100 and Counting
The first of this festive NYC parade was held November 27, 1924.
Macy's Day Parade
This is MJ's favorite color.
Blue
Mary Jane would often go roller skating with friends. On a walk back home, up St. Mary's Hill, she and two of her friends hitched a ride by holding onto the back bumper of a man's car. Unfortunately, the ride did not go as planned. What did she injure?
She scuffed her chin as it was dragged up the hill.
What was a bathroom called when MJ was a child?
The Outhouse
Mary Jane is the proud grandmother to this many grandchildren.
17
This disposable face cloth was introduced July 12, 1924, and sold 100 sheets for 65 cents.
Kleenex® tissues
This is Mary Jane's favorite dessert.
Cherry Cheesecake
OR
Pumpkin Chiffon Pie
How old was Mary Jane when she got her teeth knocked out from being thrown off a bike face first into a Model A flat radiator car?
14
How did MJ get her bed warm when she was little?
A large hot stone (that they would crack nuts on) from the fireplace
MJ was 44 years old when humans ____________ for the first time.
walked on the Moon
In 1924, the first Macy's store outside of New York opened in this city, famous for its cream pies.
Boston, Massachusetts
This is Mary Jane's favorite game.
Rummikub
MJ once fell in the freshly poured cement near the house and recalls having to pull what out of the wet concrete?
Her teeth!
The cost of a gallon of milk in 1924.
$0.56
Mary Jane has two masters degrees from UD (University of Dayton). How many of her children graduated from UD?
6
This composer's famous composition "Rhapsody in Blue" premiered in 1924.
George Gershwin
This is Mary Jane's favorite musical.
South Pacific
After a head injury, Mary Jane went to her Aunt Rose's house who used this strange remedy on her head wound.
Aunt Rose put butter on the wound (with a silver knife)!
How many U.S. states were there in 1924?
48
(The last two states, Alaska and Hawaii, were not admitted until 1959.)
The most popular boy's and girl's names in 1924 were John and this.
Mary (how fitting!)
The first-ever cross-country flight by a commercial airline took place in 1924, connecting these two cities.
New York and San Francisco
What is Mary Jane's favorite pastime?
Reading or Playing games on her computer
Mary Jane had clamp-on ice skates and always wanted to learn how to skate really fast. She often scuffed her knees from falling, ruining her stockings. MJ recalls going to her dad quite often and always asking for this many cents to pay for a new set of stockings.
35 cents
Every outhouse had this instead of toilet paper during the Great Depression?
Sears Catalog
In Mary Jane's lifetime, how many U.S. presidents have held office?
17
(Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Joe Biden)