Project Management 101
Do You Remember?
Word and Phrase Origins
Movie Trivia
Music
100

What does PMO stand for?

Project Management Office

100

This fellow teammate likes to collect unique comic books.

Gilbert

100

British tavern-keepers would remember this when they were tallying up their monthly beer bill.  (Hint: Often used to remind someone to behave and keep to themselves - think in terms of British measurement)

Mind your Ps and Qs

100

In The Matrix, does Neo take the blue pill or the red pill?

Red

100

This rock band had a drummer who only had one arm.

Def Leppard

200

A __________ is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service or result.

Project

200

This fellow teammate would like to go to OctoberFest

Marissa

200

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘preliminary design, tabulated statement’): Early senses of the verb were ‘plan’ and ‘cause to move forward’. (Hint:  what do we work on everyday of our professional lives) 

Project

200

What was the movie and who was the actor that said: "Say Hello to my little friend"

Scarface, Al Pacino

200

The term _______ was first used to describe the murky-guitar bands (most notably Nirvana and Pearl Jam) that emerged from Seattle in the late 1980s

Grunge

300

Name 2 of the 5 Process Groups of Project Management

Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling, Closing

300

This fellow teammate likes to collect garden bunnies

Susan

300

Middle English from an Old Northern French variant of Old French tasche, from medieval Latin tasca, An early sense of the verb was ‘impose a tax on’. 

Task

300

Who was the first Disney Princess?

Snow White

300

In the 1970s, an underground urban movement known as _________ began to form in the Bronx, New York City. It focused on emceeing (or MCing) over house parties and neighborhood block party events, held outdoors

Hip Hop

400

What does PMBOK stand for?

Project Management Body of Knowledge

400

This fellow teammate wants to write a book about dating

Maggan

400

Late Middle English (originally as ensurance in the sense ‘ensuring, assurance, a guarantee’): from Old French enseurance, from enseurer - dates from the mid 17th century.

Insurance

400

What aided Tom Hanks escape from the deserted island in the movie Cast Away?

Portable toilet

400

For more than 40 years Willie Nelson has been playing a Martin N-20 nylon-string acoustic guitar.  What did he call it?

Trigger

501

Another name for the "Colossal Photograph" platform currently being considered, that will allow centralized Project Management. 

BigPicture

501

This fearless leader is in blue blocker heaven

Kelsy

501

This Tampa event was named after a pirate who terrorized the coastal waters of West Florida during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.  

Gasparilla

501

How many brothers does Prince Hans of the Southern Isles have in Frozen?

12

501

What legendary US festival that hosted over 350,000 fans took place in 1969?

Woodstock

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