Holy Forty!
T & T in the 1940's
The Birthday Girl
40 40 40
Words & Expressions
100
This fell for "forty days and forty nights" during the flood
What is rain
100

This airport in Trinidad and Tobago was opened in 1940, the national airline British West Indies Airways commenced operations.

What is Crown Point Airport..... now called A.N.R. Robinson International Airport

100

The Birthday Girl's middle name

Who is Catherine

100
On average, there are 40 weeks of this period before a baby is born
What is pregnancy
100
It is said that Eskimo have 40 words for this
What is snow
200
This person challenged the Israelites twice a day, for forty days, before being defeated by an unlikely foe
Who is Goliath
200

Before it's public emergence in 1945, this musical instrument was commonly referred to as a Tamboo Bamboo Ensemble before transitioning to Ping Pong.

What is the Steel Pan

200

The Birthday Girl's favorite childhood toy

Who is John John

200

This stone commemorates 40 years of marriage (Pay attention Lindsay)

What is the Ruby

200

To "catch 40 winks" means to do this

What is nap (or do the Rea)

300
In modern Christian practice, this season consists of the 40 days preceding Easter
What is Lent
300

This piece of land, located in Trinidad, was leased to the United States for their military use for 99 years in 1941.

Where is Chagaramas/Chagaramas Peninsula

300

The name of the Birthday Girl's first car

Who is Jabeez

300
The unique temperature at which the Fahrenheit and Celsius scales correspond
What is -40 degrees
300

When the bubonic plague gripped Europe during the Middle Ages, ships were isolated in the harbor for 40 days before passengers could go ashore, thus inspiring this English word.

What is quarantine.....from the Italian word for 40, quaranta

400

This King, found in the Bible, reigned for forty years

Who is Saul, David or Solomon

400

This Labor Rights leader was released from detainment on Nelson Island in 1945, after being held for six years.

Who is Tubal Uriah Buzz Butler

400

The Birthday Girl's favorite TV show

What is "Love it or List it" or Anything on HGTV

400
It took chemists 40 attempts to develop this magical spray
What is WD-40
400

A phrase that implies that when one reaches this specific age, one has the skills, experiences and means necessary for an enjoyable life

What is "Life begins at 40"

500

This person was instructed by God to lay on their right side for 40 days.

Who is Ezekiel

500

The end of this historic event saw the withdrawal of American bases and outposts on Trinidad and Tobago in 1945.

What is World War 2

500

Name the first job the Birthday Girl had

City Ambassador

500
40 is the atomic number of this chemical element, the main component of what is often called a poor man's diamond
What is Zirconium
500

The phrase "Open Sesame" comes from which popular folk tale

What is Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves..... from the book One Thousand and One Nights

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