Summer Slams
What is Woodstock?
This virus is named after the Spanish word for "crown."
What is Coronavirus (COVID-19)?
Gateway was the very first one of these in America.
What is a publicly funded technical college?
This is significant as the nation's first all-weather highway linking Chicago to Los Angeles.
What is Route 66?
This romantic drama stars Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze and is set in the summer of 1963.
What is "Dirty Dancing"?
This musical was written by Lin Manuel Miranda and the album was recorded in August of 2015. After being certified 6 times platinum by the RIAA in 2019, it's album became the best-selling cast album of all time.
What is "Hamilton"?
This Pandemic occurred in 1918.
What is the Spanish flu?
Gateway has this many campus and center locations.
What is (the number) 9?
This mode of transportation is often used for camping.
What is an RV (recreational vehicle)?
This movie was widely released on June 24th, 1994 and features songs composed by Elton John -- one of which went on to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1995
What is "The Lion King"?
This song was released by a Canadian actor turned singer and features its year of release in its title.
What is "Summer Sixteen"?
This notable, historical figure was diagnosed with polio in 1921 at the age of 39 which left him wheelchair bound for the remainder of his life.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)?
The names of the five people that work in the contact center.
Who are Stacy, Shay, Debby, Pam and Jasmine?
This camp ground has locations throughout the Midwest, but the closest one is in Caledonia. It is named after an animated character who made his TV debut in 1958.
What is Yogi Bear('s Jellystone Park)?
This was of viewing movies became popular in the early 1900s and is especially nice in during the summer months.
What is a/the Drive-in?
This Midwest, summer music festival attracts more than 800,000 people each year and earned the title of "The World's Largest Music Festival" in the Guinness World Records in 1999.
What is "Summerfest"?
This bacteria caused the bubonic plague.
What is yersenia pestis?
The year that the school's name was changed to Gateway.
What is 1972?
In 1927, a recipe for for this campfire favorite was published in Tramping and Trailing with the Girl Scouts.
What is a S'more?
This movie features four friends who are spending their summer apart but remain connected via an article of clothing.
What is "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants?"
This Stevie Wonder album was released in the fall of 1980, but its title contains the name of one of the summer months. It features one of my personal favorites, All I Do.
What is "Hotter Than July"?
The year that the Black Death arrived in Europe.
What is 1347?
The original name of Gateway Technical College when it was founded in 1911.
What is Racine Continuation School?
This popular summer, hiking destination is located in the Baraboo Range System in Wisconsin.
What is Devil's Lake (Park)?
This song is sang in the hit movie Grease and features the name of a season in its title.
What is "Summer Nights'"?