Coldwater Curling Club Trivia

Coldwater Curling Club Trivia

How much do you think you know about GM, Coldwater and Curling?
Answers to the Questions

Q.What does GMC stand for?

A. GMC stands for General Motors Company (originally “Grabowsky Motor Company,” but changed after GM acquired it).

Q. Which famous GMC model was used as the A-Team’s van in the 1980s TV show?

A. The GMC Vandura was the A-Team’s famous black-and-red van.

Q. The Chevrolet Suburban holds what Guinness World Record in the automotive industry?

A. The Chevrolet Suburban holds the Guinness World Record as the longest continuously used automobile nameplate (since 1935).

Q .Which Chevrolet model has been in continuous production since 1953?

A. The Chevrolet Corvette (America’s sports car) has been in continuous production since 1953.

Q. What famous rock ’n’ roll song from the 1970s mentions a Chevrolet?

A. “American Pie” by Don McLean (“Drove my Chevy to the levee…

Q. Which Buick model was made famous by its appearance in the movie Rain Man (1988)?

A. The 1949 Buick Roadmaster convertible was driven by Dustin Hoffman’s character in Rain Man (1988).

Q. Buick was one of the first automakers to use what innovative transmission technology in the 1940s?

A. Buick introduced the Dynaflow automatic transmission in the late 1940s, a groundbreaking innovation at the time.

Q. .True or false: Buick sells more cars in China than in Canada?

A. True – Buick sells far more cars in China than in Canada.

Q. In curling, what does “the hammer” mean?

A. Last stone advantage.

Q. What’s a biter?

A. A biter in curling is when a rock that is just touching the twelve foot ring

Q. Name the rings around the button.

A. 12 foot, 8 foot, 4 foot, button

Q. In what year was the historic Coldwater Grist Mill constructed?

A. The Coldwater Grist Mill was built in 1833–34

Q. Coldwater was incorporated as a village in what year?

A. Coldwater was incorporated as a village in 1908

Q. A dam on the Coldwater River that diverted water to the grist mill was destroyed by which natural disaster (in 1954)?

A. The dam was destroyed by Hurricane Hazel in 1954

Q. Which Indigenous chief’s band settled in Coldwater in 1830?

A. Chief John Aisance’s band of Chippewas settled there in 1830

 

 

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Thanks so much for joining the trivia—I hope you had a blast curling!

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