‘50s & ‘60s
Young Jeannie may have wore this piece of women's clothing, named after a dog, popular in the 1950s.
What is a Poodle skirt?
Snoopy from the Peanuts comic strip belongs to this small, floppy-eared breed.
What is a Beagle?
A Southern US state where Jeannie travelled with Ex-boyfriend Garth, where they dug for “little rocks”, crystals that Garth prized for their healing virtues.
What is Arkansas?
Madison area students spread their wings of knowledge with Jeannie as their guide at this school.
What is Eagle School?
Jeannie's siblings teased her about her caffeine habit and coiled-spring energy with this tag line.
What is "I make coffee nervous"?
Growing up in Madison, the Hoffmans frequented this free public attraction where young Jeannie spent many afternoons with the animals.
What is the Henry Vilas Zoo?
This German breed is instantly recognizable by its bushy eyebrows and beard.
What is a Schnauzer?
Michael had this special nickname for Jeannie, because it’s what her mom decided not to name her, not because it's the Spanish word meaning "pretty" or "beautiful."
What is Linda?
The young writers in Jeannie’s class learned that big ideas can fit in just 17 syllables in this poetic form.
What is a Haiku?
Jeannie angered her older sister when helping lift her other siblings, including toddler Gary, up onto what structure?
What is the garage roof?
**COUSIN THEATER**
What is Polio?
These common household pets have nearly twice the number of neurons in their cerebral cortex compared to dogs.
What are cats?
Jeannie attended high school prom with this first ‘love’ (no he wasn't brothers with Huey and Dewy).
Who is Louie?
**Cousin Theater**
What is lanonlin?
Forget the mall, her siblings remember teenage Jeannie hanging out in this Rockford location to get closer to the spirit world.
What is the Rockford Cemetery?
Jeannie earned this interesting, pungent nickname as a teen working at her father's restaurant, restocking the salad bar.
What is Pickle Girl?
What rabbits do to warn the other rabbits in their warren when danger is near?
What is thumping?
A 1991 RomCom that Jeannie adored. In the film, Meryl Streep’s character breezes through the trial of her life, while Albert Brooks struggles.
What is Defending your Life?
While tutoring her granddaughter, Jeannie misspelled this everyday word—causing some "self-reflection" about her teaching credibility.
What is Mirror? (She spelled it Mirrow)
Jeannie’s dad Chuck and his brothers made mischief by sliding down the chute of a medical building at what university campus?
What is the University of Wisconsin Madison?
Jeannie graduated from highschool in this Illinois town, nicknamed “Screw City” from its history of manufacturing fasteners, not bad decisions.
What is Rockford?
In early witchcraft texts, the “eye of this amphibian” was an ingredient in potions, often cited alongside frog parts and snake skin.
What is a newt?
This signature dish of Michael's reveals that it wasn't his “culinary talents” that won Jeannie over.
What is Weanie Beanie?
Brunch and Smog are examples of this linguistic term combining two words, which Jeannie exhibited in full force when she yelled “Quilence!” while attempting to calm a room of preschoolers.
What is a portmanteau?
At her sister Barbara's wedding, Jeannie nearly stole the show when she unveiled what signature dance move?
What is the Bunny Hop?