Childhood
What was the name of the hospital where she was born?
Butterworth
What did mom study while at Calvin?
education
What is mom's favorite dessert?
Anything with marshmallow
True or False: Blowing out candles more than doubles the number of bacteria present on the icing of a cake
True; a 2017 study in the Journal of Food Research says that blowing out candles increases bacteria on icing by 1,400%
Who is playing in the Super Bowl this year?
Chiefs and Eagles
What was the name and breed of her family dog?
Bridget
What was the name of the first school that mom taught?
Byron Center Christian Elementary
Then she went to Creston Christian
Where is mom's favorite place to travel?
Bahamas
How many times does the Earth travel around the sun in between a person's birthdays?
One
Who is performing at the halftime show this year?
Rhianna
What nickname did her move give her?
white tornado
What Christmas gift did mom lose and we didn't find until we moved out of Shadybrook?
GPS
What is mom's dream car?
Red convertible
What was the minimum wage in the U.S. the year the person was born?
$1.25
This year is Super Bowl LVII. What number is that?
57
How many sister(s) did mom share a room with growing up?
One (Aunt Ann)
What year did mom & dad get married?
1984
What is mom's least favorite household chore?
Cleaning the toilets
In what decade did hospitals start taking footprints of newborn babies?
The 1960s
This was done to avoid accidentally switching babies at birth, and, on a lesser scale, to prevent kidnapping. Just like fingerprints, every human's footprint is unique.
We will consume 1.3 billion ____ on Super Bowl Sunday.
Chicken wings
What pet did mom have growing up (her own pet, not her family's)?
Two turtles (one named Free and the other named Dom)
Zero
What's mom's biggest phobia?
Going into caves
Who was the president when mom was born?
JFK
What is the average cost of a Super Bowl commercial? (within a million dollars)
7 million dollars