Vacation Trivia
This Carolinian island chain is the preferred annual vacation destination for the Carmon (and extended) family.
What is the Outer Banks?
This was the captain of the 1993-94 New York Rangers team who led them to their first Stanley Cup championship victory in 54 years.
Who is Mark Messier?
A traditional ball-game food item, which caused an infamous choking incident during the family's 2003 outer banks vacation.
What is a hot dog?
A job with J.W. Goodliffe & son brought the Carmon family back to central NJ in this decade-bifurcating year.
What is 1995?
This famous, perhaps infamous, pinnacle of the White Mountains of New Hampshire where Mike made his home and career for nearly 10 years.
What is Mount Washington?
This national park, which stretches through 3 U.S. states, was the site of an unfortunately-timed stony health incident for Al.
What is Yellowstone National Park?
The Manhattan home arena of the New York Rangers.
What is Madison Square Garden?
A card game which has caused much tension, spectacle, and competition within the Carmon (and extended family) for over four decades. Yell the name to claim victory!
What is Nertz?
J.W. Goodliffe's main office was originally based in this northeastern NJ town, less than 15 miles outside of Manhattan.
What is Linden?
This southern city where Melanie made her home for nearly a decade, which was also the epicenter of a recent total solar eclipse.
What is Dallas, TX?
15, 30, or 60: The number of years (overall) that Al has been visiting the great state of New Hampshire.
What is 60?
This offense, unique to hockey, is called when a player shoots the puck from behind the center red line all the way down the ice, crossing the opposing team's goal line without being touched by another player. (It's also decidedly not offensive when it comes to baked goods)
What is icing?
This no-torious microscopic bug caused a round of acute stomach distress for nearly the entire DiLeo branch of extended family following a Christmas 2009 gathering.
What is the norovirus?
J.W. Goodliffe is a retailer of these sorts of supplies.
What is welding supplies?
While the length of residency for the Carmon family may have been brief in this midwestern state, it gave Michael a lifelong passion in a certain stormy scientific discipline.
What is Illinois?
This naval site, pivotal to the outcome of a second historical global conflict, was one of the landmarks visited during Al & Mike's originally-unplanned father son tropical vacation in 2005.
This was the next year the New York Rangers made it to the Stanley Cup Finals following their 1994 victory.
What is 2014?
This child of Al is infamous for a finger-slicing incident while cutting in to a bagel in the late 90s.
Who is Michael?
The two family members of Al who also worked (or are still working) for the Goodliffe company.
Who are Melanie and Heather?
This ultimate convenience store is always the first stop on the itinerary whenever Jesse "rolls" into town.
What is Wawa?
This popular "arm" of Massachusetts is the site of a 2008 Carmon family reunion which involved a haunted house and a pancake throwdown.
What is Cape Cod?
This New York Rangers player scored the game winning goal in Game 7 of the 1994 Eastern Conference Finals, giving them victory over the New Jersey Devils and sending the Rangers to the Stanley Cup Finals.
Who is Stephan Mattieau?
The network that Al oft turns to for a delightfully merry and formulaic holiday-themed movie.
What is the Hallmark Channel?
The corporate headquarters of J.W. Goodliffe's internet arm, Cyberweld, is located in this grand southwestern state.
What is Arizona?
The Evangel Church singing quartet that Melanie was a part of in the late 90s.
What is Set Apart?