Little Family Lore
Prior to birth, this baby's affectionate nickname was "Meemo."
Who is Jonah?
Lichen is a symbiotic organism comprising these two life forms.
What are algae and fungus?
This baseball player was ranked by Bleacher Report as the greatest position player (ie a non-pitcher) of all time.
Who is Willie Mays?
In a 1960's interview with _Rolling Stone_, Paul Simon dismissed this particular British Invasion group as being much less important and influential than Simon & Garfunkel.
Who are the Rolling Stones?
Flynn Park school was built in this year.
What is 1924? (I will also accept 1923 because bricks and slowness)
Prior to birth, this baby's affectionate nickname was "Moose."
Who is Mother?
This is the heaviest essential nutrient on the periodic table.
What is iodine?
This long-ago Minnesota Twins Hall of Famer, when asked what his favorite hobby was, responded, "Just washing the dishes, I guess."
Who is Harmon Killebrew?
Of this modern-day songstress, Aretha Franklin famously damned her with faint praise, saying only that the performer had "lots of lovely gowns."
Who is Taylor Swift?
She was the first principal of the school.
Who was Mrs. Rossi?
Prior to birth, this baby's affectionate nickname was "Skilly."
Who is Phoebe?
This is the lightest metal on the periodic table.
What is lithium?
This is the only father-son duo in history to hit back-to-back home runs in a major league game.
Who are Ken Griffey and Ken Griffey Jr.?
Of this Golden Age movie star, critic Dorothy Parker scoffed, "She runs the gamut of human emotion from A to B."
Who is Katherine Hepburn?
Flynn Park was named after this person (full name and job title required for points, unless Miss Werchowski says otherwise). Hint: his first name is also a street name in the Hills.
Who was Warren Flynn, former mayor of U. City?
This child was "Baby Tumbles."
Who is ALL OF THEM (any one of three is an acceptable answer)
Name a substance that decreases in density when it goes from liquid to solid, besides water (5 possible right answers).
What is gallium/silicon/germanium/bismuth/ plutonium?
Pitcher Carl Erskine said of this legendary hitter, "I've had pretty good luck throwing him my best pitch and then backing up third base."
Who is Stan Musial?
Author Truman Capote said of him, dismissively, "He's not a writer, he's a typist."
Who is Jack Kerouac?
This child spent the most total days in attendance at Flynn Park School out of anyone in the entire big family.
Who is Jonah? [I will award points for these answers, as well: Phoebe (second place); Fah (third place)]
When someone asked where _The Taming of the Shrew_ was set, this baby piped up, "Hawaii!"
Who is Ezra?
This is the loudest bird in the world.
What is the white bellbird?
This state has produced the third most Hall of Fame baseball players, after California and New York.
What is Pennsylvania?
Of his post-WWII political rival, Winston Churchill said, "He is a sheep in sheep's clothing."
Who is Clement Atlee?
Flynn Park School replaced this school.
What was Creveling Temporary School?