Hermes Family Trivia
They are Paul, Mark, Tim, Matt, Jennifer
What are the names of Matt’s five children?
This is the number of patents that Matt has.
What is 33?
In his fifties, Matt got this additional advanced degree when he decided to write a book.
What is an MFA in Creative Writing?
This was Matt’s favorite baseball team when he was growing up.
What are the Brooklyn Dodgers?
Because Matt worked in a lab at DuPont, these “real snowed zoos” were required footwear.
What are steel-toed shoes?
Matt fell through this into a lake on vacation in Maine.
What is a dock?
This is the age that Matt got his Ph.D. (and had his first child).
What is 22?
Matt has a handful of fond memories of visiting this well-known fair in 1939.
What is the 1939 New York World’s Fair?
This word does not fit with the rest of the group: Trains, Yellowstone, Windmills, Lindbergh
What is windmills?
This course taught by Matt was on the subject of Charles “Big Bird.”
Who is Charles Lindbergh?
Three of Matt’s children have this same Biblical middle name.
What is Joseph?
The number of years that Matt has been sober.
What is 41
Matt has been a passionate teacher for seven decades. This national park, renowned as the world’s first, was the subject of the first OLLI class Matt taught at Furman.
What is Yellowstone?
This is Matt’s favorite child.
Who is Jennifer?
“Snapple Knees” is one of Matt and Judy’s favorite dining spots.
What is Applebees?
This is what Matt regrets taking off when Mr. Davis wanted to fight him.
What are glasses?
Matt is 90 today; this is the age that Matt feels at heart.
What is timeless or ageless?
From his extensive study of this geographic location, Matt knows this is the topmost layer of the Grand Canyon.
What is Kaibab Limestone?
This person, as equally astonishing as Matt, tied her life to him on September 17, 2011.
Who is Judy Hermes?
This “juicy” pet is one of Matt’s all time favorites.
Who is Lucy?
This is the book that Matt reached for at the dinner table on Christmas night of 1988 (and then good-naturedly put down when his disrespectful children couldn’t stop laughing).
What is Ancient Sanskrit Proverbs?
Matt has published this number of books and has this number of legs.
What is one?
Matt has a Ph.D. in this science (almost impossible to learn) science.
What is organic chemistry?
This two-parter is Matt’s favorite book about nylon and the person who wrote it.
What is Enough for One Lifetime written by Matt Hermes?
Matt’s favorite fiber “pylon” was invented at DuPont.
What is nylon?