Broadway Musicals
The 1940s
Potpourri
Organizations
Oh, "MM"y
100

Mary Martin played Maria in this 1959 Broadway musical; Julie Andrews plays the role in the 1965 film.

The Sound of Music

100

This landmark sculpture depicting four presidents was completed in 1941.

Mount Rushmore. 


Can you name the 4 presidents carved into the side of the mountain?

100

In the 1950s, drive-in restaurant servers came to your car using this mode of transportation. 

Roller skates. 

100

This BBB protects the public from unfair business practices.

Better Business Bureau

100

The dog days occur during this season.

Summer.

200

A high-spirited, "unsinkable" young woman is the protagonist in this 1960 musical.

The Unsinkable Molly Brown

200

This pen replaced the fountain pen in 1945.

Ballpoint pen.
200

These winter veggies resemble fat, white carrots.

Parsnips 

200

This group was founded by the National American Woman Suffrage Association. 

The League of Women Voters.

200

Someone who shares a living space with another person in a college dorm is called this.

Roommate. 

300

This 1960 musical is named for the first three notes on the musical scale.

Do Re Mi

300

This president won an unprecedented fourth term in 1944.

Franklin D. Roosevelt 

300

This classic novel by J.D. Salinger tells the story of Holden Caulfield's life after he is expelled from prep school.

The Catcher in the Rye.
300

This organization partners with individuals in need of a home who can afford to repay small mortgages.

Habitat for Humanity 

300

Wear this detachable waistband with a tuxedo.

Cummerbund. 

400

The 1963 Broadway musical Here's Love was based on this film about Santa Claus, released in 1947. 

Miracle on 34th Street.

400

This prestigious global film festival was launched in 1946.

Cannes Film Festival

400

America's most fundamental criminal law concept, dating to ancient Rome, presumes this until proven otherwise.

Innocence. 

400

This faith-based international relief organization, currently led by Franklin Graham, is often the first on the ground after a natural disaster. 

Samaritan's Purse

400

This is the name for the rules that govern all aspects of written and oral communication, such as correct subject-verb agreement. 

Grammar 

500

This 1975 jazz musical, based on reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins' 1926 play, is named for the city in which it is set.

Chicago.

500

Forrest Mar Sr. partnered with Bruce Murrie in 1941 to create these candies for the military.

M&M's 

500

This is the northern hemisphere's largest island.

Greenland.

500

This international organization's scientists protect marine life and ecosystems and more than 125 million acres of land. 

Nature Conservancy 

500

This bird holds the distinction of being the only bird that can fly backward. 

Hummingbird.