The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat
Don't Tell Mom won the 2016 Far Western District Quartet Championship in this southern California city, where Bethany spent her first year of college
Where is Riverside?
First Tech Federal Credit Union was originally called Addison Avenue, named for the site of the Palo Alto garage where these two founders first formed their company and manufactured their first product.
Who are Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard?
What is River City?
David lost a flipper and had to do some perilous diving while snorkeling here in one of the natural wonders of the world, located off the coast of Queensland, Australia.
What is the Great Barrier Reef?
David and Carrielynn got married in Mendocino, well-known as the filming location for this 12-season crime drama starring Angela Lansbury.
What is "Murder, She Wrote"?
Patrick and David share a birthday with this celebrity, whose preferred method of flight is his Nimbus 2000 broom.
Who is Harry Potter?
This is the number of combined international medals that David and Patrick have won, including collegiate, quartet, and chorus contests.
What is 17?
Patrick: Eight gold chorus, Two Silver chorus, One bronze chorus
Patrick: One gold quartet, two bronze quartet
Patrick: One collegiate silver
David: One gold chorus, Two bronze chorus
There are 13 of these in David's favorite card game, bridge.
What are "tricks"?
On a business trip in Europe, David won big without realizing how much he was betting, since he hadn't converted between dollars and this now-defunct currency.
What is the franc?
Although today San Jose is more commonly nicknamed "Man Jose" or the "Capital of the Silicon Valley," the San Jose-based barbershop chapter that David and Patrick joined in 1996 was called the "_____" Chorus.
What is the "Garden City Chorus"?
Patrick performed with Masterpiece in this Nordic country, which from 1999 to 2010 hosted the World Sauna Championships.
Where is Finland?
Patrick and Sara had been friends for several years, but their romance began while competing in this iPhone game developed by Zynga.
What is Words with Friends?
Patrick's absolute favorite place to work is this airport, which serves as a hub or focus city for all four major US airlines.
What is LAX?
Everyone knows about the rivalry between the Santa Clara Vanguard and the Concord Blue Devils, but a South Bay-East Bay rivalry also exists between the Santa Clara Aquamaids and the Walnut Creek Aquanuts, two top teams in this Olympic event.
What is synchronized swimming?
Named for the son of a former California governor and railroad tycoon, this is the official title of the university where Patrick recently wrapped up an extended contract.
What is Leland Stanford Junior University?
In 2001, the Drum Corp International Finals were held at the home stadium of this NFL team, which shares a name with the barbershop quartet that appeared in the 1962 film version of The Music Man.
Who are the Buffalo Bills?
First with David and the rest of the family, then later with Sara, Patrick has traveled to the inspiration for Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty castle, officially called King Ludwig II's Neuschwanstein castle, located here.
Where is Bavaria, Germany?
Whenever love is in the air and Patrick is eager to recreate the electric elementary school Valentine's Day atmosphere, he heads to Amazon to buy Pez, conversation hearts, sweet tarts, and this pouch-based sugar product, which was originally marketed as "Lik-A-Stix."
What is Fun Dip?
Patrick's has aired many grievances and customer complaints online through his famous Twitter wars with this company, the world's largest airline.
What is American Airlines?
Under this head coach, the Michigan State men's basketball team has played in 24 consecutive NCAA tournaments, 8 Final Fours, and won 1 national title.
Who is Tom Izzo?
Between 2008-12, Airship Ventures offered zeppelin rides from Moffett Field, evoking memories of David's fictional zeppelin company, called this.
What is Zippy Zeppelin?
Masterpiece was offered the opportunity to perform in the recent Broadway revival of The Music Man, starring this Australian actor as Professor Harold Hill.
Who is Hugh Jackman?
Patrick and Sara were flush with excitement when they visited Hornberg, Germany and saw this world's largest appliance.
What is the world's largest toilet?
Patrick and Sara were married in this Douglas County municipality, which hosts the Colorado Renaissance Fair every summer.
Where is Larkspur?
After celebrating Christmas with the family one year, David flew to Chicago and then immediately returned home in order to preserve his treasured status as a United 100k Member, granting him access to these exclusive airport lounges.
What is the Red Carpet Club?
Patrick was not sporting a punk rock hairstyle on the day that he caught his first cutthroat trout at this lake, the highest elevation he has ever fished.
Where is Mohawk Lake?
David's former client AirProducts is headquartered in this city, the third largest in Pennsylvania, which also hosts the annual Drum Corps International "Eastern Classic," and is the title of a Billy Joel song.
What is Allentown?
Who is Mark Hale?
While touring Russia with Voices in Harmony, David and Carrielynn visited the largest art museum in the world, the Hermitage in this city.
Where is St. Petersburg, Russia?
Patrick and Sara love to climb big, soaring peaks. This is the number of "14ers"-- a mountain with an elevation above 14,000 feet-- that Patrick has climbed.
What is six?
On many connections through Chicago over the years, the Haedtler family has walked through O'Hare's neon light tunnel, which plays this George Gershwin tune, known for being the United Airlines theme song.
What is Rhapsody in Blue?
This was the name of David's college softball team, which had a perfect season, losing every single game after agreeing to forfeit rather than abide by the league restriction against alcohol.
Who are Elmo's Dancing Bears?
Patrick earned his engineering degree from Cal Poly Pomona, where parts of this 1997 dystopian science fiction movie starring Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, and Jude Law were filmed.
What is Gattaca?
When the Santa Clara Vanguard's drumline won the best percussion title in 2004, they performed Music from Scheherazade, based on these Middle Eastern folk tales that also inspired the film Aladdin. (You'll hear the answer in the title of the very first song in Aladdin.)
What is Arabian Nights or One Thousand and One Nights?
Antarctica is the only continent David and Carrielynn haven't traveled to together, although they did see penguins in this Southern Hemisphere port city, one of three capital cities in this nation.
Where is Cape Town, South Africa?
Married for 56 years, Irma and Karl McDonel are the namesakes of one of Michigan State's largest residence halls. When David was living in East Lansing during college, several of his housemates stole the portrait of Irma McDonel and hung it here.
What is the Spartan Fun House?
Patrick and David's business travels have taken them both to Narita International Airport, the busy airport that serves this enormous Asian city.
Where is Tokyo, Japan?