Kennedy trivia

Questions for Family Reunion

1. What year were Jim and Mary Jo Kennedy married? 1926
2. Which are the eldest and youngest child?  Lloyd-eldest—Mary-youngest
3. Who was hit by a train in a car?  When and where were they going? Jim and Mary Jo going to the Texas Fair in Seymour Texas.  After they made sure they were not hurt then they got on the same train and went on to the Fair.
4. Who was a pencil pusher by trade? William Norris Kennedy
5. How many wives did William Norris have?  3
6. Name the oldest and youngest of Jim and Mary Jo’s grandchildren.  Connie Fowler-Jayne Nored Michener
7. Who was the first of Jim’s children to have grandchildren?  Janelle Kennedy Sullivan
8. Who owned a Dairy Maid in Odessa, Texas? James Kennedy and run by Weldon
9. Who was found going to see her boyfriend on a bus by Jim Kennedy? Janelle Sullivan
10. Who married a lawyer and all of the children are lawyers plus additional married children are lawyers? Glenda.  Al. Ben, Allison, Lester, Jim.
11. Where are Jim and Mary Jo buried? Seminole Texas
12. What college was Jim Kennedy the president of the Foundation? Western Christian College
13. Who was homecoming queen of Rankin HS? Glenda Kennedy Taylor
14. Name all valedictorians in the family?  Mary Jo, Kerri and Lora McCullough,  Reagan Herod Seth Taylor
15.  What urban legend was told about the Jim Kennedy family and President Kennedy’s family?  We were related, but we think William Norris made this up.  Do not think it is true.
16. Who was known for making family quilts?  Mary Jo and Marjorie
17.  Name the sisters that were roommates in college?  Marjorie and Janelle,  Sandra, Glenda and Janelle, Mary, Martha, and Janelle. Connie and Jana,
18. Who served in WWII and guarded a palace in Japan? Lloyd
19. Name twins in the Kennedy family.  Martha and Mary- Madison and McKenzie, Danny Campbell/s children
20. Who became friends with Roy Orbison?  Weldon=-Rpy use to come by the Dairy Maid in Odessa in his blue Cadillac and ordered a steak burger. 
21. Who are music composers in the Kennedy family?  James, Weldon, Craig Ronnie, Steven, James  Nored, Angela Eckert Balch
22. Who worked and retired from Shell Oil company? Jim and Lloyd Kennedy
23. Name those in the family that have their doctorate degrees?  Lloyd, Jimmy Lloyd, Steven , Reagan, Al, Ben. Allison, Lester Blizzard, Jim. Miles, Ronnie, ,Pam Speights, Brandon Speights, Landon Speights, ???
24. Who made a zero at school and sang about it all the way home to the tune of do-re-mi melody?  Glenda
25.  Who had open heart surgery in Washington D.C.?  Marjorie
26. Who was found in Denton Texas sleeping walking and was found at the Fire Station?  Karl Norris Campbell
27. At his death who was named to have a heart of gold by the Chaplain?  Danny Campbell
28.  Who did secret work for the government?  Lynn Nored
29. Who was the vice-president of a Odessa College?  Miles Eckert
30. Where did Jim propose to Mary Jo?  Steps of the State Capitol in Austin
31. What were the circumstances of the Wink Fire? Washing oil field clothes in gasoline and the fire from the washing machine caught on fire. 
32. Name as many places as you can that the Kennedy’s have had a reunion.  Ranger, Lampasas, Fredericksburg, Waxahachie, Belton, Austin, Granbury, Glen Rose, Cisco, Lake Levon, Kerrville, Meredian State Park and Eastland, Brownwood
33. Who was a drum major in the high school band? Weldon, Lou Anne Taylor,
34. Who went to the home of Willie Nelson?  Katie de la Pena
35. Who recorded with Willie Nelson?  Ronnie Eckert
36. Who was a body guard for two presidents?  Curtis Fowler, Reagan and Bush
37. Name the judges in the family?  Steven Herod and Ronnie Eckert
38. Who has run a half or full marathon?  Curtis Fowler, Lesa Herod, Leah Herod, Reagan Herod, Katie de la Pena, Pan Speights
39. Who was the director of an off-Broadway Play?  Pam Speights
40. Who married her so-in-law?  Why?  Celestine—Mores of the time was that an unmarried woman should not live with an unmarried man.  The wife had died so for the grandmother to keep the kids she needed to marry the son-in-law.
41. How many grandchildren did Jim and Mary Jo have?  25
42. Which of the Kennedy siblings has the most grandchildren?  Sandra (9)
43. Who has spent more time in the garden than any other couple?  Lynn and Martha
    
44. Of the original grandchildren who was the first grandson and last grandson?  Jimmy Lloyd Kennedy and James Nored?
    
45. What was the favorite pastime of Edd and Mary Jo?  Wrestling
46. Name the Aggies in the family?  Lindsey Eckert, Colton Gloff , Doug Kennedy, Craig Balch
    
47. Name those who work in the medical field?  Dr. Jared Kennedy. Leah Herod, Scott Slagle, Colton Gloff and fiancé Katy McCullough Allard
    
