Trivia of the Month Answer...
This month we asked if American spent 77,200 million dollars on personal consumption in the year 1929, how much of that total was spent on food, beverages, and tobacco? The answer is a straightforward 27.5 million dollars.
The question and answer were found on p. 319 of The Historical Statistics of the United States put out by the US Department of Commerce. We were looking at the Bicentennial Edition which was published in September of 1975.