📜 Trivia of the Day — November 28, 2025
Fascinating facts from history and culture
Which of the following events lasted a total of 13 years, 10 months, 18 days, 17 hours, and 32 minutes?
The correct answer is Prohibition. Lasting from January 17, 1920, when the Eighteenth Amendment took effect, until December 5, 1933, when it was repealed by the Twenty-First Amendment, the Prohibition era officially lasted 13 years, 10 months, 18 days, 17 hours, and 32 minutes. During this time, the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages were illegal throughout the United States.
Prohibition was driven by the temperance movement, which viewed alcohol as a root cause of social problems such as poverty and crime. However, it also gave rise to organized crime, underground speakeasies, and widespread corruption. Figures like Al Capone and the “Roaring Twenties” bootleg trade became iconic symbols of the unintended consequences of the ban.
The repeal of Prohibition with the ratification of the 21st Amendment in 1933 remains the only time a U.S. constitutional amendment has been completely overturned by another. The event reshaped American politics, economics, and law enforcement, marking the end of one of the most controversial social experiments in U.S. history.
Fun fact: Even after repeal, several U.S. counties and towns remained “dry” for decades — and some still are today.