1930's
Nova Scotia has more of this language speaker than anywhere else in the world, including it's country of origin of Scotland.
What is Gaelic?
The sun is shining, the grass is green
The orange and palm trees sway
There's never been such a day
In Beverly Hills, LA
But it's December the 24th
And I'm longing to be up north
Are the opening verse to this 1942 Bing Crosby holiday classics heard only in the accompany movie from the same year.
What is White Christmas?
One of Grandma's favourite movie, this 1965 Oscars winner is one of only four films ever to win a Tony Award for Best Play or Musical, and later win Best Picture.
What is Sound of Music?
One of Grandma's favourite movies ever, this 1965 masterpiece is one of only four films ever to win a Tony Award for Best Play or Musical, and later win Best Picture
What is the Sound of Music
Grandma probably doesn't think this #1 billboard hit is about her, despite it sitting in the top spot for 3 weeks in January 1973.
What is You're so Vain?
Learning her multiplication tables earned Grandma this reward. A feat done at a younger age than her older brothers.
What are Cross Country Skiis
Grandma remember watching these intermission features, averaged 10 minutes in length, that consisted of military footage depicting allied military operations and other events from the home front.
What is Newsreel?
In 1959, Grandma watched Queen Elizabeth and Prince sail up into Canada a board this ship?
What is the Royal Yacht Britannia?
In 1961, this doll's hip joint cause a law suit that was settled out of court in 1963. In the meantime this "Teen-age Fashion Model" was met her on again off again boyfriend Ken in the same year.
Who is Barbie?
February 1970, police receive an anonymous phone call leading to them to a locker at Toronto's Royal York Hotel where they recovered of this previously stolen truly Canadian sports trophy
What is the Grey Cup?
This Golden Age Movie started tapping his way to fame in his first movie appearance as himself in 1933's Dancing Lady
Who is Fred Astaire?
One of Grandma's favourite movies actually filmed during the 1946 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade where Edmund Gwenn who played Santa Claus also fulfilled Santa's duties during the parade.
What is Miracle on 34th Street
This 1950's natural disaster which impacted much of Manitoba and some United States, left lines on houses indicating the water level that Grandma could see when she made the move to Winnipeg.
What is 1950 Red River Flood
This show was home to iconic performances by groundbreaking artists from rock ‘n’ roll, comedy, novelty, pop music, politics, sports, opera making it must see TV for fans and was a huge honor for up-and-coming (and established) artists in the 1960s.
What is the Ed Sullivan Show?
1972 saw the birth of this CBC investigative consumer program where topics may call Grandma to call you telling you to watch so you can protect yourself and your pocketbook.
What is Marketplace?
Grandma shares her birthday with this American doo-wop and R&B singer who would go on to form one of the finest and most influential vocal groups in pop and doo wop music history. Through it all "[He] Only Have Eyes For You".
Who is Zeke Carey
A childhood favourite of Grandma's what movie's plot focuses on the lead escaping her new owner and begins the long trek from Scotland to her Yorkshire home.
Lassie Comes Home
This "Catch a Falling Star" singer hosted a 15-minute variety show, before moving to NBC in 1955 and became a hour long weekly variety show that not only bared his name but was must see TV for Grandma.
Who is Perry Como
Opening April 28, 1967, with the theme "Man and his World" and became the best attended of all BIE-sanctioned world expositions until that time
What is Expo 67?
Given the title of most daring drama in the seventies due to covering topics other soaps would not dare to cover this soap, this soap starred Susan Seaforth Hayes who is the only cast member to appear in all seven decades of the show's run.
What is Days of our Lives?
Records depict this root vegetables being eaten in China before the Great Pyramids were built, but Grandma prefers to eat this vegetable raw in a starring role on a sandwich .
What is radish
This type of stenography, that uses straight strokes and quarter-circle strokes Grandma studied to become a stenographer.
What is Pitman's shorthand?
This 1957's song by The Everly Brothers, the inspiration for a nickname for Grandma, and the inspiration for Susan's name.
What is Wake Up Little Susie?
Despite Annica living in a province of Canada's fourth-largest French-speaking population, Manitoba refused to acknowledge this act until it was forced to do so in 1985 by a ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada
What is the Official Languages Act?
This Sarina based Airline was at it's peak popularity in the 1970's, but the older plane model gave the airline loving nicknames of "Great Shakes" and "Scare Ontario".
What is Great Lakes Airline?