Bob's Favorites
Bob's favorite candy, these come in a yellow bag and their centers are a yummy American legume (and common allergen)
What are Peanut M&Ms?
The city where Bob was born and home to Little Havana - a very popular spring break destination
What is Miami?
The year Bob was born (and the Civil Rights Act was passed)
What is 1964?
What is the guitar?
The most popular boy name of this year (Robert was 4th most popular!), and the first name of the King of Pop
What is Michael?
Bob's favorite author, who wrote The Three Musketeers. "All for one and one for all!"
Who is Alexandre Dumas?
The highest honor in high school, which Bob earned
What is valedictorian?
The year Bob became a dad and Titanic premiered
What is 1997?
The plastic toy bricks whose name comes from a Danish phrase meaning "play well" - Bob has built an X-wing and castle out of them!
What are Legos?
The #1 book of this year, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, was written by this man, who also wrote Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
Who is John le Carre?
Cal Ripken played an unmatched 2,632 consecutive games for this baseball team, Bob's favorite since childhood.
What are the Baltimore Orioles?
Bob's intramural sport of choice in college - luckily he mastered the snowplow stop and kept all his teeth!
What is ice hockey?
The year that Bob married Ruth, South African apartheid ended and Nelson Mandela became president
What is 1994?
The souvenir of choice for Bob, usually small, made of metal, and wearable on a lapel.
What are pins?
The highest grossing film this year, which fed audiences "a spoonful of sugar"
What is Mary Poppins?
Bob's favorite Christian singer, who is known for his song "Awesome God" and tragically died in a car accident in 1997.
Who is Rich Mullins?
The form of poetry originated by Chaucer - and which Bob uses to write the West Christmas letter each year
What are heroic couplets?
The year of Bob's high school graduation and the Falkland War
What is 1982?
The tart citrus bread spread loved by Paddington Bear, which Bob grew up eating because of his British mother
What is marmalade?
The number one song of this year by Bob's favorite band, the Beatles, with a five word refrain
What is "I Wanna Hold Your Hand"
Bob's favorite piece to play on the piano, You Turned the Tables on Me, was most famously covered by this jazz vocalist known as the "First Lady of Song."
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
What is RPI or Rensselaer?
The year Bob became an Awana leader and Wikipedia went online
What is 2001?
The sports equipment that was originally a pie tin and the throwing of which is one of Bob's hidden talents.
What is a Frisbee?
The Asian city that hosted the 2020 Summer Olympics and previously hosted them in Bob's birth year.
What is Tokyo?