Ms. Ola Knows Best
The state Ms. Ola was born in. (Hint: the state's abbreviation is AL)
What is Alabama?
You roll this heavy ball down the lane - just don't drop it on your foot!
What is a bowling ball?
This person is your mother's mother.
Who is your grandmother?
Before smartphones, most homes had this kind of phone that sat on a table or hung on the wall.
What is a landline or rotary phone?
"Stop! In the Name of Love" was a huge hit for this all-women group led by Diana Ross.
Who are The Supremes?
Ms. Ola played this sport on a league for many years. (Hint: You roll a bowl down the lane in this sport)
What is bowling?
When you knock down all 10 pins on your first try, it's time to celebrate this.
What is a strike?
A brother or sister is also known as this.
What is a sibling?
To make a call in the 1950s, you often had to spin this part of the phone to dial a number.
What is a rotary dial?
This Jackson 5 song starts with "Oh baby, give me one more chance..."
What is I Want You Back?
Ms. Ola was part of a social group that visited clubs together and called themselves this.
What is The Nightlifers?
These are white, cone-shaped targets waiting for you at the end of the lane.
What are pins?
Your mom or dad's brother would be called your what?
Who is your uncle?
This person helped connect your call by plugging wires into a switchboard.
Who is a telephone operator?
Who are The Temptations?
True or false: Ms. Ola's great-grandbaby calls her "Great Great"
What is true?
Three strikes in a row earns you this festive bird name.
What is a turkey?
A friend you've known since you were little could be called this kind of friend.
What is a childhood friend?
These small booths on street corners were once used to make phone calls away from home.
What are phone booths or pay phones?
This song by Marvin Gate and Tammi Terrell reminds us that nothing - not even mountains - can keep true love apart.
What is Ain't No Mountain High Enough?
Ms. Ola worked just one job where her task was to give phone operators a break by "relieving" them on the line at this company.
What is the Phone Company?
The amount of pins that every frame begins with.
What is 10 pins?
When two people get married, their families become this.
What is in-laws (or one big family)?
People often wrote down phone numbers in this little book.
What is an address book or phone book?
This Stevie Wonder hit reminds us that "when you believe in things that you don't understand, you suffer."
What is Superstition?