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Exactly one month prior to Mom's birthday, the Louvre was broken into and it was discovered that the museum's password was this word?
Louvre
What is the median age of Mom's kids?
23
Originally created as a Christmas ornament, the lindor truffle was created in this year. Is it over or under 1968?
Under - 1967 (in 1969 they rolled out the red wrapper for christmas and kept it ever since due to popularity)
Two islanders, A and B. One always tells the truth (a knight), the other always lies (a knave). A says, "We are both knaves." What are A and B?
What is: A is a knave and B is a knight (because A's statement must be false, so they are not both knaves; since A lies, B must be the truth-teller)
What was Mom's D&D character's race & class?
Gnome Ranger
Thanksgiving is another holiday celebrated in November. Which president declared it a holiday?
Abraham Lincoln
Trip's age - Month Mom was born
3
Earth Day is now celebrated in 193 countries. Is the year of its birth as a holiday over or under the birth year of mom?
Over - 1970
Outside a closed room are three light switches; inside are three bulbs (each switch controls exactly one bulb). You may flip switches as you like, then enter the room once to inspect the bulbs (on/off and feel for warmth). How do you identify which switch controls which bulb?
Turn switch 1 on for several minutes, then turn it off. Immediately turn switch 2 on and leave switch 3 off. Enter the room: the bulb that is on = switch 2; the bulb that is off but warm = switch 1; the bulb off and cold = switch 3
Ice cream scooper
Chrysanthemums
Year Mom got married - Year she worked at Yellowstone = ___. Name the kid who was born in that order (e.g., 1st, 2nd, etc.).
Sean (1st)
The average age of librarians skews older than the general workforce. Is this age over or under 45?
Over - 50.5 (1/3 is over 55)
Three sealed jars are labeled "Red," "Blue," and "Red & Blue." You are told all three labels are wrong. You may open exactly one jar and look inside. Which jar should you open to be able to deduce which jar contains only red beads, which only blue beads, and which the mixed beads?
Open the jar labeled "Red & Blue." Whatever single color you find there tells you that jar actually contains only that color; from that you can deduce the remaining two (because all labels are wrong)
What was Mom's middle name in 1995?
Hoeschen
Earlier in November we experienced this supermoon, which shares the name with an animal
Full Beaver Moon
(#County libraries x #Bedrooms upstairs) - (#Paws Trip has + 2). If we had this number of dinner guests, which room would we sit in?
Dining Room (6)
According to behindthenames.com, the amount of children named Christine reached its all-time high in 1968. Is the percent of kids named Christine that year over or under 90%
Over - 96.6%
A sealed chest contains 10 coins. Exactly one coin is counterfeit and lighter than the others. Using a balance scale (compare any two groups), what is the minimum number of weighings required to be certain to identify the counterfeit coin?
Three weighings. (With each weighing you get three outcomes: left heavy, right heavy, or balanced; three weighings give 3³ = 27 distinct outcome-strings, enough to pinpoint 1 of 10 coins and whether it is lighter — here we only need lighter, so 3 weighings suffice.)
What is Mom's signature scent?
Moonlight Path
The final US penny was minted on 11/12/25 in Philly. How many years had the penny been in production?
232
# kids Mom had by 2006 + # years Megan was in GIS -# Lax-A-Daisy games Kelly won on Posion Ivy
8
Dawn is the best selling brand of dishwashing liquid in the US. Was the year it was invented over or under 1968?
Over - 1973
You and a friend each place a hat on your own head from a hatbox containing 2 black hats and 2 white hats. Neither can see their own hat, only the other's. You look at your friend's hat and say, "I don't know the color of my hat." Your friend then looks at your hat and says, "I knew that." What color is your friend's hat? (Assume both are perfectly logical and truthful when they speak.)
Your friend's hat is white. (If you had seen a black hat on them, you could not conclude anything; but your friend hearing you say you don't know and then claiming "I knew that" implies they saw white on you which makes their statement consistent only if their hat is white.)
Who is Mom's favorite child?
She loves us all equally