Leisure and travel

Question 1

When was the Fair Labor Standards Act?

Answer 1

1940

Question 2

What did the Fair Labor Standards Act do?

Answer 2

Maximum of 40 hours a week, set a minimum wage and overtime rules

Question 3

What were book sales in 1929 and 1939?

Answer 3

$117 million and $74 million

Question 4

What was a capacity of the Rose Bowl stadium in 1922 and 1928?

Answer 4

1922= 57,000 and 1928= 76,000

Question 5

What was capacity of the New York Yankees’ stadium in 1923?

Answer 5

53,000 (an average of 35,000 in the 1920s for other teams)

Question 6

What was the attendance of the New York Yankees for the whole of both 1917 and 1920?

Answer 6

1917= 330,000 and 1920= 1.29 million

Question 7

Which famous boxing match in 1926 caused $90,000 worth of radios to be bought in one shop in New York?

Answer 7

Dempsey vs Tunney

Question 8

In 1934, the Ford Motor Company bought the broadcasting rights to the baseball league for how much?

Answer 8

$10,000

Question 9

What was the salary of Babe Ruth in 1920 and 1930?

Answer 9

$20,000 in 1920 and $80,000 in 1930

Question 10

What was average attendance of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League from 1943 to 1954?

Answer 10

1,600

Question 11

How many white and blue collar workers were there in 1930?

Answer 11

35 million white collar and 32 million blue collar workers

Question 12

In 1930, what percentage of married women were working?

Answer 12

40%

Question 13

How much Bill Gates’ Altair 8800 cost initially?

Answer 13

$297

Question 14

In the late 1940s, how much did it cost for the baseball television rights per game?

Answer 14

$1,000

Question 15

What was the overall attendance of Major League Baseball in the 1970s and 1980s?

Answer 15

330 million in the 1970s and 460 million in the 1980s

Question 16

How many filling stations were there in 1929 and 1967?

Answer 16

1929= 121,500 stations and 1967= 216,000 stations

Question 17

How much were filling stations making in 1929 and 1967?

Answer 17

1929= $1.8 Billion and 1967= $22.7 billion

Question 18

How many miles of road were there in 1917 and 1980?

Answer 18

1917=2.9 million miles and 1980= 3.9 million miles

Question 19

What was the percentage of people who had no cars in 1960 and 1980?

Answer 19

1960= 21.5% and 1980= 12.1%

Question 20

By 1958, how many motels were there and how much were they making in total?

Answer 20

56,000 motels and $850 million per year

Question 21

What was the number of cars in the US in 1917, 1950 and 1980?

Answer 21

1917= 4.7 million, 1950=40.4 million and 1980=121.6 million

Question 22

How many malls were built between 1960 and 1980?

Answer 22

30,000

Question 23

By 1954, how many drive ins were there and what percentage of box office tickets did they make up?

Answer 23

3,800 drive ins and made up 16%

Question 24

What was movie attendance in 1960 and 1980?

Answer 24

1960= 40 million and 1980= 19.7 million

Question 25

What was the percentage of households which had three or more cars in 1960 and in 1980?

Answer 25

1960= 2.5% and 1980=17.5%

Question 26

By 1959, how much were Greyhound Buses making per year on tickets and from their station restaurants?

Answer 26

$300 million

Question 27

How many passengers did Western Air Express carry in 1926 and in 1929?

Answer 27

1926=267 and 1929=25,000

Question 28

How many people could a Boeing 707 carry?

Answer 28

181 passengers

Question 29

How many people could a Boeing 747 carry?

Answer 29

450 passengers

Question 30

When was the first flight of the Boeing 747?

Answer 30

1969

Question 31

How many Americans went abroad in 1970 and 1980?

Answer 31

1970= 5.26 million and 1980=8.2 million

Question 32

How many visitors did the US have from abroad in 1970 and in 1980?

Answer 32

1970= 2.3 million and 1980= 8.2 million

Question 33

When was the Airline Deregulation Act?

Answer 33

1978

Question 34

When was the Civil Aeronautics Board closed?

Answer 34

1984

Question 35

How many passengers did the airlines carry in 1928, 1955 and 1980?

Answer 35

1928= 0.1 million, 1955= 41.7 million, 1980= 296.9 million

Question 36

When was Mercury Air Services established?

Answer 36

1918 (one of the first companies to offer chartered flights)

Question 37

When was the first International flight?

Answer 37

1920

Question 38

Where was the first International flight to and from?

Answer 38

US to Cuba

Question 39

When was the Contract Air Mail Act (Kelly Act)?

Answer 39

1925

Question 40

What did the Contract Air Mail Act establish?

Answer 40

National Airmail routes (also for passengers)

Question 41

When was the Commerce Air Act?

Answer 41

1926

Question 42

When was the first airline guide list for the schedule of flights?

Answer 42

1929

Question 43

When was the first Presidential aeroplane assigned?

Answer 43

1933

Question 44

When was the first in-flight movie?

Answer 44

1935

Question 45

When was the Civil Aeronautics Board established?

Answer 45

1938

Question 46

Under which act was the Civil Aeronautics Board established?

Answer 46

Civil Aeronautics Act 1938

Question 47

When was the first pressurised passenger compartment airplane?

Answer 47

1940