Iowa
K. C.
"Grandpa Tom-isms"
Down on the Farm
Past Reunions
100

This city was the first State Capitol of Iowa. 

What is Iowa City?

100

There are more of this type establishment per capita in KC than any other US city.

What are BBQ restaurants ?

100

Grandpa's favorite farm Auction BID.

What is 25 cents, a quarter?

100

Grandpa's farm was known for selling multiple items,  name 4.

What are Milk, Honey, Antiques, Eggs, Corn?

100

This ecological  disaster made national headlines during our reunion.

What was the BP Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico?

200

This state structure allows for indoor football.

What is the UNI-Dome?  Cedar Falls

200

KCI airport had this name and abbreviation since 1972.

What is MCI (Mid-Continent International)?

200

Some call it an Ice Cream Float. 

What is a "Bum-Diddy"?

200

A favorite Dairy breed for Grandpa M. 

What is a Guernsey ?

200

Reunion notable for highest elevation above sea level, at 9165 feet.

What is Divide, Colorado?

300

Iowa is the nation's number 1 producer of these 3 commodities.

What are corn, pork, and eggs?

300

KC park that is more than twice as large as NYC Central Park. (1895 acres vs 843)

What is Swope Park.?

300

Farm name for equine excrement. 

What are "road apples"?

300

Nothing runs like Grandpa's first tractor, (model and year.)

What is a 1936 JohnDeere "B" ?

300

An Iowa reunion excursion visited a farming community often referred to by this descriptive slang term.

What are "Hookies"?  from Hook & Eye, the Amish.

400

This acronym represents the oldest and largest bicycle ride in the world.

What is RAGBRAI, the Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa?

400

More than 200 of these give rise to a KC nickname.   

What are fountains,  the City of Fountains.?

400

Ozark method to feed pigs.

What are "Pole-Hogs" ?

400

This event happened May 2008 at Magee farmhouse in Lester Center.

What is ruined by F5 Tornado?

400

A bovine parade during this reunion locale.

What is the Ft Worth, TX  Stockyards Longhorn Cattle Drive?

500

From James Fennimore Cooper's novel "the Last of the Mohicans" this nickname was bestowed upon a white scout who lived with the Indians.  

Who was "Hawkeye"?

500

This thrilling tour kicked off at Arrowhead Stadium in 1984.  

What is the "Jackson Victory Tour"?   after album "Thriller" by Michael Jackson

500

An excessive talker.

What is "having your tongue loose at both ends"?

500

These were 4 of Grandpa's four legged equines.  

Who were Copper, Goldie, Little Joe, Big Jim?

500

This reunion location takes it's name from the confluence of two rivers.  

What is Grand Junction, CO?  the  Grand River (historically the Upper Colorado) and Gunnison River.  

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