PHILADELPHIA
DECEMBER 26TH
1955
EDUCATION
VEHICLES
100
ROCKY, THE ICONIC SOUTHPAW FROM PHILADELPHIA WAS PLAYED BY PHILADELPHIA’S OWN SYLVESTER STALLONE. HOWEVER, THIS REAL LIFE PHILADELPHIAN BOXING ICON IS KNOWN FOR HIS BRUTAL TRILOGY WITH MUHAMMAD ALI.
WHO IS JOE FRAZIER?
100
LOOK OUT, FANS OF TYSON AND ALI — THIS INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAY FALLS ON DECEMBER 26TH, THOUGH IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH LEFT HOOKS OR OVERHAND RIGHTS.
WHAT IS BOXING DAY?
100
ON JULY 17TH OF THIS YEAR, THIS ICONIC THEME PARK OPENED IN ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA.
WHAT IS DISNEYLAND?
100
RCC IS THIS TYPE OF SCHOOL ,A STUDENT’S FIRST STEP AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, OFFERING TWO-YEAR PROGRAMS AND A PATHWAY TO A FOUR-YEAR DEGREE. MOM STARTED HERE IN 1988.
WHAT IS A COMMUNITY COLLEGE?
WHAT IS A JUNIOR COLLEGE?
100
YEAR MAKE AND MODEL OF THIS VEHICLE, WHICH WAS MOM'S FIRST CAR.
WHAT IS A 1970 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE?
200
PHILADELPHIA IS HOME TO THIS UNIVERSITY WHOSE MASCOT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST CARNIVOROUS BIRDS IN NORTH AMERICA.
WHAT IS TEMPLE UNIVERSITY?
200
UMOJA IS THE FIRST DAY OF THIS AFRICAN-ROOTED CELEBRATION OF THE SEVEN PRINCIPLES WHICH STARTS ON DECEMBER 26TH.
WHAT IS KWANZAA?
200
IN 1955, DR. JONAS SALK ANNOUNCED THAT HIS VACCINE FOR THIS DEVASTATING DISEASE WAS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE.
WHAT IS POLIO?
200
NOW NO LONGER STANDING, THIS TYPE OF SCHOOL — NAMED AFTER JOHN WANAMAKER — SERVED MOM DURING THE TRANSITION BETWEEN ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL. NOT THE BEGINNING OR THE END.
WHAT IS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
WHAT IS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
200
THIS TOYOTA CAR, WAS A SMALL, PRACTICAL VEHICLE KNOWN FOR GOOD GAS MILEAGE. MOM’S WAS RED. IJO - 618.
WHAT IS THE CORROLLA FX-16?
300
THIS ICONIC CRACKED BELL, LOCATED IN PHILADELPHIA, BECAME A SYMBOL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.
WHAT IS THE LIBERTY BELL?
300
THIS FAMOUS ROCK STAR, NICKNAMED “THE BOSS,” WAS ALSO BORN DECEMBER 26TH — AND, LIKE MOM, WAS “BORN IN THE U.S.A.”
WHO IS BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN?
300
25 DAYS BEFORE MOM’S BIRTHDAY, THIS WOMAN REFUSED TO GIVE UP HER SEAT ON A BUS, TRIGGERING THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT.
WHO IS ROSA PARKS?
300
MICHELLE ATTENDED THIS ALL-GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL IN PHILADELPHIA DURING THE EARLY 1970s.
WHAT IS KENSINGTON HIGH SCHOOL ?
WHAT IS KENSINGTON HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS?
300
THIS ISUZU SUV WAS POPULAR IN THE 1990s AND WAS OFTEN USED AS A FAMILY OR ROAD-TRIP VEHICLE. MOM’S WAS SILVER.
WHAT IS AN ISUZU RODEO?
400
FOUNDED BY WILLIAM PENN IN 1682, PHILADELPHIA WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO BE A PLACE OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOR THIS GROUP.
WHO ARE THE QUAKERS?
WHO ARE THE MENNONITES?
WHO ARE THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS?
400
TALK ABOUT GOAT SEASON — PEOPLE BORN ON DECEMBER 26TH FALL UNDER THIS ZODIAC SIGN.
WHAT IS CAPRICORN?
400
IN 1955, THIS PHILADELPHIA-AREA CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY WON ITS FIRST NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. THEY’VE WON THREE MORE SINCE THEN — IN 1985, 2016, AND 2018.
WHAT IS VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY?
400
MICHELLE EARNED BOTH HER BACHELOR’S AND MASTER’S DEGREES FROM THIS MAJOR PUBLIC RESEARCH UNIVERSITY IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
WHAT IS VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY?
(ACCEPTED ANSWER : VCU)
400
THIS NISSAN SUV HAS A NAME THAT SUGGESTS EXPLORING OR FINDING A PATH AND IS COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH FAMILY USE. MOM’S WAS BLACK.
WHAT IS THE NISSAN PATHFINDER?
500
THIS ATHLETE WON THE SUPER BOWL MVP IN 2025 FOR HIS PERFORMANCE IN SUPER BOWL 59, WHERE THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES DEFEATED THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS 40–22.
WHO IS JALEN HURTS?
500
THE FULL NAME OF OUR FAMILY’S MATRIARCH, BORN DECEMBER 26TH, 1955. (MAIDEN OR MARRIED)
WHAT IS ANDREA MICHELLE JOHNSON ?
WHAT IS ANDREA MICHELLE HOLLAND?
500
AT THE TIME OF MOM’S BIRTH, THE SONG “ONLY YOU” BY THIS GROUP WAS THE #1 SONG ON THE R&B CHARTS AND WOULD BECOME A MAJOR CROSSOVER HIT.
WHO ARE THE PLATTERS?
500
THIS PHILADELPHIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, NAMED AFTER A CIVIL WAR GENERAL AND PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR, MARKED THE BEGINNING OF MOM’S FORMAL EDUCATION.
WHAT IS HARTRANFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
500
THIS FORD COMPACT CAR WAS A COMMON SIGHT ON THE ROAD IN THE 2000s AND IS STILL SEEN TODAY.- MOM’S WAS WHITE.
WHAT IS THE FORD FOCUS?