Early Childhood
Middle School
High School
College Years
Post College Years
100

This was the town I was born in in North Dakota.

What is Valley City?

100
In my 6th grade year, my classmates and I all tried out different instruments to play and learn.  I stuck it out with this one all the way through high school.

What is the trumpet?

100

I competed in a few Math competitions the last 2 years of high school.  One at NDSU had around 260 people and I placed this.

What is 6th?

100

This is how many intramural championships I won college playing football, basketball, and volleyball.

What is 0 :(

100
I was a top-notch banker when I had graduated college.  I also worked for this many banks before starting my career in education. (Bonus points if you can name which ones)

What is 2? Dacotah Bank and Bell Bank

200

I used to be quite the troublemaker when I was a child.  When I was around 3 or 4 years old, I would put this food item into the VCR we had and had to be cleaned many times over. 

What are peanut butter sandwiches?

200

By the end of my 8th grade year, I was one of the best shot put throwers in the region.  I threw the 8 lb shot this far.

What is 46 feet?

200

During my Freshmen year of high school, I was a kicker for our football team.  At least I was until I pulled this muscle working on onside kicks, which my brother coined the event as "The 10 Yard Tumble"

What is my hamstring?

200

This is the amount of a STEM scholarship i received from VCSU to go to college there.

What is $12,000?

200

While working at one of the banks, I got to play this jolly character.

Who is Santa Claus?

300

Before I realized that the Packers were the best team ever, this was my favorite NFL team when I was 4 years old.

Who are the Dallas Cowboys?

300

It was around this time I had discovered my long-lost distaste for this subject in school.

What was Social Studies/History?

300

For our junior year, we got to decide what music we wanted to play for our Spring Concert.  The class decided on my idea for performing 5 songs from this late "Bad" artist.

Who was Michael Jackson?

300

I had to take the Introduction to Programming this many times because I dropped it and didn't realize it was required for my degree.

What is 3 times?

300

When I was younger, I got to watch the US Nationals of this sport in Fargo and got to where the gold medal that the US group won in the Olympics.

What is Curling?

400

I believe I was about 3 years old when I started a fire within our house when I put one of these toddler necessities into the toaster and started it.

What is a pacifier?

400

My 8th grade year, we had a FACS course.  I was instructed to sew together of these which I procrastinated until the final weekend, working on it for about 20 hours over that Saturday and Sunday.

What is a quilt/blanket?

400

This is how many surgeries I had from my Freshman-Senior years

What is 3?

400

This is the total amount of semesters the University actually refunded me money to go to college there.

What is 1?

400

I have coached track and field for this many years.

What is 4?  

500

When I was a wee young lad at I think 4 years old, I had my parents concerned that I went missing as they could not find me.  They called the police to search the town.  After about 2 hours, my mom heard me mumble something hiding underneath one of these near the laundry machine. (p.s. yes, she was furious with me)

What is a laundry basket/clothes hamper?

500

The major floods of 2009 caused some towns to start flooding (obviously).  Many members of this nearby school had to relocate to where we were for 3 weeks and learn there while sandbags were being filled and distributed.

What is Valley City?

500

Track and Field was my best sport when I was in high school.  I went to state in Javelin and placed 7th my senior year.  This was my furthest throw I had during my time.

What is 164 feet?

500

After all was said and done, if I had the opportunity to go to a different college, I would have.  This is what college that would have been.

What is North Dakota State?

500
This is the name of the country that is at the top of my list to go visit.

What is Italy?

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