Annabelle+Diners Club
Ava+Rhyme Time
Matilda+Political Colors
Ginny+Reverse
Steve+Fatherly Nicknames
200

Annabelle was born in this year, which coincided with the inauguration of Barack Obama, the release of Lady Gaga's "Poker Face", and the bankruptcy of General Motors.

What is 2009?

200

Out of any store in the whole world to get a $100 gift card, Ava would pick this store.

What is Target?

200

A state this is hotly contested between democrats and republicans may be designated this color.

What is purple?

200

Ginny does this sport, in which participants must ration their breath while they compete.

What is swimming?

200

Born over 2,000 years ago, he's the "Father of Medicine"

Who is Hippocrates?

400

This catch-all term for spicy, gravy-based dishers of East Indian origin comes from the Tamil for "sauce".

What is curry?

400

A wealthy sorceress

What is a rich witch?

400

The sweatshirt Matilda is obsessed with.

What is the Stanford sweatshirt?

400

It's the process in which pure water is produced by forcing waste through a semipermeable membrane.

What is reverse osmosis?

400

Jules Verne is known as "The Father of" this genre of literature.

What is science fiction?

600

Both baklava and spanakopita are made with tissue-thin layers of this type of Greek dough.

What is phyllo dough?

600

This is Ava's ultimate favorite artist.

Who is Enhypen?

600

Ralph Nader was a presidential candidate for this party in 2000.

What is the Green Party?

600

A body such as Venus that moves in the opposite direction of other members of the solar system has this kind of motion.

What is retrograde?

600

The name of Steve's mouse puppet.

What is Cheesey?

800

Gumbo gets its name from an African words for this vegetable.

What is okra?

800

An evil reverend

What is a sinister minister?

800

The preferred snack of Matilda's dog, Luca.

What are socks?

Also acceptable: rocks.

800

In knitting, this basic stitch is the reverse of the knit stitch.

What is the purl stitch?

800

This Merchant known as the "Father of the Dime Store" opened his first store in 1879.

Who is Frank W. Woolworth?

1000

This is the newest edition to Annabelle's long list of grandma hobbies.

What is knitting?

1000

A purplish suspension of hostilities

What is a puce truce?

1000

This fiscally conservative coalition of the Democratic Party formed in 1995.

Who are the Blue Dog Democrats?

1000

Ginny has a peculiar tradition in which she tries three of this food before giving up and not eating any more.

What are French Fries?

1000
Last winter, Steve did his J-term over this topic.

What is comedy?