Cinemamas
One of Mom's favorite movies about a family with a bunch of kids singing in the mountains
What is The Sound of Music?
This artist sings "Only Time", "Sail Away", and "Wild Child" and her CD was in the Midnight Blue beetle for years
Who is Enya?
She never stops moving and has been compared to this animal that also can't stop moving or it unalive itself
(Kris initially compared Mere to this animal but Mere knows how to nap like a cute little kitty, mama fights a nap like Kent - finds every excuse in the book... can't nap! Gotta clean! Gotta shop! Gotta go!)
What is a (Great White/Mako) shark?
Her favorite candy (that dad gets her for almost every holiday)
What is Junior Mints?
What is York Peppermint Patties? (acceptable)
Name TWO of her go-to teas over the years
(no cheating and checking the pantry or tea drawer)
What is Earl Grey, English, or Irish Breakfast tea?
(and yes, Dad still warms her tea cup up for her with hot water before putting her tea in it - now THAT is a winner right there)
In this 2005 film frequently quoted in this house, Chazz (Will Ferrell) yells to his maternal parent for some food.
Name the movie and the phrase yelled by Chazz
What is Wedding Crashers -- "Ma! The Meatloaf!"?
Evelyn saw a photo of this famous woman (somewhat recently) and thought it was Money
*safe to say it was the compliment of a lifetime*
Who is Jackie Kennedy?
In 2025 she got her hair wet in the pool for the first time that the grandkids can remember (and some of her own kids) while playing this sport
What is (pool) volleyball?
She needs her breads/cakes/pastries to be less yummy so they don't hurt her tummy... Breads without the yummy are known as
What is gluten-free?
This was mom's pink drink of choice of the mid-2000s (100 shakes preferred) -- might have also been THE drink of the time, but the game maker was too young to know
What is a Cosmo/Cosmopolitan?
The movie origin of "I'm not like a regular mom, I'm a cool mom"
100 pt Bonus: Actor (not character) that says it
What is Mean Girls?
Bonus: Who is Amy Poehler?
Mom might not be one for hittin' up the clubs these days but she'll still give us a little shimmy when a bop comes on... This 2023 song about a club is sure to get her on the dance floor
What is "Pink Pony Club"?
KID QUESTION:
We've hardly ever seen her in the water, so it would surprise you that these were her two sports growing up.
What is swimming and diving?
At one of Keena's cross country races at Central Park in Huntington Beach, while going to the bathroom in a stall with no doors (why? nobody knows) and a long line of girls/women waiting in line outside, mom could be heard making this exclamation and making everyone outside laugh
What is "Uh oh! My button!"?
Mom's favorite flower
What is hydrangea?
(Sorry, dad - the other "flower"/plant you probably tried to name does not count... we were looking for MOM's favorite and that one is probably too pot-ent for both of you)
We may have been left Home Alone on occasion, but luckily we never had to set up booby traps to fend off burglars while mom was at work or in another country with the rest of the family on Christmas after leaving us behind (see, could've been way worse mom).
Wet bandits aside, this well-dressed movie mom's style rivaled Money's everyday she-EO fashion of the 90s.
100 pt Bonus: Full name of character (not actress)
Who is Kate/Mrs. McCallister?
Who is Catherine O'Hara?
KID QUESTION:
She's got a laundry list of names she responds to (other than her given name)... name 4!
What is Money, Meemaw, Gramma/Grandma, Mom, Mama, Mamasita, Reef, Reefer?
(other names TBD)
Mom's sort of hidden/secret pool/water talent (talent is a loose term here)
What is the random grabbing thing she does with her hand/fists that makes water shoot up like a water gun? (or however you phrase it or show it that gets the point across)
"Dis way, now dis way... OOPS!"
She was attempting to teach this grandchild to crawl when this family fave quote came about
Who is Holden?
One of mom's most used sayings about being hypocritical that we usually use in an unserious way
100 pt Bonus: Another one of her most used Southern sayings
What is "if that ain't the pot callin' the kettle black"
OR What is "pot-kettle-black"?
BONUS:
What is:
"Bless your pea-pickin' heart"
"Watch your Ps and Qs"
"Rode hard and put away wet"?
Always donning classic dark-haired bob that we know and love our own mom to rock, this superstar actress plays a mom in two of our favorite (unrelated) 90s classics.
In the first, she finds herself with a babysitter/nanny leading a double life (1993) and then she ends up with a son that just can't stop running (1994).
If needed: 1993 Hint -- 1994 Hint
Who is Sally Field?
This world famous woman was a favorite of mom's - born in 1961, style icon, and a mother of two boys.
Who is Princess Diana?
Her favorite show she's watched in the last couple years
(it's because of a handsome actor that was in it that was also in a couple movie adaptations of best-selling books)
*has nothing to do with water/pool/or school, sorry*
What is 1923?
Spell out the license plate for her Midnight Blue (not purple) VW Beetle
*spelling counts*
What is BGN OUT?
If she opened a pot(tery) shop, it would've been called
What is Mama Reefers?