The Grandkids
Humble Abodes
79 for nerds
October and 1941
More about Grammy
100

This grandchild and Grammy have never met, thus there are no pictures of them in the slide show..

Who is Patrick?

100

Grammy grew up here, and most of us have lived here at some point in our lives.

What is1942 Naio St.

100

79 is the 22nd of these numbers.

What are prime numbers?

100

In 1941 the US declares marshall law and takes this island to use as a bombing range to prepare for war in the Pacific.

What is Kahoolawe?

100

It is Danita's Alma Mater

What is Mount Saint Marys University?

200

Many mistakenly think it is Kapua, but these two really vie for the punahele title.

Who are Kamana'o and Holden?

200

A gathering place for all the family, grammy's house at 123 Melia St. carries this name.

What is Uluwehi?

200

In a computer,  79 is written as the byte 01001111 in this representation.

What is binary?

200

On the Early Roman calendar, October was this ordinal month rather than the 10th as it is in the modern Gregorian Calendar.

What is the 8th?

200

Danita means, "God is my judge" in Hebrew, but for Grandma and Grandpa, it was simply this.

What is a combination of Daniel and Anita?

300

He is the mystery sixth grandchild, and as such did appear in the slide show.

Who is Psyzik?

300

Although the kids went to school in town, Danita lived in this windward community while on Oahu.

What is Haiku Village? (or Kaneohe).

300

An appropriate gift for a 79th birthday is this 79th element.

What is gold?

300

Grammy was barely a month old on this day that shall live in infamy.

What is Dec. 7th 1941? (The attack on Pearl Harbor)

300

Grammy's favorite beach is this east side classic.

What is Lydgate?

400

This grandchild and Grammy went to the same Kaimuki school, at least for a little while.

Who is Kapua?

400

On Kauai, 5 of us including Danita lived in a two bedroom cottage in the repair yard and depot of this bus service.

What is Smith's Bus?

400

Grammy's age is 0x4f in this machine code numerical base.

What is hexadecimal? (also base 16)

400

A spooky full moon will provide light for trick-or-treaters this Halloween, making it this not so rare astronomical event.

What is a blue moon?

400

Grammy's ancestry tells her that the name for this fruit comes from Portuguese, the apple variety grows in her yard.

What is banana?

500

This grandchild and Grammy are intellectual, philosophical, and deep thinking because both are metal snakes. 

Who is Kanoe?

500

Danita lived on the base for the 15th Medical Evac Hospital in this German town, part of the Pirmasens complex.

What is Munchweiler?

500

79 is one, a prime number whose reverse is also a prime number (79 and 97).

What is an emirp?

500

On Jan 20th 1941, Franklin Roosevelt was sworn in for which of his presidential terms?

What is the 3rd?

500

Danita spent many childhood vacations on the Branco family ranch in this forested area of the Big Island.

What is Panaewa?

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