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The college Neil and Anne each attended (Neil 1979-1981 and Anne 1983-1986).
What is IU Bloomington?
This 1982 Michael Jackson album became the best-selling album of all time.
What is Thriller?
The standard age for Medicare eligibility.
What is 65 years?
The company Anne worked at for 36 years.
What is CICOA Aging and In Home Solutions?
"Nobody puts Baby in...." This Dirty Dancing line is complete with these words.
What is "a corner"?
Who is her brother, Jeff?
This board game became a nationwide craze in 1984.
What is Trivial Pursuit?
About this many people turn 65 everyday in the U.S. (Closest team without going over)
What is 11,000?
This was Neil's dream job out of high school.
What is being an accountant? (Plans changed when he failed his first accounting class at IU)
Many of us enjoyed a lot of these while Neil was working at this well known Baking Company.
What are Clif Bars?
This is where Anne finished her college degree in 1987.
What is Indiana University, Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI)?
This person became the first American woman in space in 1983.
Who is Sally Ride?
Seniors age 65 and over spend this number of hours, on average, watching TV daily.
What is 4 hours?
This is the number of hotels Neil has worked at. (Bonus 100 points for each hotel you can name)
What is 5? (Radisson Hotel, Hyatt Regency, Westin Hotel, University Place Hotel, Adam's Mark Hotel)
This is the college where Neil earned his Bachelor's degree. (Bonus 100 points for name of degree)
What is Crossroads Bible College? (Bachelor of Arts in Leadership and Ministry)
These are the names of the high schools Neil and Anne attended.
What is Lawrence Central High School (Neil) and Northrop High School (Anne).
This 1983 doll came with adoption papers.
What are Cabbage Patch Kids?
According to a 2023 article, this is the most popular hobby among retirees in the U.S.
What is cooking and baking?
This is the company that Neil worked at for 3 months in 2017 where his daughter, Hannah, worked her first summer job with him.
Lawrence Bakery
Neil left his job at this location due to his very first layoff.
What is the Radisson Hotel?
This is the name of the award that Neil received from his time at The Culinary Institute of America.
What is the Perfect Attendance Award?
This was the name of Marty McFly's band in Back to the Future.
Who were The Pinheads?
This was the average life expectancy for men in the U.S. at the time the Social Security Act was passed. (Bonus 100 points for naming the year it passed)
What is 58 years? (1935)
This is the name of the company Anne worked at right before the one she worked at for 36 years.
What is Janus Developmental Services in Noblesville, IN?
This is the number of residents that Anne wrote care plans, and documented progress, for while working at Marion County Healthcare Center as their Assistant Social Service Director in 1987-1988. (Closest number without going over)
What is 120?