Prohibition
National Prohibition lasted from 1920 to 1933. This topic is part of U.S. History within History. This page currently draws on 16 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Prohibition trivia questions
U.S. Prohibition banned the manufacture and sale of what?
Answer: Alcoholic beverages
Bonus fact: National Prohibition lasted from 1920 to 1933.
Which amendment established national Prohibition?
Answer: 18th Amendment
Bonus fact: The 18th Amendment was enforced by the Volstead Act.
Which amendment repealed Prohibition?
Answer: 21st Amendment
Bonus fact: The 21st Amendment was ratified in 1933.
Which constitutional amendment established Prohibition?
Answer: 18th Amendment
Bonus fact: The 18th Amendment took effect in 1920.
What constitutional amendment ended national Prohibition?
Answer: 21st Amendment
Bonus fact: The 21st Amendment was ratified in 1933.
Which amendment later repealed national Prohibition?
Answer: 21st Amendment
Bonus fact: The 21st Amendment is the only constitutional amendment ratified by state conventions rather than state legislatures.
Which constitutional amendment ended national Prohibition?
Answer: 21st Amendment
Bonus fact: The 21st is the only U.S. constitutional amendment ratified by state conventions rather than legislatures.
In what year was national Prohibition repealed?
Answer: 1933
Bonus fact: The 21st is the only U.S. constitutional amendment ratified by state conventions rather than legislatures.
Which amendment had created Prohibition before it was repealed?
Answer: 18th Amendment
Bonus fact: The 21st is the only U.S. constitutional amendment ratified by state conventions rather than legislatures.
Which network originally aired Boardwalk Empire?
Answer: HBO
Bonus fact: Terence Winter created the series, which is set during the Prohibition era.
Who played Jimmy Darmody on Boardwalk Empire?
Answer: Michael Pitt
Bonus fact: Terence Winter created the series, which is set during the Prohibition era.
What kind of scene drives the story in "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress"?
Answer: A law-enforcement raid on an illegal drinking place
Bonus fact: The lyric has a Prohibition-era crime-story feel, complete with an undercover narrator and a dramatic raid.