a rose flower. He becomes lonely and leaves the planet and visits other planets. The novella became very popular and was the second highest-selling book aside from The Bible.

Answer: The Strip

The Strip was filled with places for gamblers to win and lose big money. Mobster, Bugsy Siegel, and others opened one of the most famous casinos - The Flamingo. Siegel was murdered a year later, but mobsters continued to grow Las Vegas.

Answer: Jiminy

Pinocchio was a puppet who wanted to be a real boy. Since he was made of wood, he did not have a conscience to tell him right from wrong. The Blue Fairy makes Jiminy Pinocchio's conscience. Jiminy explains to Pinocchio what a conscience is and tells him to "give a little whistle, and always let your conscience be your guide."

Answer: Tweety

Tweety is a Warner Brothers' cartoon yellow canary owned by Grandma. He first appeared in "A Tale of Two Kitties," a "Merry Melodies" cartoon. In the beginning, Tweety was more aggressive and mean to Sylvester. He has been toned down since then.

Answer: Truth

"Nothing But the Truth" came out in 1941 and starred Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard. Elliott Nugent directed it. Steve Bennett is a stockbroker, and his boss T.T. Ralston was underhanded but said he could do just as well if he told the truth, so Ralston and others bet Steve he can't go 24 hours without telling a lie.

"Truth or Consequences" started on the radio in 1940. It was a game show originally hosted by Ralph Edwards. The contestants get two seconds to answer a random question that is next to impossible to answer. If they didn't answer the question, they had to do a crazy and embarrassing stunt.

Answer: White Christmas

"White Christmas" won the Oscar for best original song at the 15th Academy Awards. Bing Crosby made the best-known recording, but many people have recorded it since. In fact, it's the most recorded Christmas song of all time.

Answer: Martin and Lewis

Dino Paul Crocetti, better known as Dean Martin, was born on June 7, 1917. He was a singer and part of the Rat Pack (Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr. Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop). His best-known song is probably "That's Amoré"). He died on Christmas day in 1997.

Joseph Levitch, better known as Jerry Lewis, was born on March 16, 1926. Aside from being part of on of the most famous duos ever, he was also well-known for running "The Jerry Lewis Telethon" which raised money for Muscular Dystrophy. He rand the telethon from 1966 to 2010, during the time over 2.5 million dollars was raised.

The two teamed up on July 25, 1946, and broke up on July 25, 1956. Together they worked at night clubs, television and in films. Their first film was "War with the Army" in 1950. After they split they did not speak for twenty years publically, according to Lewis, However, in 1960, they both happened to be performing at Sands Hotel. Lewis saw the end of Martin's act and Martin introduced Lewis after he was done and for fifteen minutes the two did an impromptu act together. In 1976 with the help of Frank Sinatra the two reconciled.
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