Annie
Eli
Annie + Eli
Chicago
Potpourri
100

Throughout high school, Annie would unwind after exams (EVERY SEMESTER) by watching this film series.

What is Lord of the Rings?

100

When Eli came back from a study abroad in France he requested this type of pizza.

What is extra-large meat lover's?

100

When Annie and Eli lived in Boston, their roommate Val had a cat with no teeth named Rufus the ______.

What is Hobgoblin?

100

The Chicago Cubs won the 2016 World Series. Their next most recent World Series win was in this decade.

What is 1900-1910?

100

Eli's hometown, Yellow Springs OH, is named after a nearby yellow spring. A high concentration of this mineral causes the yellow tint in the water.

What is iron?

200

Annie's high school band teacher requested that she switch to this instrument because he knew she could handle it better than other students.

What is the oboe?

200

Eli's favorite pants growing up were cargo pants because he could fit this object in a pocket.

What is a book?

200

At the steep price of $4.99, this white wine is Annie & Eli's top "everyday" pick for stocking the fridge. 

(The type is good enough)

What is Espiral Vinho Verde?

200

A sandwich with Italian beef and Italian sausage, all on one roll.

What is an Italian combo?

200

The location of the fair, arcadian hill.

What is Kalamazoo College?

300

Annie likes this food when picked off of a bush but not when cooked in a pie.

What is blueberries?

300

Eli has kick-started this many games as physical zines.

What is three?

300

Annie and Eli remove cards with this bird when playing Wingspan together (because they both know they will get too upset if the other is able to play one).

What are the Ravens?

300

Malört, a famous and heinous Chicago liquor has a lasting taste that inspires comparisons to grapefruit pith, gasoline, burnt rubber, or earwax. This is the primary flavoring ingredient in Malört.

What is wormwood?

300

In addition to being Annie's birthplace, Saginaw is also the birthplace of this famous tennis player.

Who is Serena Williams?

400

After graduating from K, Annie spent a year living in this town in Germany.

What is Bonn?

400

Eli was a middle school regional champion in this sport.

What is race-walking?

400

Annie and Eli took their first out-of-state trip together here.

What is the Finger Lakes / Upstate NY

400

The flag of the City of Chicago features four red stars, each symbolizing a key aspect of the city's history. Name one of those four events/symbols.

What is Fort Dearborn (built in 1803 on the Chicago River), the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, or the Century of Progress Exposition of 1933-34.

400

A Kalamazoo staple, the east location of Sweetwater's Doughnut Mill is located on this aptly-named street.

What is Sprinkle Rd?

500

After learning Russian, Swedish, French and Italian (and "not enough Spanish to count", in her words) on Duolingo, Annie has a streak exceeding this number of years.

What is 7?

500

Eli won the toothpick bridge building competition in 5th grade using this unconventional building method.

What is using string hardened in glue and no toothpicks?

500

Annie and Eli stop at this eatery to pick up provisions for the road each time they drive to Yellow Springs or Saginaw.

What is the Chicago Pickle?

500

Described as Chicago's Stonehenge, the Chicago Rat Hole was formed when a rat fell onto what in Chicago's Roscoe Village.

What is drying concrete?

500

In the Ticket to Ride board game, there is a junction on the location of Minneapolis which was given the name of another city right before the printing because the designers realized last minute that this city was a more important train hub in 1910.

What is Duluth?