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This Scotch whisky brand, founded in 1846 and known for its White Label blend.
What is Dewar’s?
100
This Heisman runner-up got catfished during the 2012 season in one of college football’s most shocking off-field stories.
Who is Manti Te’o?
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This is the mascot of Elder High School.
What is the Panthers?
100
This is Papa's favorite facial expression.
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This U.S. coin features Thomas Jefferson on the front.
What is a nickel?
200
He founded LaRosa’s Pizza in 1954 after selling pies at a church festival and realizing Cincinnati needed more sauce in its life.
Who is Buddy LaRosa?
200
This famous Notre Dame coach won four national championships and is known for the quote, “Win one for the Gipper.”
Who is Knute Rockne?
200
Elder’s biggest football rival, this school shares the city but not the purple pride.
What is St. Xavier?
200
Papa claims this celebration 10 years ago was the best day of his life.
What is his 70th birthday?
200
This is the only even prime number.
What is 2?
300
This is how James Bond takes his Martini.
What is “shaken, not stirred.”
300
The statue known as “Touchdown Jesus” overlooks the stadium, but it’s actually part of this building.
What is the Hesburgh Library?
300
Elder High School is located in this Cincinnati neighborhood.
What is Price Hill?
300
The family credits their strong facial hair genes to Papa, who famously sported this in a couple of classic photos.
What is a mustache?
300
This sea creature has three hearts and blue blood.
What is an octopus?
400
This legendary golfers funeral was of the most magical things Papa's ever seen on TV.
Who is Arnold Palmer?
400
In 1925, Notre Dame turned down a bowl game invitation because players had to focus on these.
What are final exams?
400
This is the year that Elder lost a legend of a student, but gained an alumni.
What is 1963?
400
Outside of Elder, these other high schools are arguably Papa's favorite.
What is Whitney Young and Dublin Coffman?
400
This 2019 sequel to a Disney hit became the highest-grossing traditionally animated-style film ever.
What is Frozen II?
500
Born after the Rockne era, Grandpa has lived through this many of Notre Dame’s 11 football national championships.
What is 7?
500
In 1924, sportswriter Grantland Rice gave this nickname to Notre Dame’s backfield.
What is the Four Horsemen?
500
This is the all-boys Catholic high school’s founding year.
What is 1922?
500
This man is the greatest grandpa anyone could ever ask for!
Who is Papa.
500
This U.S. state has the most active volcanoes of any state in the country.
What is Alaska?