Animalss
Name our first dog in Decorah
Buffy
Who was on the round sled that went through a neighbors window?
Jodie and Karen Hacker
Name a job that Grandp did with his brother?
Grocer
Why did we move off the farm?
The DOT was building a new highway and the farmhouse was in the way of their plans and had to be torn down.
What was the color of Grandpa George’s car?
Sky blue
Robins egg blue
Light turquoise blue
What was the name or our two Irish setters
missy and casey
Where did the sled land in the neighbors house?
Kitchen table
Grandpa and Archie Petersonhad a business called pioneer flier inc.
what do you call a pilot that flies to towns to give paying townsfolk the opportunity to fly as a passenger on a bi-plane?
Barnstormer
After living in the country and being on a party line where neighbors can listen to your phone conversations, when we moved to the flats, what was unusual about our phone bill?
We had 3 phone lines
Why would Grandpa George walk to a outdoor mall every day when he lived in town in Mason City?
To get a cup of coffee
How did Julie’s gerbil die?
Have Julie give the answer
Who stepped barefoot on a snake at the Silver rest golf course?
Mom
In the book ‘sun over Cerro Gordo’ grandpa George was doing what?
Luring people into the fair attractions by calling out to them. He was a barker at the fair.
Name one of the 3 college students who lived in our apartment and they called in bomb threat so they wouldn’t have to go to class and the police surrounded our house while we were eating breakdast?
Bob Judy and don’t remember he other guys name.
In what town did Mom live in when at night a neighbor called to tell her there was a man at her window? I think she lived on the second floor.
Toledo
Name the animal we got as a Christmas gift
Guinness pigs
Who put their foot in a shoe and stepped on a bat?
Who knows the answer??
What was grandpas middle name? Starts with a C.
Done
One trip we went to 3 different amusement parks. Name them
6 flags
Adventureland
Silver dollar city
What was unusual about one of Julie’s boyfriends house when we went on a family visit to it?
In the upstairs every of wall space and possibly ceiling space was covered with playboy bunny pictures
What animal did dad kill in our back yard while we watched horrified?
Chicken he took it by it’s head and twirled the body around until the chicken ran around the yard with is head off
What potentially life threatening thing did we do as kids on Broadway?
Be with people who would find snakes and pick them up with sticks and throw them over the cliffs
What was the name of the pony club that Granpa started with Leslie Bomhower?
Restoring American Appolosa pony club
Indian Appolosa pony club
The pony of America’s club
What did Grandpa Bud think we stole at his favorite Mexican restaurant?
A extra large drinking glass
Name the gangster that robbed a bank in Mason City? Mom saw a movie re-enactment of this crime while visiting Mason City.
Dillinger