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100
According to our favorite balaboosta Ruth Davis, these are the two kinds of matzo balls
What are Floaters and Sinkers?
100
Ruth grew up -- and eventually taught school -- in this town in the northeastern U.S.
What is Haworth, NJ?
100
Before Pooh, Ruth had another fluffy white dog featured in this photo. (Extra points if you know where his name came from)
Who is Saks? His name came from Susan, Ruth's daughter-in-law, who had worked at Saks Fifth Avenue.
100
Ruth's outfit famously stole the show at Sam's bar mitzvah. This was the color of the outfit, in Ruth's specific terms
What is Shocking pink?
100
This kitchen device used by Ruth every day would have appeared as outright sorcery in the 1920s
What is the Amazon Echo (aka "Alexa")?
200
Passover Seders typically end with the saying “Next year in Jerusalem.” When Ruth hosted Seders, she ended them with this statement
What is "This is the last time I’m ever having a Seder!"?
200
While many think she was born on Broadway, Ruth was actually born in this city and state
What is West New York, NJ?
200
Ruth's favorite comic opera series was created by this famous duo from the late 1800s
Who is Gilbert & Sullivan
200
Ruth is known for her prolific production of rhymes, songs, and limericks. Collectively, she refers to the body of literary work as this (extra points if you know the origin of the term)
What is "pot poetry". (Ruth to validate the origin)
200
The tobacco industry's favorite centenarian poster child Ruth Davis smoked this brand of cigarettes for decades
[Ruth to answer]
300
Always conscious of wasting food, Ruth offers this line about buying a certain type of fruit and her age
What is "I'm so old I don't even buy green bananas!"?
300
When she wintered in Florida, Ruth loved to volunteer doing this activity
What is playing with babies at the day care center?
300
While she's been called many things over the years, this was Ruth's actual first name on her birth certificate
What is Harriet? (Ruth is her middle name!)
300
Ruth recently composed this birthday poem about herself: "I'm blind as a bat and lame as a duck; I can't hear a thing and I don't give a ___"
What is a Hoot?
300
In dramatic contrast to her sun-safety regimen later in life, Ruth once maximized her sun exposure using this tanning method
What is oiling up and strategically placing mirrors?
400
Ruth swears the best matzo balls are rock hard. Her secret to making them so solid is this
(Granny to decide!)
400
Back when only 4% of college graduates were women, Ruth graduated from this university in the early 1940s
What is New Jersey State Teacher’s College? (now William Patterson University)
400
"Pooh" isn't Ruth's dog's original name. His full name is this (extra points if you know the poem describing the name's evolution)
What is Jimmy Choo? (Granny, please recite the poem for us).
400
This daily habit (done in conjunction with her morning coffee) is largely credited for keeping Ruth mentally fit for so many years
What is doing The New York Times crossword puzzle?
400
When she's not drinking Merlot, Ruth prefers this American brand of bourbon
What is Wild Turkey?
500
The size of Ruth's family has made it impractical for her to buy a specific Chanukah gift for each family member. She now distributes this identical gift to all at Chanukah
What is gelt? (typically in the form of silver dollars)
500
In her Bergenfield home, for many years, Ruth had a framed picture of this Muppet
Who is Miss Piggy?
500
These are the full names of Ruth's parents, who brought her into the world 103 years ago today
Who are Sam & Celia Kaufman?
500
Webster's Dictionary be damned. According to Ruth, these are the correct pronunciations of the words chocolate, gardener, Brittany, & mature
Granny decides the winner!
500
If you ever needed a nosh, you could always count on Ruth having this now-discontinued flavor of hard candy in her purse
What is Rum Mocha?
600
Ruth vastly prefers a real synagogue to the video Shabbat services she's been listening to recently. She has actually been a member of the same synagogue for this many years (guess within 5)
What is 90 years?! (Her father first took her when she was 12 years old)
600
During World War II, only because they wouldn't let her be a spy, Ruth made this contribution to the war effort
What is knitting bandages?
600
In a moment that shook the universe and changed all our lives forever, Ruth Kaufman met Hal Davis in this way in the early 1940s
What is Hal's medical house call to Ruth's mother Celia?
600
The photo below was taken in this location, which is hinted at by the word on Ruth's shirt ("Obsession")
What is Fred & Dottie's boat? (which was called Obsession)
600
When Ruth was passed a joint on her 90th birthday, this was her famous response
What is "Actually I prefer using a pipe"?
700
Though its traditional meaning is "a cloth rag", Ruth uses this Yiddish word to refer to a coagulation of milk in her coffee
What is a shmatta?
700
There must have been youth potion in their wine: this long-time friend & neighbor of Ruth lived to almost 103
Who is Bob ("Bobby") Weitz?