Mom-isms
Terms of the Trade
Famous Mothers
New York
New York
200

This terms refers to the artistic rebellion from social conventions, or a certain Queen's rhapsody

What is Bohemian?

200

The device used to ensure that a piece of furniture will fit in the back of Luke's truck--and through the front door of the house.

What is a Measuring Tape?

200

This mother is famous for her missionary work as a Catholic nun.

Who is Mother Teresa?

200

NYC's nickname.

What is The Big Apple?

400

This term, often regarding smells, refers to a grounded and natural vibe.

What is Earthy?

400

This power tool is used to smooth or polish rough surfaces.

What is a sander?

400

This stepmother was the matriarch of a family singing troupe that fled Austria during World War II, inspiring a hit 1959 Broadway musical.

Who is Maria von Trapp?
400
The name of the river that runs through NYC.

What is the Hudson River?

600

A phrase used towards someone who is misbehaving, with the connotations of spanking.

What is "I'm gonna put you over my knee"?

600

This transparent resin coating is primarily used as a wood finish.

What is varnish?

600

This mother had the second-longest reign of any British monarch, in a period that would come to be named after her.

Who is Queen Victoria?

600

The boroughs of NYC.

What is Staten Island, the Bronx, Queens, Manhattan, and Brooklyn?

800

This term is a pained or annoyed exclamation, used in place of cursing.

What is Sugarville?

800

The term used both for the buying, refurbishing, and sale of antique furniture, and for the coolest thing to do after a jump.

What is Flipping?

800

This mother was both the wife to one United States President, as well as the mother of another.

Who is Abigail Adams?

800

This area of NYC is home to Washington Square, the MacDougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District and New York University.

What is Greenwich Village?
1000

This term refers to the popular post-World War II furniture design style that was characterized by tis organic and understated functionality.

What is Mid-century Modern?


1000

The process of replacing the fabrics or other materials on a piece of furniture.

What is Reupholstery?

1000

This two-time Nobel Prize winning mother is known as the Mother of Modern Physics.

Who is Marie Curie?

1000

New York City was originally named ___ by the Dutch.

What is New Amsterdam?