1940's
Grammar Lesson
Musicals
Shirley
Bruce Beach/Ripley
100

As prime minister (1940–45) during most of World War II, this man rallied the British people and led the country from the brink of defeat to victory. 

Who is Winston Churchill?

100

What you call words like David, Mt Rushmore, Mrs. Andrews, and Orchard Park Public School.

What are proper nouns?

100

Following the lives of felines.

What is Cats?

100

Hollywood's number one box-office draw as a child actress from 1934 to 1938.

Who is Shirley Temple?
100

A Great Lakes steam ship that exploded along the eastern shore of Lake Huron in 1883. The rusting remains of the ship's boiler lie on a beach south of Kincardine, Ontario.


What is the Erie Belle?

200

This cereal adopted the phrase 'Snap! Crackle! Pop!' to describe the sound it makes when you pour milk on it.

What is Rice Krispies?

200

What you call words like Can't, Isn't, Wouldn't, Couldn't, You'd.

What are contractions?

200

In Mamma Mia, how many dads does lead character Sophie have?

What is three?

200
Shirley is the middle name of this fictional character from PEI.

Who is Anne of Green Gables?

200

Name of the store owned by Grandpa Culbert in Ripley.

What is Watt's Variety Store?

300

In 1949, this author wrote a classic novel about a dystopian future. The book was titled 1984.

Who is George Orwell?

300

What you call a word that describes a verb and often ends in -ly?

What is an adverb?

300

Which musical is set among the students at New York’s High School For The Performing Arts?

What is Fame?

300

She played the lead role of Mrs Partridge, the widowed mother of five children, in the musical situation-comedy television series The Partridge Family (1970–1974), which co-starred her real-life stepson, David Cassidy, son of Jack Cassidy.

Who is Shirley Jones?

300

They originally tossed these at games day for the kids to collect.

What are peanuts?

400

In 1948, this man became the first African American to play in major league baseball.

Who is Jackie Robinson?

400

A noun phrase denoting a person or thing that is the recipient of the action of a transitive verb, for example the dog in "Jimmy fed the dog".

What is a direct object?

400

In which musical does overweight teenager, Tracy Turnblad break the mould when she auditions to dance on The Corny Collins Show?

What is Hairspray?

400

Movie with the following lines...."Surely you can’t be serious". “I am serious and don’t call me Shirley.” 

What is Airplane?

400

What is the English translation for the Latin "Amicitia et Peritia" that appears on the Bruce Beach crest?

What is Friendship and Knowledge?

500

Originally army green not silver, the Johnson and Johnson Permacel Division created this in 1942 to wrap around ammunition cases in order to keep water out.

What is duct tape?

500

There are seven of these and to remember them all use the acronym FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so).

What are coordinating conjunctions?

500

This famous duo wrote 11 musicals including Oklahoma, South Pacific, and Sound of Music.

Who are Rogers and Hammerstein?
500

The theme song for this sitcom was Making our Dreams Come True.

What is Laverne and Shirley?

500

The person in our family who has their name written on the wall of the Bruce Beach golf clubhouse.

Who is Amy?