This Midwest county is named for a nearby river and sits adjacent to both Osage County and Gasconade County.
What is Maries County?
100
1936 was this type of year, designed to ensure the calendar stays in sync with the seasons.
What is a leap year?
100
Mr. Sandler taught school in these three major cities.
What are Chicago, New York, and St. Louis?
100
Richard and Judy named their 40 acres for this plant.
What is Bittersweet?
100
Richard once retaliated against this brother by peeing in the vent above his party.
Who is Jack?
200
This northernmost New York borough is divided between East and West by Jerome Avenue.
What is the Bronx?
200
This quadrennial event began again in Berlin in August 1936, where African-American Jesse Owens would run into the history books.
What is the Summer Olympics?
200
This impressive edifice houses a collection of honors and awards bestowed upon Richard.
What is the outhouse?
200
This plant is a symbol of Missouri and of crucifixion.
What is Dogwood?
200
This song is the anthem to Grandpa Airways.
What is “Mousy Hiway”?
300
This now frequent destination for Richard and Judy lies on a barrier island between the Gulf of Mexico and the Intracoastal Waterway, in the same county where two people in this room were married.
What is Indian Rocks Beach?
300
This famous German airship took its maiden voyage. It was much cooler than its final one.
What is the Hindenburg?
300
This field of study, Richard's first in college, took him to Idaho and introduced him to an angry bear.
What is forestry?
300
This plant grows along the roadsides of Missouri and is said to have inspired root beer.
What is sassafrass?
300
Breaking these rules once caused Richard to be suspended from high school.
What is the dress code?
400
Richard took some memorable bike rides in this city, named after a former general and the only man to be elected governor of two different states.
What is Houston?
400
Richard shares a birthday year with the man whom the Sporting News named the greatest football player of all time, a running back who at one time held the NFL career rushing record, before venturing into an acting career.
Who is Jim Brown?
400
Meaning "harmony," this Latin phrase is also the name of the college and graduate seminary Richard attended.
What is Concordia?
400
While camping in the Boundary Waters on one of the longest nights of Faith’s life, Richard and Judy tried this plant.
What is cannabis?
400
Cool Hand Luke inspired Richard to purchase and wear these.
What are mirrored sunglasses?
500
This former home of the birthday boy and family is named after one of only two people in American history to serve as Secretary of State under three different presidents, who also happened to run for president himself three separate times.
What is Webster Groves?
500
This clarinetist, known as the "King of Swing," recorded "Stomping at the Savoy" at Victor Records.
Who is Benny Goodman (and his Orchestra)?
500
This town, near Chicago, is simultaneously named for two geographic features, and is also home to the Lutheran college where Richard and Judy met.
What is River Forest?
500
Richard specializes in finding this culinary treasure when conditions are just right.
What are morel mushrooms?
500
This composer provided the processional music for two Sandler family weddings.