16 Going on 24
My Favorite Things
The Lonely Goatherd
Climb Ev'ry Mountain
Edelweiß (Potpourri)
100
Here with the clue: 16-year-old Liz playing this instrument. https://youtu.be/jg_FTeL6ywQ
What is an ocarina?
100
This favorite red fruit of Liz's isn't a true berry—it's an aggregate caneberry, meaning it's made of a a bunch of little fruits called drupelets. Even cooler—a standard serving contains 15g of dietary fiber!
What is a raspberry?
100
Liz would like to get this adorable animal as a pet after she furnishes her house. Fun fact—it's not a rodent, it's a lagomorph.
What is a rabbit/bunny?
100
Liz's main goal is to do this as soon as possible—something typically reserved for Americans age 67 or older.
What is retire?
200
If Liz lived in a bigger house, she might have wanted to adopt one of these feral city-dwellers that historically lived in special "cotes".
What is a pigeon?
200
Liz's favorite part of playing the cello—as opposed to any other string instrument—is that she'll never have to exert herself doing this while playing.
What is standing?
300
Liz went on a plane for the first time to get to a music teacher conference in this city well-known for beignets, bayous, and dixieland jazz.
What is New Orleans?
300
Liz's family goes camping every year in this small upstate New York town known as "the birthplace of woman's rights". She doesn't much like the town (which is actually pretty right-wing), but she does love the Elizabeth Cady Stanton house.
What is Seneca Falls?
300
A sericulturist is someone who raises these wriggly little critters—and Liz, for two summers, did just that.
What are silkworms?
300
Liz's first ever career ambition was to be one of these people who perform Firebird, Romeo and Juliet, and Petrushka. She, thank God, never did that.
What is a ballerina?
300
A naughty term for one who crochets. Liz was one of these—one who crochets, I mean.
What is a hooker?
400
Liz nearly transferred universities twice during undergrad—once to Penn State in State College, PA, and the other time to this conservatory in Baltimore (which wanted $60k tuition annually—the audacity!).
What is Peabody?
400
This free, open-source flashcard app is widely used by medical students to study for exams that require long-term information retention. Liz uses it to remember bird calls and presidential terms of service (among other things—best not to get me started).
What is Anki?
400
One of the best days of Liz's life was when she saw a herd of these short-eared camelids for the first time in real life. She fed them baby carrots and, luckily, was not spat on.
What is are alpacas?
400
On an AmeriCorps team bonding trip to Mt. Rainier, Liz heard—but did not see—these animals. 
What are American pikas?
400
Proponents of this political philosophy assert that women's liberation is not possible within capitalist systems. They are right about everything.
What are Marxist feminists?
500
Liz got her Bachelors of Music from this Buckeye state university that chants "Ay Ziggy Zoomba" at sports games—not like she went to any.
What is Bowling Green State University (BGSU)?
500
Liz has often said that she is afraid of this animal—funny, because she was born in the year of it, making 2026 her Ben Ming Nian.
What is a horse?
500
Liz grew up in this mountain range in northeast Pennsylvania. It overlooks the Delaware Water Gap and the Lehigh Valley.
What are the Poconos?