Broadway Musicals
SLOCal Celebrities
Famous Musicians
F/PAC Facts
Wine-ing
100

The witty wise-cracker who wrote Mean Girls

Who is Tina Fey?

100

With muscles that could move mountains, this SLO-Cal Celebrity became a reserve deputy with the SLO County Sheriff's Office, and tends to love the color green

Who is Lou Ferrigno?

100

96 year old crooner who has graced the PAC stage, won 20 Grammys, and performed with Lady Gaga

Who is Tony Bennett?

100

The year the Performing Arts Center opened

What is 1996?

100

The number of ounces in a standard bottle of wine

What is 25 fluid ounces?

200

This musical shattered Tony award records, winning 12 statues in 2001

What is The Producers?

200

Originally a Cal Poly Music Professor in the 1970's, FPAC's grant program is now named in his honor

Who is Clifton Swanson?

200

Best New Artist at the 1987 Grammy Awards

Who is Bruce Hornsby?

200

The first executive director of the Foundation for the Performing Arts Center

Who is Warren Sinsheimer?

200

This is the most widely distributed white wine grape in the world

What is Chardonnay?

300

In the Book of Mormon, Elder Price's prayerful destination for his 2-year mission

What is Orlando?

300

Playing in SLO for more than 25 years, the PAC's outreach coordinator is married to the lead singer of this band

Who is the Damon Castillo Band?

300

This group will be performing at the PAC in the upcoming season, but Cady from Mean Girls declined her parent's invite to their concert

Who is Ladysmith Black Mambazo?

300

The name of the Performing Arts Center Main Hall, which honored a local philanthropist who has provided millions of dollars in support of many local non-profits.

What is Harold J. Miossi Hall?

300

“Toasting” started in this ancient city when people started dropping a piece of toasted bread into each wine glass to temper undesirable tastes or excessive acidity.

What is Rome?

400

Velma Kelly's scene of the crime in Chicago

What is Hotel Cicero?

400

Graduating with a degree in architecture, this artist recorded his first single in a Cal Poly dorm bathroom, and got his long standing stage name when he was a DJ for Cal Poly's midnight music show. 

Who is Weird Al Yankovic?

400

His number one hit was called "This Guy's In Love with You"

Who is Herb Alpert?

400

This piece of the PAC was installed in 2007 and is named after a local family.

What is the Forbes Pipe Organ?

400

The complete natural environment in which a particular wine is produced, including factors such as the soil, topography, and climate.

What is Terroir?

500

Come From Away (musical) is set in this small Newfoundland town. 

What is Gander?

500

He landed many hit roles after leaving the Central Coast, but his vocals opposite Zendaya, could "Rewrite the Stars."

Who is Zac Efron?

500

This upcoming artist at the PAC had a No. 1 U.S. pop hit in 1988 and won Song of the Year and Record of the Year honors at the 1989 Grammy Awards.

Who is Bobby McFerrin?

500

Number of stalls in the lower lobby women's restroom

What is 21?

500

The Founder of FPAC's Winery Partner program, and recipient of the 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Rhone Rangers. 

Who is Robert (Bob) Haas?

600

Broadway's highest grossing show, which has earned over $1.8 billion in gross revenue

What is the Lion King?

600

A popular game show host, this SLOCal owned a 720-acre thoroughbred horse farm in rural Creston from 1996 to 2005 called Cardiff Stud Farms. 

Who is Alex Trebek?

600

This artist famously sang "Well, if you've gots the poison, I've gots the remedy. The remedy is the experience."

Who is Jason Mraz?

600

How much money did FPAC raise through community donors to help fund the $30M it cost to build the PAC?

What is $12.5M?

600

Putting the magnum to shame, this bottle size holds 8 full bottles of wine, and is named after a biblical figure, who may have had an extended life due to wine consumption. 

Who is Methuselah?

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