retirement finances
mom’s career
national parks
nature & plants
mom facts
100

This is the age you can start receiving Social Security retirement benefits as early as.


What is the age of 62?

100

Mom’s job title

What is a medical technologist?

100

This was the very first U.S. National Park, established in 1872.


What is Yellowstone?


100

This low-maintenance plant is known for its pointy green leaves and ability to purify the air.

What is a snake plant?

100

This is the town where Mom was born.

What is Kurali?

200

A popular type of employer-sponsored retirement savings plan, often with matching contributions.


What is a 401(k)?


200

The place mom just retired from.

What is Yale New Haven Hospital?

200

This park in Arizona is famous for its massive colorful canyon carved by the Colorado River.


What is the Grand Canyon?


200

To keep most houseplants healthy, you should avoid watering them too much and instead check this part of the pot first.

What is the soil?

200

This is the year Mom moved to the USA. 

What is 1985?

300

This government-run health insurance program starts at age 65.


What is Medicare?


300

These are 2 of mom’s favorite coworkers who she also sometimes hangs on the weekends with.

Who are Gifty & Emreen?

300

Located in Maine, this park is the first place in the U.S. to see the sunrise for part of the year.


What is Acadia National Park?


300

This plant, with thick spiky leaves, is famous for the soothing gel inside its leaves.

What is aloe vera?

300

This is the university Mom studied at in India.

What is Punjab University?

400

This type of IRA requires you to pay taxes on contributions now, but withdrawals in retirement are tax-free.


What is a Roth IRA?


400

This is mom’s degree from punjab university?

What is a MPhil in Botany?
400

Located in South Dakota, this park is known for its striking layered rock formations, fossils, and prairie wildlife.




What is Badlands National Park?


400

This gas, taken in by plants and released by humans, is turned into oxygen during photosynthesis.

What is carbon dioxide?

400

This is the name of Mom’s mom.

Who is Tarlochan?

500

This three-letter tax-advantaged account can help cover medical expenses in retirement if left unused.


What is an HSA (Health Savings Account)?


500
These are how many years mom worked at Yale.

What is 23 years?

500

This Arizona National Park is named after the nation’s largest cactus, which can live more than 150 years.


What is Saguaro National Park?


500

Known for living thousands of years, this type of tree includes the famous Giant Sequoias of California.

What is a redwood (or sequoia)?

500

This is the food Mom dislikes the most.

What is Mac & Cheese?