Christmas in Colorado: Family Trivia

Lisa writes: So, you make a board and some game pieces out of scrap paper, then quiz the entire family for weeks to come up with the game cards. Ta-Dah! Family Trivia! It's a good, solid, two to three hours of fun and heated arguments about fuzzily-remembered family history. (How is it possible that nobody remembers what city we were in when Donny got the fish stuck in his ear?)

Debbie and Kellen ultimately won, fueled only by strategic game play and that can of Redi-Whip. How would you have done? (Answers in the Comments.)

Q1: Which of Lori's kids used a bottle of nail polish to finger paint on the floor, walked through it into the bathroom, then threw the mostly-full bottle into the toilet where the polish floated up and coated the toilet bowl?

Q2: Which of Lori's kids found red Chinese ink, rubbed it into their hands and feet, and walked around on the white carpet?

Q3: Which of Lori's kids threw a carton of raw eggs all over the kitchen and living room floor -- twice?

Q4: One day, Lori noticed water dripping down into the kitchen through the light fixture. Which of her kids did she find in the bathroom upstairs, sitting naked in the sink with the water turned on full blast?

Q5: How many pairs of Mom's contact lenses has Lisa eaten?

Q6: What was the name of Donny's champion cricket-eating turtle?

Q7: When she was 6 years old, Christi played on a peewee football team called the Mighty Menehunes. What was the surprising thing about her being on this team?

Q8: Dad was in at least two honors classes all through high school. He had a particular motivation for taking these classes. What was it?

Q9: Who was Dad named after?

Q10: Which of Christi's kids got all the way to school before realizing they had no shoes on their feet? And spent half the school day shoeless before Christi could rescue them?

Q11: What is interesting about Dad's eyesight?

Q12: Who was the smallest of Mom's babies?

Q13: What is Mom's favorite movie?

Q14: What kind of pet does Debbie want more than anything in the world?

Q15: How many months apart are Benjamin and Evelyn?

Q16: Multiple choice. Dad is NOT allergic to which of the following? a. Fertilizer b. Cedar pollen c. Poison ivy

Q17: How did Cameron contract the rotovirus that put him in the ER as a toddler?

Q18: How did Christi help Lori learn to ski on their first ski trip?

Q19: What was Cameron doing when he cracked his head and had to get three staples in his scalp when he was 6?

Q20: What was Ava's first word?

Q21: True or false. Tom's parents both worked for the CIA.

Q22: Dad's name was also the name of a popular BYU athlete while he was in college. Why wouldn't the two Roys have been mistaken in person?

Q23: Dad shares a birthday (same day, same year) with which former U.S. president?

Q24: Why did Breanna have to have an emergency haircut when she was a little kid?

Q25: What instrument does Mom play?

Comments

Lisa said…
A1-A4: Benjamin.

A5: Two.

A6: Hulk Hogan.

A7: (Best guess: "They were all midgets?") She was the only girl.

A8: So he could get a hall pass to leave school and go surfing.

A9: Roy Rogers.

A10: Taylor.

A11: He is red/green colorblind.

A12: Debbie, 5 lbs.

A13: "Lost Horizons," the 1973 musical.

A14: A ferret.

A15: Eleven.

A16: c. Poison ivy doesn't do anything to him.

A17: Chewing on a shoe with goose poop on it.

A18: She pushed her off the ledge.

A19: Hunting for Easter eggs.

A20: "Bite." She was a biter.

A21: True.

A22: The other guy was Samoan.

A23: Bill Clinton.

A24: She fell asleep with gum in her mouth.

A24: Cello
Holly said…
I am so glad you posted the answers. I was DYING to know why your dad couldn't be confused with the other Roy, how the rotovirus was acquired, and whether or not Tom's parents really both worked for the CIA. I feel much better now--there was really a Samoan named ROY?? I find that odd.

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