Therese & Jim
Jim Cluskey's parents George & Laura were in this business; his mother asked Jim if he wanted to take it over, but he thought it was too morbid.
What is mortuary?
The United States' "Big Three" are these companies. All 3 are headquartered in the Detroit area.
What are General Motors, Ford Motor Company, and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US? (Chrysler is acceptable)
Bloomington-Normal's school districts, District 87 and McLean County Unit District No. 5, have a combined three high schools: Normal Community High School, Normal Community West High School, & this one.
What is Bloomington High School?
According to Peoria's 2018 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, Caterpillar and this medical center are the two largest employers in the city. Hint: Therese Cluskey used to train and work here!
What is OSF St. Frances Medical Center? (St. Frances is acceptable.)
Jim Delligatti, a McDonald's franchisee, invented this famous burger in Pittsburgh in 1967.
What is the Big Mac?
Therese grew up on a farm roughly 3 miles from this Illinois village.
What is Benson?
Michigan's state Capitol with its majestic dome was built in this city in 1879.
What is Lansing?
Six months before this famous pilot made his nonstop flight from New York to Paris, he ran out of fuel on a much simpler airmail run between St. Louis to Chicago and was forced to parachute out over the Twin Cities, landing on a farm just outside of Covell, some half-dozen miles southwest of Bloomington.
Who is Charles Lindbergh?
In addition to three major hospitals, Peoria boasts the USDA's National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, formerly called the USDA Northern Regional Research Lab. This is one of the labs where mass production of this antibiotic was developed.
What is penicillin?
Pittsburgh is known for its steel, but the city also boasts over 445 of these, more than the city of Venice, Italy.
What are bridges?
This city was where Therese took her first job as a nurse anesthetist.
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You can stand anywhere in the state of Michigan and be within 85 miles of one of these.
What are the Great Lakes?
It may seem like a flat plain that goes on forever and a long way from any mountains, but don’t let looks deceive you. Bloomington is the state’s highest city, elevation wise, at 797 feet, making an area east of Bloomington-Normal some of the most sought-after by builders of this renewable energy source.
What is Wind Energy / Wind Power?
Dozer Park is home to this baseball team, a Class A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals.
Who are the Peoria Chiefs?
The federal government has recognized Pittsburgh as the starting point for these explorers' expedition, America’s first great effort to explore and chart the western United States. Sorry, St. Louis.
Who are Lewis and Clark?
Jim liked highly seasoned foods & a lot of garlic & onion. Therese wasn't raised that way (onions made her mother belch). But after dinner, this dessert in particular was always a favorite of Jim's.
What is coconut cream pie?
This prehistoric fossil, unique to the Traverse Group rock strata, is Michigan's official state stone.
What is the Petoskey Stone?
Bloomington-Normal is home to the most restaurants per capita in the entire country and is known for being the original home of this fast food restaurant.
What is Steak ‘n Shake?
This comedian, who in 2017 Rolling Stone ranked #1 on its list of the 50 best stand-up comics of all time, was born in Peoria.
Who is Richard Pryor?
In 1920, 80% of this material made in the United States came from Pittsburgh.
What is glass?
For their honeymoon, Jim & Therese drove to this US city.
What is New Orleans?
This bridge, which links Windsor, Canada and Detroit, MI is the busiest single border crossing in North America.
What is the Ambassador Bridge?
University Street in Normal travels through Illinois State University and then extends down into Bloomington, where it ends at this university. It is believed to be the only street in the world that has a university at each end.
What is Illinois Wesleyan University?
This President called Grand View Drive in Peoria “the most beautiful drive in the world.” The spot is so popular that local radio station WMBD took their call letters from that phrase: “World’s Most Beautiful Drive.”
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
The stars in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ logo aren’t stars, but rather these. The logo was “borrowed” from U.S. Steel, which was based in Pittsburgh.
What are hypocycloids?