The Foxwells
1. Every Foxwell creative building project begins with this:
a.. family discussion
b. a trip to the shed to see what’s on hand
c. an aluminum lawn chair
d. a phone call to Mom
2. The first cabin in the woods at the farm was formerly:
a. a 1948 Nash
b. a chicken coop
c. a wood shed
d. scrap lumber
3. The proper response to the story about Grandpa Tom’s car accident on Kern Hill in 1933 is:
a. “and a good time was had by all”
b. “and that’s the day Ferne Bennett learned how to complain”
c. “sandwiches EVERYWHERE!”
d “and the car wasn’t even damaged!”
4. Margaret's mother was famous for these that she sold to many people in West Union:
a. pies
b. broilers
c. fryers
d. fruit cakes
5. Which of the following automobiles was not owned by Grandpa Tom:
a. a 1958 Hillman
b. a 1960 Pontiac
c. a 1946 Nash
d. a 1952 Nash
6. “The Order of the Sow’s Ear” is
a. only partially true
b. an incredible understatement
c. just plain silly
d. commemorated with a trophy
7. Grandma Margaret's maiden name is:
a. Taupe
b. Ishman
c. Paine
d. Tope
8. What unusual ingredient was always used by Grandma Margaret’s mother in the Christmas
Oyster Stew?
a. paprika
b. water
c. clams
d. milk
9. Susan and Kelly are building a new home in 2007 :
a. in Eden Prairie
b. on a bluff
c. on a lake
d. with a gazebo
10. Auburn is:
a. Where the Ishman relatives are from
b. home of Koochie’s steak house
c. where John & Jim’s Tappan gas range came from
d. a car formerly made in Indiana
e. all of the above
11. Susan and Paul had a car known affectionately as “The Batmobile.” It was:
a. a 1961 Pontiac
b. originally white
c. wrecked 3 times
d. a local legend
12. The cow’s name was:
a. Buttermilk
b. Buttercup
c. Butterball
d. Bossie
13. Grandpa Tom made grandmother clocks for the family years ago. The only clock that is
cherry wood belongs to:
a. Grandma Margaret
b. Jim
c. Susan
d. Allan
e. Paul
14. Foxwells are animal lovers. Which two are not currently Foxwell pets?
a. Mojo
b. Bob
c. Blondie
d. Larry
e. Sophie
f. Eddie
g. Frank
h. Hunter
g. Sadie
15. Which of the following surnames are not related to the Foxwells by marriage or some other
domestic arrangement?
Shepard, Oberdas, Ishman, Humphrey, Ogle, Cairns, Smith, Condon, Vorwald, Merrit, Paine
16. The “illegitimate imbecile” was:
a. Aunt Ella’s love child
b. the former Fayette County Supervisor
c. the reason the family fortune is paying for liposuction in Cornwall for distant relatives
d. a relative we don’t talk about
17. The name of the ship wrecked off the coast of Cornwall in 1805 was
a. The Ansonia
b. The Edmund Fitzgerald
c. The HMS Southport
d. The Anson Frigate
e. The Bridget Marie
18. The reason there is a commemorative medal in Grandma Margaret’s display cabinet is that:
a. she won first prize in the 1930 Fayette County Fair pie baking contest
b. her father was a Mason and had a silver medallion
c. a Foxwell ancestor alerted help that saved many lives in a shipwreck
d. Allan won the state spelling bee in 1964
19. The original 1800’s farmhouse was improved in the early 1950’s by
a. adding indoor plumbing
b. adding air conditioning
c. chain sawing off the second floor
d. installing wall to wall carpeting
20. Speaking of architecture, the roof of the addition built by Grandpa Tom was a:
a. prow front
b. flying gable
c. shock to the neighbors
d. originally shingled with metal from the farm
21. Speaking of home improvements…. What event at the farm in the 1920’s drew not only
neighbors, but people from as far as Ames to come and marvel?
a. the installation of a new well
b. the installation of an oak throne chemical toilet
c. the installation of electricity
d. the installation of a modern septic system
22. Speaking of the modern life at the farm, the term “rubbering” refers to:
a. an educational term used by Jim at his job at Clare House
b. what Grandma Margaret used to tell the children to do with their shoes in the rain
c. the process of insulating Paul’s electric lines to his cabin in the woods
d. eavesdropping on a telephone party line
23. The relatives west on Highway 56 who settled the land even before the Foxwells were the:
a. Topes
b. Ishmans
c. Humphrys
d. Paines
24. The Farm was founded in :
a. 1866
b. 1873
c. 1863
d. 1865
25. Jim’s antique shop in Elgin is housed in the building that was originally the town:
a. dry goods store
b. café
c. clothing store
d. drug store
EXTRA BONUS QUESTION (think hard, this one is worth 5 points!)…..
When Grandpa Tom got his teaching job in Rudd, the move prompted him to do what thing at
the farm
that he NEVER would have done if they hadn’t moved…….?
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