Quotes from Famous People of the 1920s

Question 1

Which famous aviator said "I've had enough publicity for 15 lives?"

Accepted Answer

Charles Lindbergh

Question 2

Which U.S. president famously said "The business of America is business."

Accepted Answer

Calvin Coolidge

Question 3

Who said: "If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know."?

Accepted Answer

Louis Armstrong

Question 4

This prosecutor in the Scopes trial said ‘It is better to trust in the Rock of Ages than to know the ages of the rocks’.

Accepted Answer

William Jennings Bryan

Question 5

Which defense attorney said "You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom."

Accepted Answer

Clarence Darrow

Question 6

"It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing" is a famous phrase from which musician?

Accepted Answer

Duke Ellington

Question 7

"Never let the fear of striking out keep you from coming up to bat."

Accepted Answer

Babe Ruth

Question 8

Which businessman said "Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs."

Accepted Answer

Henry Ford

Question 9

Who said "I believe in teaching every aspect of every problem or theory?"

Accepted Answer

John T. Scopes

Question 10

Who said “I am just a businessman, giving the people what they want.” and “I have built my organization upon fear.”

Accepted Answer

Al Capone

Question 11

Who said "I wish to say to you that I am innocent" after his 1921 conviction?

Accepted Answer

B. Vanzetti

Question 12

What happens to a dream deferred? / Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? is from this famous Harlem Renaissance poet

Accepted Answer

Langston Hughes

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