The Early Years
The Grand Canyon and Other Adventures
This One Time at RAGBRAI
Phrases and other Idiosyncrasies
Family Memories
80 Years OLD
100
The town Grandpa was born in
What is Richland?
100
The name of at least one of Grandpa's regular hiking buddies over the years
Who is (Bruce, Dave, Dale)?
100
What Grandpa used to say when it rained
What is “This one time at RAGBRAI we had weather like this!”
100
Grandpa's favorite phrase for things he likes
What is "well that's pretty neat!"
100
The gift Jana and Michael wrapped separately for Grandpa trying to be clever one Christmas
What are gloves?
100
This is the number of decades in 80 years
What is 8?
200
The names of Grandpa's parents
What is Hugh and Stella
200
The team Grandpa rode most of the RAGBRAI trips with
What is the Air Force team?
200
What grandpa used to say about the weather
What is "This one time at RAGBRAI we had weather like this!"
200
Grandpa added this note to the end of a heartfelt handwritten note to Jana in her first weeks of college
What is “I hope the computer is doing okay”
200
This prompted Grandpa to jump into the pool unexpectedly just after moving into the house
What is Heidi fell in the pool and Grandpa noticed her dog-paddling in the water
200
This is the number of weeks needed to make 80 years
What is 4,174?
300
The names of Grandpa's sisters in birth order
Who are Patricia, Shirley, and Barbara?
300
The birds grandpa was obsessed with looking at while in the Grand Canyon
What are the Condors?
300
What Grandpa said anytime corn was seen, mentioned, or eaten
What is “This one time at RAGBRAI we peed in a corn field for every bathroom break!”
300
A phrase spoken with accompanying hand gestures for words or concepts Grandpa isn’t sure are real
***Bonus points if you can answer using the phrase and hand gesture
What is “quote unquote”
300
This made grandpa lose consciousness.
What is Jana's blood being drawn
300
42,075,936
What is the number of minutes in 80 years?
400
The year Rich and Susan were married
What is 1968?
400
Two or more of the Non-Bike the US for MS events Grandpa completed with Michael
What is WACANID, PDX Bride Pedal, Chicago Marathon, PDX Marathon
400
What Grandpa used to say about every food he ate for a year after being at RAGBRAI
What is "This one time at RAGBRAI we ate this on a stick!"
400
An exclamation Jana thought was a made up word for most of her life
What is crymenintly!
400
Jana and Michael held a secret Christmas morning competition over who got this each year.
What is the "ooooooo" Grandpa would say after opening a gift he particularly liked
400
The number of days in 8 decades
What is 29,219
500
The University where Grandpa received his degree
What is Southern Illinois University
500
The catalyst which began Grandpa’s connection with Bike the US for MS
What is talking crazy about riding his bike solo across the United States while he was recovering from double pneumonia at Jana’s house and being so grumpy that he could not be talked down, prompting Jana to call Micheal to talk some sense into him at which point Michael looked up some options online and called Grandpa who thought the organization “sounded pretty neat!” And agreed to do this kind of ride instead of his original absurd idea.
500
What Grandpa said for many years that kept us giggling
What is “THIS ONE TIME AT RAGBRAI!”
500
The event that made Grandpa make this face
What is Pirate Night on the Disney cruise?
500
The thing Grandpa REALLY wanted (and thought he ordered) at Pig-N-Pancake
What is Blueberry Pancakes?
500
2,524,556,160
What is the number of seconds in 80 years?