ROUND 1 – Multiple Choice Directions: This is your warm up round. Each of the questions in round 1 will be worth 10 Brain Cells - and don’t forget to turn in your weekly online bonus question! You will have approximately 20 seconds to answer each question. Here we go!

1. When was released in 1978, only 8. What is the name of the high school that Grease one of these pop singers was alive – just a year takes place in? old at the time! Which one was it? A. Juillard B. Rydell C. Hogwarts D. Sunnydale A. Britney Spears B. Christina Aguilera C. Shakira D. Nelly Furtado 9. Leather doesn’t just make an awesome jacket or car seat, it’s also useful in sports! Which of the 2. Grease has lots of sexual innuendo and mild following sports does not have a ball traditionally profanity – what was its MPAA rating at the time made from real and/or synthetic leather? of its release? A. Football B. Tennis C. Baseball D. Soccer A. G B. PG C. PG-13 D. Not rated 10. Which religious group does belong 3. Grease was robbed! What film won Best to? Picture at the Oscars the year Grease was A. Kabbalah B. Rastafarianism C. Druidism eligible? D. Scientology A. The Deer Hunter B. Heaven Can Wait C. Coming Home D. Every Which Way but Loose

4 . One song from the Grease soundtrack received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song. Which song was it? A. Summer Nights B. Greased Lightning C. Winter Nights D. Hopelessly Devoted to You

5. If you go visit a grease monkey, you’re probably talking about someone with what job? A. Line cook B. Copilot C. Mechanic D. Zookeeper ANSWER KEY 6. The words Grease and Greece are examples of what? 1. C. Shakira A. Homophones B. Antonyms C. Synonyms D. 2. B. PG Palindromes 3. A. The Deer Hunter 4. D. Hopelessly Devoted to You 7. Which of the following films does not take 5. C. Mechanic place in Greece? 6. A. Homophones A. Mamma Mia! B. 300 C. The Bourne 7. C. The Bourne Supremacy Supremacy D. For Your Eyes Only 8. B. Rydell 9. B. Tennis 10. D. Scientology ROUND 2 Directions: Now that the warm up is out of the way, it’s time to really get those Grease up those brains! Your team will receive 10 brain cells for each correct answer - Good luck!

1. What popular disco movie starring John Travolta came out one year before Grease?

2. The film version takes place in California, but in what major Midwestern city is the original stage play set?

3. What decade does Grease take place in?

4 . Who was the President of the when Grease was released in 1978?

5. John Travolta didn’t star in another film musical for 29 years after Grease came out. What 2007 movie finally got him to sing and dance again on screen?

6. What’s the name of the #1 hit song Oliva Newton-John recorded in 1981 that featured a controversial music video filled with shirtless men working out?

7. True or False: On the DVD commentary for Grease, (Rizzo) says (Kenickie) insisted on giving her real hickeys. ANSWER KEY 8. True or False: In the film, none of the 13 main high school characters were played by 1. Saturday Night Fever actors of high school age – 19 years old or 2. younger – at the time. 3. 1950s 4. Jimmy Carter 9. True or False: John Travolta had already 5. Hairspray played Danny Zuko in the stage version 6. Physical before he signed on for the film. 7. True 8. True – Olivia Newton-John was 28 when 10. True or False: Just like Sandy in Grease, they filmed the movie, and Stockard Chan- Olivia Newton-John is from Australia in real ning was 33. life. 9. False – He had played Doody and Kenickie, but never Danny. 10. True ROUND 6 - BRAIN FREEZE CHALLENGE! Brain Freeze Challenge Directions: As you know, before Grease was an awesome movie musical, it entertained the world on Broadway. At one point, it held the record for most consecutive performances of any Broadway show (3,388). It doesn’t hold the record any more, but you can come up with any 10 of the top 15 longest-running plays in Broadway history (as of July 24, 2013)? GOOD LUCK!

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According to the Internet Broadway Database, the top 15 longest-running musicals on Broadway are: The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Chicago, Les Miserables, The Lion King, A Chorus Line, Oh! Calcutta, Beauty and the Beast, Rent, Mamma Mia!, Miss Saigon, Wicked, 42nd Street, Grease, and Fiddler on the Roof.