Seinfeld, etc.
Questions About Dwarfism
The Birthday Boy
Black Comedy
Canning, Pickling, and Preserving
Family
100
In one of the greatest bottle episodes of all time, the group of friends on Seinfeld travel to the mall to buy this gift for the Drake.
What is a big screen TV?
100
This is one of the two little-people actors with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Bonus points if you can name both!
Who are Peter Dinklage and Danny DeVito?
100
Facebook just reminded me that its dad's birthday (thanks Facebook).
This is the year that dad made his last original post on Facebook.
Bonus points if you remember what the post was about!
When is 2024?
100
Anybody remember that movie 'Norbit'?
In this classic black comedy, Eddie Murphy plays both himself, as well as his full-figured girlfriend.
Many speculate that this idea was heavily borrowed from Tyler Perry, whose own female alter-ego is named this.
100
When preserving fruits in jam, conserves, and jellies, this is the ingredient that thickens the mixture.
What is pectin?
100
Now that we are all well-versed in Sesame Street (as every family should be), share your favorite (and least-favorite) Sesame Street characters.
Double points if you mentioned Gonger at all!
200
In season 2, this character wins the Dundie award for 'hottest in the office'.
Who is Ryan?
200
This is the average adult height of a person with dwarfism.
What is 4 feet, 10 inches?
200
These are the layers in dad's favorite, the Kroger tuxedo cake.
What are marbled cake, white chocolate mousse, dark chocolate mousse, and chocolate ganache with white chocolatey swirls?
200
This is the fitting, one-word name of the thief in 'Everybody Hates Chris' who frequently sells the Rock family defective stolen goods.
Who is Risky?
200
This is the one type of food that the USDA never endorses canning, using any method.
What is dairy?
200
In honor of Emily's favorite meme, share your ideal house temperature!
You receive full points if your answer is within the 70s!
300
In the 5th season of Seinfeld, Jerry learns that he has not yet returned this book to the library, which he borrowed in 1971.
What is 'Tropic of Cancer'?
300
Peter Dinklage appears recurringly on Game of Thrones, proving to everyone that even little people can make bad TV.
This is the name of his character.
Who is Tyrion Lannister?
300
This was the name of the (still open) high school dad graduated from.
Bonus points if you can name their mascot!
What is Wills Point High School?
300
In this 1996 James-favorite hood comedy, the Wayans brothers parody the genre of black comedy.
Hint: The title has a whopping 14 words!
What is 'Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood'?
300
The Department of Agriculture estimates that the average American eats this many pounds of pickles per year.
What is 8.5 pounds?
300
This is the greatest country music song of all time.
Double points if your answer includes mention of drinking!
400
This is Barry Goldberg's long-time, self-given, nickname.
What is 'Big Tasty'?
400
I heard somewhere that 'midget' is not an appropriate descriptor to people with dwarfism.
These are the two descriptors for people with dwarfism endorsed by Health.com.
What are 'little people' and 'dwarves'?
400
This is the name of dad's best movie recommendation to-date, where director Stephen Soderberg explores the world of the illegal drug trade from multiple perspectives.
What is 'Traffic'?
400
In another Wayans brothers classic, Kevin and Marcus go undercover as white ladies. One of the brothers (I cant remember which one because I'm racist) is romantically pursued by this famous black actor.
Who is Terry Crews?
400
This is the sometimes-fatal disease most commonly associated with improperly canned foods.
What is botulism?
400
Share your most embarrassing purchase of 2025.
If you garner a chuckle, you get full points!
Double points if you bought the item in-person.
500
When Michael Scott realizes that he cannot uphold his promise to pay for an entire classes tuition, he offers the students this meager gift instead.
What are lithium batteries?
500
This is photographic evidence of our recent endeavor into the world of little people wrestling.
In order to prove that you're not ableist, name one of the performers we saw.
500
Name one of dad's previous fantasy football teams.
Double points if you picked Emily's favorite, the backfield penetrators!
500
According to IMDB, this Hootman family favorite is the #1 black comedy film of all time.
What is 'Coming to America'?
500
This is the difference between jellies, jams, preserves, and marmalades.
Double points if you define conserves!
500
The second-to-last Jeopardy we played as a family was on dad's birthday last year! I can't remember who won, but I do remember my favorite question!
Share with everyone your favorite James memory!
If your memory happened, you get full points!
Double points if your memory took place at Celestial!