Whodunnit
WWII
Family Fitness
The Swamp
'55
Family Holidays
Final Jeopardy
100
This detective is known by only one name which describes a code for sending messages
Who is Morse?
100
The last major German offensive campaign of World War II
What is the Battle of the Bulge?
The Battle of the Bulge was launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front. The surprise attack caught the Allied forces completely off guard. American forces bore the brunt of the attack and incurred their highest casualties for any operation during the war.
100
The name of Julia's AAU basketball coach that got charged with embezzlement
Who is Willie Carlisle?
100
These Gator quarterbacks are Heisman Trophy winners.
Who are: Steve Spurrier, Danny Wuerffel and Tim Tebow.
Three Gators quarterbacks have won the Heisman Trophy: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), and Tim Tebow (2007)
100
The price of a gallon of gas
What is 23 cents?
100
The holiday when our Weiner dog gobbled up our rescued chick
What is Easter?
200
Name this show
What is Midsommer Murders?
200
The amount of time it took Congress to approve President Roosevelt's request to declare war on Japan after the bombing of Pearl Harbor
What is one day?
200
The grade Jessie was in when she traded in balls for keys
What is 8th grade?
200
The year the Florida Gators won their first national title
What is 1996?
200
This color became a fashion rage for men
What is pink?
200
One infamous year, the Mitchell's spent this holiday "talking to Ralph"
What is Christmas?
300
The name of the DI from Endeavor who shares a last name with a day of the week
What is Thursday?
300
This famous British deception, inspired by Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond, involved a dead body carrying carefully faked letters hinting that the Allies were planning to invade Greece and Sardinia, not Sicily.
What is Operation Mincemeat?
In the end, Hitler moved entire divisions away from Sicily to guard against attacks on Greece and Sardinia -- attacks that never came. Instead, the Allies stormed through Sicily, meeting only minimal resistance, and Hitler was forced to call off assaults on the Eastern Front in order to reinforce Italy.
“And from that moment on,” says Macintyre, “the German army was on the back foot on the Eastern Front. ... In terms of the general choreography of the war, this was an absolutely critical dance.”
300
The number of marathons run collectively by the Mitchell/Welsh family?
What is 6?
We actually aren't sure...how many has Dad run?
300
The first player in UF history to both rush and run for twenty touchdowns in a single season
Who is Tim Tebow?
(aka Dad's man crush:)
300
This president suffered a heart attack and was hospitalized for 3 weeks
Who is President Eisenhower?
300
Dad "put a ring on it" on this special holiday
What is Valentine's Day?
400
In a sleepy town near Cambridge, a vicar solves mysteries with a local investigator on this TV show
What is Grantchester?
400
In Band of Brothers, the men of Easy Company had to run up and down this mountain constantly
What is Currahee?
Currahee means "we stand alone" in Indian. Alas the 506th's motto.
400
Dad's claim to fame: He ran cross-country with this Olympian while at the University of Florida
Who is Frank Shorter?
400
In 1913, the Gators beat this team by a margin of 144-0
Who is Florida Southern? (Then known as Southern College)
It really happened, and it was played under high school rules, meaning 12-minute quarters instead of 15. The following week however, they lost to Auburn 55-0. One Gator football player, Rex Farrior was quoted as saying "after that 144-0 game, I thought college football was a piece of cake, Auburn instructed me otherwise".
400
In September 1955, this classic TV show, starring James Arness as "Marshall Matt Dillon", made its debut on CBS
What is Gunsmoke?
Gunsmoke became immensely popular and ran for twenty seasons until 1975, making it the longest running scripted show from the United States during the 20th century.
400
Dad greeted a handful of Julia's Japanese friends at the door with a gun when they arrived for this holiday
What is Thanksgiving?
500
Based on the works of crime writer, Ann Cleeves, this show features a female DCI who solves murders in Northumberland
What is Vera?
500
This battle involved the largest engagement of tanks in history
What is the Battle of Kursk?
500
James incurred this injury while playing left-field for the church softball league
What is the fence ate his arm?
500
In 1966, this UF player kicked a field goal of 40 yards with 2:12 remaining to beat Auburn 30-27
Who is Steve Spurrier?
Florida finished the season 7-3, but the field goal kick by Spurrier received enough publicity to put him in the national spotlight and draw attention to his many accolades throughout the season. With that he became the first Heisman Trophy winner from the University of Florida.
500
The USS Nautilus, the worlds first _________________, had its inaugural voyage in January 1955.
What is nuclear-powered submarine?
As it made its first real voyage in January , Commander Eugene Wilkinson relayed the historic message of "Underway On Nuclear Power." The USS Nautilus continued operating until March of 1980 and impressively broke many submarine records and completed several important research and naval missions.
500
Julia knocked Jessie's tooth out on this holiday
What is Halloween?
500
The number of calories in Granny's famous pound cake.
What is 6,173?
Why Is a Pound Cake Called a Pound Cake?
The answer is simple. The original pound cakes called for a pound of sugar, a pound of butter, a pound of flour and a pound of eggs.