48. Who served on a submarine?  Zac Moore,
49. Who did donuts on the elementary lawn?  Glen Moore
50. Who hit a deer going from family reunion in Abilene?  Gary and Gayla.
51. Who went to the most colleges?  Curtis,  LCC, Abilene CC, Sam Houston, UTA, Texas Tech, El Centro,
52. How many educators are in this family?  Kerri, Sue Anne,  Marjorie, Janelle, Connie, Jana, Gayla, Jamie, Penny, Katie, Pam. Wes, Wanda, Sandra, Lisa, Leah, Scott, Mary, Miles, Martha, Melissa, Lynn,
53. Who cooked Vinegar Pie for the family?  Celestine   made from eggs, sugar, flour, water, cider vinegar, cinnamon,  and whipped cream.
54. Who went on their honeymoo9n with their parents?  Mary and Miles Eckert
55. Who was an angel in Andrews as Jim lay dying?  Sandra Gayle
56. Name two places that the Kennedy children lived growing up?  Haskell, Rankin, Wink,
57. Who was named as Teacher of the year from two different school districts?  Katie de la Pena-Waco and China Spring
58. What year did James-1969, Mary Jo-1997 , Marjorie- 1991, and Glenda-1995 die?  
59. Who did Mary Jo try to bribe to take her out of the nursing home from Seminole? Chris Fowler
60. Who broke a cane back chair from his weight at a church singing?  Jim in the 1940s at Weinert, Texas.
61. What is the name of the song that Granddad Jim wrote?  He Died For You and Me
62. What is the official way to spell Mary’s and Martha’s middle name?  Lane and Jayne  Why the difference
63. Who has been in the education field over 50 years?  Janelle—Teacher and Board Member
64.  Which sister lived with the Jim Kennedy family for many years?  Edna  Why? 
65. Who has a holiday for a birthday?  July 4th  Mary and Martha
66. The Kennedy name is derived from what country?  Ireland  O’Cinneide
67. Thomas Benton Stout was kin to Mary Jo Kennedy how?  Her maternal grandfather.
68. Who tells the best jokes in the family?  Clean and dirty—Bill Herod
69. Who lived in Big Lake, Texas and who was born there?  Marjorie and Gayla
70. Who was part of a rock band?  Harry Blizzard
71. Who has had the most foster children?  Allison
72. Who would take a bath in the cold springs early morning on vacation?  Jim Kennedy
73. What was the most number of people that we put in a vehicle during a family vacation?  11-Curtis Fowler plus two desk and 10 trees in the back of a van in Colorado— Curtis, Connie, Paul, Chris, Penny, Glen, Jamie, Jana, Ron, Michael, Jamie.
74.   What mode of transportation did Mary Jo’s family use to move from Oklahoma to New Mexico?  Covered Wagon
75. How many of Jim and Mary Jos children got a college education?  All 8.
76. Who use to call Penny Grubbs—nickel?  Bill Herod
77. Who wrote a song about his Uncle Glen?  Ronnie Eckert 
78.  Who got married in the family home in Rankin, Texas?  Glenda and Al
79. Who was named Fish Hook by his grandpa?  Why?
80. Who wrote the following?  What does it mean?  Understanding the effect of a real rainbow has helped my understanding about the ends of other illusory rainbows in my life.  As others have learned before me, it is the quest that counts and not necessarily the arrival at the end of the rainbow.  Life occurs along the journey, not at the end of the rainbow.--Weldon
81. How many people are in or have been in the education field?  22--  2-Kerri-Sue Anne,1-Marjorie,7-Janelle, Connie, Penny, Jana, Jamie, Gayla, Katie2 –Pam, Wes,4-Sandra, Lisa, Leah, Scott 2-Glenda,Al, 3-Martha, Lynn, Melissa, 2 Mary, Miles
82. Who did the first web page for the Kennedy family?  Doug Kennedy, 
83. Who does the webpage now and what is its address?  Connie---   www.thejameswkennedyfamily.com

 
 
Bonus question
Name in order the children and their spouse of Jim and Mary Jo.
Lloyd & Betsy, Marjorie& Jim, Janelle & Glen, Weldon & Mary, Sandra& Bill, Glenda,& Al, Martha and Lynn, Mary and Miles,
Lloyd- Jim & Jo Kennedy, Kerri & Kirk ??, Sue Anne & Braddock
Marjorie- Danny Campbell and Sharon, Karl Campbell & , Elizabeth ??
Janelle- Connie & Curtis Fowler, Jana & Bob Gillispie, Gayla & Gary Parker, Glen & Shelly Moore
Weldon- Pam & Wes Speights, Craig & Wanda Kennedy, Doug & Jana Kennedy
Sandra- Diana & Jim McCullough, Steven & Lesa Herod , Vickie & Husband Gloff
Glenda- Ben Taylor, Allison & Lester, Blizzard Jim and LouAnn Taylor
Martha-Cheryl Nored, Steven & Melissa Nored, James & Becki Nored, Jayne & husband Michener
Mary- Angie and Craig Balch, Ron and Tonya Eckert