Happy Birthday, Erica!
PI-Pourri Volume 1
PI-Pourri Volume 2
100
Erica recently took a trip to Arches National Park, located outside of Moab in this state home to Mitt Romney, the LDS Church, and the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Utah
100
Among the movies that Elanna wants me to watch? It's the series fittingly described by Wikipedia as "an American epic space opera multimedia franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon."
Star Wars
100
Lili grew up in West Orange, NJ - mere footsteps away from this lightbulb inventor's factory.
Thomas Edison
200
Erica and AJC Incoming CEO Ted Deutch are both alumni of this Big Ten School in Ann Arbor. Go Blue!
University of Michigan
200
I wonder if Connor owns rafting gear? Probably because I know this James River city is the only urban area in the U.S. where you can raft in Class IV rapids.
Richmond
200
I bet some of you did not know that Nisha lived in this kingdom, whose capital city is Riyadh.
Saudi Arabia
300
Westchester, Erica's home county in New York, has its western border marked by this river, named after an English explorer who they also named a Canadian bay after.
Hudson River
300
We all know that Zach's 1990s pop culture fun fact about himself is that he shares the same first and middle name of a character on Saved by the Bell (Zach Morris). But he probably never told you he was born in the same hospital as this actor who starred alongside Samuel L. Jackson in the movie Pulp Fiction.
John Travolta
300
Has Bella ever noticed that this west coast fast food chain, known for its Double Double Burger, prints Bible verses on its cups and wrappers? We're about to find out!
In-N-Out Burger
400
Were you paying attention at lunch yesterday? Then you'll probably know that Erica guarded Yad La-Shiryon, one of the largest museums in the world dedicated to this armored vehicle of war.
Tank
400
Roshan knows about a lot about THON, a dance marathon at Penn State dedicated to raising money to help find a cure for this childhood group of diseases.
Cancer
400
The inner coin collector in Chris probably knows that this currency in India, also the answer to yesterday's Wordle puzzle, comes in 5 different denominations: 1, 2, 5, 10, and 20.
Rupee
500
Don't RUN away quite yet and make sure your sneakers are tied because we're going to learn about Erica Alfridi, an Italian world champion athlete in this physical activity that believe it or not, is an Olympic sport.
(race)walking
500
Marci's parents may have sold this famous Florida candy in their sweet shop. No, it's not the tropical relative of Charlie Brown character Peppermint.
Coconut Pattties
500
In 2017, the IDF announced it would start using robots to carry field equipment in rough terrain instead of these wooly South American mammals. Perhaps Erica got to pet one during her service?
Llamas