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People known by their initials
It's not easy being green...
Left to your own devices
Shipwrecks
100

This person is featured in telegraph alley as the creator of wifi

Who is Hedy Lamarr?

100

It might give you Goosebumps to know this children's author has sold over 400 million copies of his books worldwide

Who is R.L. Stine?

100

An enclosed structure that creates a warm environment for growing plants

What is a greenhouse?

100

On a classic one of these, north corresponds to 0° and south corresponds to 180°.  

What is a compass?

100

This ship ran aground off the coast of Cappahayden in 1918

What is the S.S. Florizel?

200

This man feuded with James Pearl over land grants

Who is Thomas Cochrane?

200

This Iconic blues guitarist won his first Grammy in 1971 and his final in 2009

Who is B.B. King?

200

Where guests on a television show wait before going on stage

What is a green room?

200

Elisha Otis demonstrated the safety type of this vehicle at New York’s World Fair in 1854.  

What is an elevator?

200

This British ocean liner was sunk by a German U-boat in the First World War, and contributed to US entry into the war.

What is the R.M.S Lusitania?

300

The marconi towers were this tall

What is 300 ft?

300

Though he would deny it at times, this English author's fantasy series was inspired by his experiences in the First World War.

Who is J.R.R. Tolkien?

300

You would call this animal green if it's young and untrained.

What is a horse?

300

Raytheon’s Radarange was the first commercially available example of this cooking device.


What is a microwave oven?

300

This ship was a carrack in the English Tudor navy of King Henry VIII, and served for 34 years before sinking in the Solent. 

What is the Mary Rose?

400

The cannons in the Mount Pearl room date from this year.

What is / when is 1883?

400

This Canadian singer-songwriter is known for "Constant Craving"

Who is K.D. Lang?

400

A colloquial term for the US dollar

What is a greenback?

400

It’s the 9-letter device designed to generate electrical pulses for the heart’s chambers.  

What is a pacemaker?

400

Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot wrote a ballad about the the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, which sank in which great lake?

What is Lake Superior / Gichi-gami?

500

In our commanding officer's sitting room, this is the one piece of furniture original to the building.

What is the cabinet/drawers?

500

His 1951 novel's protagonist was always using the word "phony."

Who is J.D. Salinger?

500

This English folk song provides the tune for “What Child Is This?”

What is Greensleeves?

500

Also called earth drills, ice fishermen have used these tools to drill through layers of ice.  

What are augers?

500

Wrecked vessels have been traced back to Basque whalers from the 1540s - early 1600s in this Labrador community.

What is Red Bay?