The state where Steve grew up and graduated from high school.
What is MA
Three bands that someone Steve's age would have listened to in high school.
Who are - Led Zeppelin, the Eagles, Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, Aerosmith, the Who, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Chicago, Steely Dan, Queen, AC/DC, Earth Wind and Fire, Talking Heads, Journey etc etc.
Steve’s favorite soccer team
What is Liverpool
The first five digits of pi
What is 3.1415
The first female Prime Minister of a European country
Who is Margaret Thatcher
Four different course subjects that Steve has taught
What is - too many to count!
The definition of nocturia
What is getting up to go the bathroom in the middle of the night
Two sports that Steve played in high school and college
What are - baseball and soccer
The balanced equation for carbon dioxide and water forming carbonic acid
What is CO2 + H20 → H2CO3
Mercredi [MAIR-creh-dee], which refers to the Roman god Mercury, is the French word for this day of the week.
What is Wednesday
Steve’s first name spelled in Aviation English
What is Sierra, Tango, Echo, Victor, Echo
The thing that even old people do 22 times per day.
What is Open the frig
The men’s world cup winner in 2022, including one star player from this team
What are Argentina, and Lionel Messi
The order of planets starting from the sun
What is mercury, venus, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune
The name of the artist and title of this one hit wonder 70's song.
What is My Sharona by the Knack
The one job Steve didn’t have from this list:
Rubber Boot factory worker
Steakhouse busboy
Lifeguard at the Chicopee town pool
Chemical hygiene officer
What is Lifeguard at the town pool
Steve’s nickname for older folks who snowboard
What is "Greys on trays"
The reason that northern lights occurred far south of their normal range recently.
What is - (any of the following) solar flares, solar storm, geomagnetic storm
This organelle contains thylakoid structures and the enzyme RuBisCo which catalyzes carbon fixation as part of the Calvin cycle
What is - a chloroplast
This cryptocurrency based on an internet meme lost nearly 30 percent of its value in the hours after Elon Musk referred to it on Saturday Night Live.
What is dogecoin
Two of these escapades from Steve’s childhood are true:
1. Playing darts in a dark basement with his brothers
2. Hooking his brother in the head while fishing
3. Falling through the ice during a neighborhood pond hockey game
4. Charging friends for entrance to a party while parents were away in order to buy Mom a present
What are - Playing darts, For profit party
One of the following is NOT a Medicare plan that old fogies can purchase:
Medicare A/B, Medi-Gap, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Plan 0, Medicare Part D, Medicare Plan N, Medicare Plan G
What is Medicare Plan 0
The name of five rivers Steve has rowed
What are
the Colorado, Yampa, Green, Rogue, Main Salmon, Middle Fork Salmon, San Juan, etc rivers
A method for determining the height of a tall tree using mathematical principles
What is - Steve judges the answer
ALL PLAY - 60 sec - write your answer: From least to most, the Roman number represented by CDL, the number of elected officials in the US house and senate, the number of nanometers in red light, the number of total Space X launches since the company started, the approximate number of meters in a half mile
What are - 450, 535, 620-750, 392, 800
In order - 392 (space x), 450 (CDL), 535 (US congress), 620-750 (red light), 800 (half mile)