Fears and Pet Peeves
Paka's pet peeve regarding Spotify.
What is the Random/Shuffle?
Paka's middle name.
What is Carl?
The last known time Paka won a footrace was in 1996 behind Glenelg Country school by beating this child.
Who is Keith?
Complete the lyric: "Mexico, ______, Mexico."
What is "Mexico?"
The aspect of a grocery store trip that Paka is most afraid of.
What is Self-Checkout?
Paka's Elementary School had an end-of-year field trip to Woodside. At Woodside, the children engaged in what special activity?
What is picking weeds by the side of the woods behind the school?
Eggs can be prepared Fried, Scrambled, Poached, or Boiled. Of those options, this is the only type that requires the eggs to be beaten.
What is Scrambled Eggs?
This is where the ball goes.
What is "where you hit it?"
One of the professions he wished his kids would pursue, but rightfully feared they would not.
What is Math or Theater?
The type of store from which Paka obtained shoes as a child.
What is a "seconds" store?
NOT SECONDHAND
Where Bob Dylan's heart resides in his (not at all boring) 16-minute song with the same name.
*Hint* Paka also resided here for 40 years.
What is the Highlands?
Paka's childhood rival, Carlene Lukowitz (sic), coined this phrase: "Another day, another ____"
What is "A"
The original (and correctly pronounced) seven reindeer
Who are Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donder, and Blitzen?
Donner is not correct
Paka's first job as a Polish data-cruncher. Hint - it was in Hartford, CT.
What is an actuary?
Stevie Niks (sic) classic song reflecting on her failed relationship with Lindsey Buckingham.
What is Silver Springs?
The game in which Paka (aka Soft Shot Sally) invented the phrase "if you hit it, you probably hit it too hard."
What is Pool
Marjorie, Paka's bookish & bespectacled alter-ego (and Isabel's pet peeve), travels amongst the local libraries through these subterranean passages.
What are the sewers?
A firefighter needs to position a ladder to reach a window on the second floor of a building. The window is 12 feet above the ground. For safety, the base of the ladder must be placed 5 feet away from the base of the wall. The ladder must be this tall to reach the window.
What is 13?
Pythagoras is ancient...get it?
The year that Nelson beat the French in the Battle of Trafalgar.
What is 1805?
A person who keeps dropping a ball can be said to have this malady. Monica has been symptomatic since 1988.
What is "fumblitis"