Pet Trivia: NE Mpls Edition
Larkey idiosyncrasies from an outsiders perspective
Dumb and Dumber
Latin Dance
Swift (Jonathan) vs. Swift (Taylor)
So you think you know Art?
Know thy papa
Board Games!
Name that animal grouping
100
This was Melvin's original name.
What is Marshmallow?
100
Larkey refrigerators have this common feature.
What is they are bursting at the seams?
100
This boxer stated "I don't know. I guess I’m gonna fade into Bolivian.” when asked what he would do after defeating Lenox Lewis.
Who is Mike Tyson?
100
Not to be confused with a sauce, this style of dance uses African elements but started in Puerto Rico and Cuba.
What is Ketchup? Just Kidding, what is Salsa?
100
"Be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind"
Who is Taylor?
100
Italian Vincenzo Peruggia is a famous name in the history of art for stealing which iconic painting in 1911? One theory regarding his motivation for stealing the painting was that he wanted to return the painting from France to its country of origin.
What is the Mona Lisa?
100
Papa was born in this borough?
What is the Bronx?
100
This game has 100 squares and the goal is to start at square one and be the first player to get to square 100. Players spin a spinner when it’s their turn and move along the board. There are lots of ups and downs in this game before the player gets to square 100. The ability to read isn’t necessary to play this game.
What is Chutes and Ladders?
100
A clowder
What is cats?
200
This was Mabel's original name.
What is muffy?
Side note, Loretta use to call Matt "Muffy", for some reason.
200
If giving the option between holding onto something that might be useful one day in the future, or might even have the slightest sentimental value or throwing it away, a Larkey will do this...
What is keep it until the end of time?
200
This rapper stated "“I am not a fan of books. I would never want a book’s autograph. I am a proud non-reader of books.” while promoting his own book in 2009.
Who is Ye, formerly known as Kanye West.
200
This Spanish song which references a female's name inspired a dance that people could not stop doing at weddings in the 1990's.
What is Macarena?
200
"Live every day as your last, because one of these days, it will be".
Who is Jonathon?
200
In a famous painting by Johannes Vermeer, the subject is a young woman wearing a particular piece of jewelry, after which the painting is named. What specific gemstone features both in the jewelry and the name of the painting?
What is Pearl? 
200
Papa attended this elementary school.
What is PS 103?
200
In this beginner-level board game, players draw cards with colored squares to move their pieces along the winding, 134 space game board. Along the way players move through a forest and a mountain. They meet characters such as Queen Frostine and Gramma Nutt. The first player to arrive at the Castle is the winner. This game is designed to foster imagination and individual play.
What is Candyland?
200
A convocation
what are eagles?
300
Melvin was missing this (and its not joie de vivre)
What is an eye?
300
If one has to leave a Larkey get together by 8p, they start saying good-bye at this time.
What is 6:30 ish.
300
Paris Hilton was referring to this store when she famously asked, "Do they sell, like, wall stuff?"
What is Walmart?
ed note, they do sell wall stuff.
300
Popular in Argentina, this dance was added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists in 2009.
What is Tango?
300
"I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing"
Who was Jonathon?
300
Which French term that means “advanced guard” refers to novel, unusual, or experimental art?
What is avant garde?
300
This is Papa's confirmation name.
What is Michael?
300
two to four players compete to form words with tiles on a 225 square board. Each word laid out earns points. The player with the most points at the end of the game, wins.
What is scrabble?
300
A flamboyance
What are flamingos?
400
Meghann and John have Westies for this reason.
What is Meghann said so?
400
Loretta Larkey has been known to pepper conversations with this turn of phrase.
What is "at any rate"?
400
This actor turned politician stated "“I Think Gay Marriage Should Be Between a Man and a Woman." while running for office in 2003.
Who is Arnold Schwarzenegger?
400
This Caribbean nation is considered home of merengue, a fast-paced, syncopated style of music and dance that incorprates musicians playing instruments like the accordion, tambora, horn, and saxophone.
What is the Dominican Republic?
400
"I had a marvelous time ruining everything"
Who is Taylor?
400
Which life-size sculpture of a half-naked woman is believed to be created by Alexandros of Antioch? When the piece was moved to Paris from Greece in 1820, it lost part of its arms.
What is the Venus de Milo?
400
Papa got his masters in business administration (MBA) from this institution.
What is the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh?
400
The goal of this game is to remain financially solvent through buying and trading while forcing opponents into bankruptcy. Sounds like Life, but it isn't.
What is Monopoly?
400
A conspiracy?
What are lemurs?
500
Mabel will turn this many years in this month (two parter)
What is 7 in March?
500
All play
What are some other monthly or reoccurring donations people make throughout the year?
500
In discussing plans for his first child, this soccer player stated "I definitely want Brooklyn to be christened, but I don't know into what religion yet."
Who is David Beckham?
500
Cumbia has been widely popularized in Mexican culture but actually this syncopated style of music and dance that originated on the coast of this beautiful country?
What is Colombia?
500
"Take the words for what they are: A dwindling, mercurial high, a drug that only worked the first few hundred times"
Who was Taylor?
500
American painter and abstract expressionist caused sensations in the 1940s and 1950s with his elaborate drip paintings?
Who is Jackson Pollock?
500
Papa and Nana got married on this date.
What is June 8, 1968?
500
This board game simulates a person’s travel through their life from early adulthood to retirement, with college, if necessary, jobs, marriage and possible children along the way. There’s also a children’s version.
What is life?
500
A parliment
What are owls?