The Georgetown Years
Family Lore
J's Picks
This or That: International
100

What was the name of the dorm building where J lived her freshman year and on which floor?

Correct Answer: VCW 3

Point Value: 1 (stupid easy)

100

How old was J's mom when she came to the US from Germany?

Correct Answer: 7

Point Value: 2

100
J's fave movie?

Correct answer: Diary of a wimpy kid 2 Rodrick rules 

Point value: 1 

100

You can only pick one of the following options for a 14-hour flight: Noise-cancelling headphones, neck pillow, a screen in the seatback to watch movies

Correct Answer: Screen 

Point Value: 1

200

What was J's favorite museum in DC?

Correct Answer: National Gallery 

Point Value: 3

200

Name all aunts, uncles, and cousins from both sides of the J's family tree.

Correct Answer:

Natalie’s side: 

  • Aunt: Tante (Stefanie)

  • Uncle: Major Tom

  • Cousins: Tommy, Georg, Charlotte

Jim’s side 

  • Aunts: Paula, Jean Marie, Helen

  • Uncle: Joseph 

  • Cousins: Michael, Lara, Amanda, Andrea, Marissa

Point Value: 5 

200

What was J in her 8th grade musical?

Correct answer: Cat in the Hat 

Point value: 2 

200

What is your favorite foreign cuisine in New York: [Indian, Italian, Mediterranean]

Correct Answer: Indian 

Point Value: 1 

300

Out of all of the classes she took at Georgetown, who was J's favorite professor?

Correct Answer: Thomas Xenakis (NOT Will Schlickenmaier)

Point Value: 2

300

Briefly tell the story of how J's father proposed to her mother.

Correct Answer: Georgetown Four Seasons — he put the ring in the dessert that she always ordered but she insisted on getting something else that night and he was freaking out 

Point Value: 2

300

What did J's parents call her when she’d slobber as a baby?

Correct answer: Droolia 

Point value: 3

300

You have to spend a full day in one of the following cities. Of the following options, which would you choose: Lima (Peru), Rio (Brazil), Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Correct Answer: Buenos Aires 

Point Value: 3

400

If she hadn’t gone to Georgetown, which university does J say she would have attended instead?

Correct Answer: UCLA

Point Value: 1 

400

Her Italian family originally stems from which town/city in Italy?

Correct Answer: Montevago/Menfi, Sicily (Agrigento County). If he gets Sicily, I’d give him 2 points, but if he gets any of the other words, he gets 5 

Point Value: 2-5

400

Date of you first date with her?

Correct answer: February 23, 2019

Point value: 4

400

You can snap your fingers and instantly speak one new language fluently. Of the following options, which would you choose: Hindi, Japanese, Greek

Correct Answer: Hindi

Point Value: 3, I think he’ll say Japanese 

500

What was the name of the building where you and J lived during the spring semester of junior year?

Correct Answer: Sedona Slate 

Point Value: 1

500

How do you say “I love my wife” in German?

Correct Answer: “Ich liebe meine Frau”

Point Value: 5

500

Name of the lake where you proposed?

Correct answer: Bärenbrucher Teiche

Point value: 5

500

You’re planning a girls trip with the Georgetown crew. Which of the following options are you choosing: Nile River Cruise, Hiking in Patagonia, Snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef

Correct Answer: Patagonia 

Point Value: if he guesses Nile, deduct 3 points 

If he gets it right, 3

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