CAUGHT IN THE ACT
FAMILY VOCABULARY
TOWN OF CARLISLE
LIFE-THREATENING EVENTS
VACATIONS
100

ACCORDING TO AUNT SARAH'S COMPLETELY ACCURATE RESEARCH, THE BELANGER'S ARE DESCENDED FROM AN EMPEROR OF THIS CITY

WHAT IS QUEBEC?

100

THIS IS WHAT DAD CALLS THE PIZZA CUTTER

WHAT IS A ROUNDIE?
100

THIS IS THE MASCOT OF THE PUBLIC MIDDLE SCHOOL

WHAT IS A HUSKY?

100

THIS IS THE TERM FOR WHAT MOM DID TO HER HAND JUMPING OUT THE GREAT ROOM WINDOW

WHAT IS DEGLOVING?

100

THIS IS A MOVIE SERIES WE WATCHED ON VACATION

WHAT IS INDIANA JONES OR JASON BOURNE?

200

THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT UNCLE BOB ONCE STOLE FROM KATE AND HID IN THE HOUSE SOMEWHERE, NOT TO BE FOUND FOR YEARS

WHAT ARE RUSSIAN STACKING DOLLS

200

THIS IS WHAT MOM AND DAD CALL SAN PELLIGRINO

WHAT IS A GREENIE?

200

THE NAME OF ONE PERSON WHO GAVE MOM HELL WHILE SHE WAS ON THE PATHWAY COMMITTEE

WHO IS SYLVIA OR JACK?

200

THIS IS THE QUOTE SAID BY THE FATHER OF MOM'S CHILDHOOD FRIEND WHEN HE FELL DOWN A FULL STORY OF A STAIRWELL. 

WHAT IS "JESUS CHRIST, RUSSELL."

200

THIS IS THE MAKE BELIEVE ACTIVITY THAT NICK AND KATE WOULD PLAY IN THEIR BUNKBED ROOM IN VERMONT

WHAT IS "PIRATES?"

300

CASSIE ONCE HAND (OR MOUTH) DELIVERED THIS ITEM TO MOM, WHICH GOT KATE GROUNDED

WHAT IS A PIPE?
300

THIS IS MOM'S ALTERNATIVE NAME FOR COLD STONE

WHAT IS FROZEN SLAB?

300

THIS IS THE BASEBALL/ SOCCER FIELD THAT NICK AND KATE PLAYED AT

WHAT IS BANTA DAVIS?

300

THIS IS THE KIND OF CAR THAT DAD ONCE SLID UNDER ON A BIKE

WHAT IS A POLICE CAR (MAYBE DAD KNOWS THE SPECIFICS)?

300

THIS IS A VACATION DESTINATION WHERE NICK GOT GRIEVOUSLY ILL

WHAT IS NEW YORK OR GERMANY?

400

THIS IS THE NAME OF THE GAMING DEVICE THAT NICK ONCE BURIED IN THE YARD

WHAT IS A PLAYSTATION PORTABLE (PSP)?

400

THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT NAMES FOR THE TV REMOTE USED BY DAD-- NEITHER OF WHICH ARE "REMOTE"

WHAT ARE BOINKER AND CLICKER?

400

THESE ARE THE HOUSEHOLD NAMES OF THREE NEIGHBORS WHO LIVED ON PALMER WAY

WHO ARE HEIGHTHOUSE, DENARDO, BUTTKE/MONAGHAN, AND BOB SOMETHING I CAN'T REMEMBER

400

THIS IS THE RESTAURANT THAT DAD DISLOCATED HIS HIP IN?

WHAT IS HELEN'S?

400

THE PLACE WITH A HOTEL THAT MOM AND NICK FOUND SO DISGUSTING THAT WE ENDED UP WITH A FREE STAY

WHAT IS LAKE POWELL?

500

THIS IS THE NAME OF THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS WHICH GRANDPA WOULD CALL OUT WHEN OPENING A BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE (AIMED AT THEIR WINDOW).

WHO IS FARGUS?

500

THIS IS THE FAKE ITALIAN SAYING THAT ALASKAN UNCLE JIM MADE UP AND MOM SAYS AT RANDOM INTERVALS WITH NO CONTEXT

WHAT IS SHEKEINA MOSA DELA VINI?

500

THIS IS THE DECADE KIMBALL'S FARM WAS FOUNDED IN

WHAT IS THE 1930s?

500

THIS IS THE QUESTION DAD ASKED MOM ONCE SHE FINALLY GOT UP THE GARAGE STAIRS AFTER BREAKING HER ARM.

WHAT IS "WHERE'S NICK?"
500

THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE MOM ALMOST FOUGHT A WOMAN WHO WAS INSISTENT UPON BRAIDING KATE'S HAIR

WHAT IS JAMAICA?

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