In the Movies
This holiday classic runs continuously from Thanksgiving to Christmas...
What is "A Christmas Story"?
Dad worked at Exxon, which was also sometimes called this overseas...
What is "ESSO"?
!! DAILY DOUBLE !! This is another term for "Dressing"...
What is "Stuffing"?
The year Bob turned 13
What is 1956?
PopPop's Undergraduate School...
What is the SUNY Maritime?
In this 2000 comedy, Ben Stiller (Greg Focker) plays a male nurse that meets Robert De Niro (PopPop's look-a-like) for the first time along with his wife. (Hint: Owen Wilson also stars as the old boyfriend)
What is "Meet the Parents"?
!!! DAILY DOUBLE !!! Something PopPop makes with a "secret ingredient" that magically changes circles into letters...
What are Pancakes?
Green Bean casserole, started in 1955, became popular because it contains this many ingredients...
What is four?
1956 was the year of this singer's first hit "Heartbreak Hotel"
Who is Elvis Presley?
This person attended SUNY with PopPop and went on to become a TV star as a journalist that hosted his own daytime "Donahue-like" show from 1987-1998...
Who is Geraldo Rivera?
A major award, Bob and Jo put together at least two replicas of this famous movie prop...
What is the "Leg Lamp"?
During the Middle Ages, shortening and rhyming names was the trend, with names like Bob, Rob, Dob, and Hob also stemming from this name...
What is "Robert"?
This President made Thanksgiving a national holiday...
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Mothers could buy disposable diapers for the first time when Bob turned this age...
What is 13?
(1956)
Name of the bridge that PopPop's alma mater is under...
What is the Throgs Neck Bridge?
Bob's look-a-like (Robert DeNiro), plays a criminal that performs a final heist with Val Kilmer in this 1985 film. Al Pacino is also a cop in this movie...
What is "Heat"?
PopPop went here for Graduate School...
What is Fairleigh Dickinson?
This is the state where Plymouth Rock is...
What is Massachusetts?
In 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhauer authorized this phrase to be added to the end of the Pledge of Allegiance
What is "Under God"?
This famous astronaut, who also has a twin that is a senator from Arizona, also graduated from Bob's alma mater...
Who is Scott Kelly?
One of Bob's favorite films, this is about a German submarine in WW2..
What is "Das Boot"?
Because kids often dressed up as pilgrims and Indians, Thanksgiving has connections to this other Fall holiday...
What is Halloween?
Pilgrims landed in this year...
What is 1620?
!! DAILY DOUBLE !! The first completely enclosed one of these opened in 1956 (A pre-cursor to the one in Short Hills)
What is a Shopping Mall?
The name of PopPop's college year books (they were always on the bookshelf)...
What is "Eight Bells"?