Judaism & Humor
Places & Things
People & Puppies
Beauty & Brains
Vices & De-vices
100
According to Ruth, what are the two kinds of matzo balls?
Floaters and Sinkers
100
The town in which Ruth grew up and later taught school.
Haworth, NJ
100
What was the name of Ruth's dog before Poo (featured in this photo), and how did she get this name?
Saks & from Susan, Ruth's daughter-in-law who had worked at Saks Fifth Avenue.
100
What device could Ruth not live without?
telephone or Alexa
200
Many Seders end with the saying “Next year in Jerusalem.” What was the most common Ruth-ism to end the Seder?
"This is the last time I’m ever having a Seder!"
200
The city and state in which Ruth was born.
West New York, NJ
200
What duo created Ruth’s favorite comic opera series?
Gilbert & Sullivan
200
Why does Ruth refer to her poetic masterpieces as "pot poetry?"
She thinks of them while sitting on the pot!
300
What is granny's famous line about buying a certain type of fruit and old age?
"I'm so old I don't even buy green bananas!"
300
When she wintered in Florida, where did Ruth love to volunteer/what did she do?
Day care center - Played with the babies.
300
What is Ruth’s real first name?
Harriet (Ruth is her middle name!)
300
Complete this recent birthday poem Ruth composed 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 ___"
Hoot.
300
What was Ruth's preferred sunbathing method?
Oiled up, with mirrors for max exposure.(A dramatic contrast to her later sun-safety regimen)
400
What is Ruth’s secret to making her preferred type of rock hard matzo balls?
(Granny to decide!)
400
From what college did Ruth graduate?
New Jersey State Teacher’s College (William Patterson University)
400
What is Poo’s *full* name? (Bragging point if you can recite all or part of the poem about him.)
Jimmy Choo. (Granny, please recite the poem for us).
400
What daily habit (done in conjunction with her morning coffee) has kept Ruth so mentally fit?
Doing The New York Times crossword puzzle
400
What is Ruth's preferred brand of Bourbon? Rum?
Wild Turkey & Zacapa Rum
500
What gift does Ruth distribute to all her family members at Chanukah?
gelt in the form of silver dollars
500
Ruth had a framed picture in her Bergenfield home of which Muppet?
Miss Piggy
500
The full names of Ruth's parents
Sam & Celia Kaufman
500
How would Ruth pronounce the following words: chocolate, Gardener, Brittany, & mature.
Granny decides the winner!
500
What now-discontinued hard candy flavor did Ruth always have on her?
Rum mocha
600
How long has Ruth belonged to her synagogue?
Over 90 years! (since she attended with her father at age 12)
600
During World War II, what contribution did Ruth make to the war effort?
She knitted bandages
600
How did Ruth and Hal meet?
When Hal paid a medical house call to Celia, Ruth's mom. (The family's regular doctor had been called into military service.)
600
What color, in Ruth’s terms, was the turbaned outfit in which she stole the show at Sam’s Bar Mitzvah?
Shocking pink
700
Ruth's friend and neighbor who lived until almost 103.
Who is Bob Weitz
700
Where was this picture taken and what is the significance of the word on Ruth's shirt to the West Coast Davises?
Freddie's boat/The name of Freddie's boat