Across
- 1. Dad’s hometown
- 2. brand of Dad’s first car
- 5. the Minnesotan native who made the 1st nonstop flight from NY to Paris in 1927
- 6. favorite flavor of Dad’s cream pie
- 12. sport Dad refereed for many years
- 14. in 1944, he was elected to a fourth term as U.S. President
- 15. branch of military Dad served in for WWII
- 16. number of years between holes-in-one
- 17. the name of the South Pacific island where Dad was stationed during WWII
- 18. career change in 1986
- 20. Minneapolis team that won the 1953 NBA Championship
- 23. the college Dad attended
- 24. name of the Canadian lake Dad fished (hint- same as Mom’s high school alma mater)
- 26. year of Dad’s first hole-in-one
- 29. Gophers opponent in the 1961 Rose Bowl game that Dad attended
- 30. the number of Vikings appearances in Super Bowl games
Down
- 1. Dad’s college friend who was U.S. VP under President Carter
- 2. Dad’s middle name
- 3. age when Dad enlisted the military
- 4. position Dad played on college basketball team
- 6. U.S. president in 1927
- 7. the team won the World Series in 1987 and 1991
- 8. hit Dad in the head, requiring stitches, while spectating the state boy’s bb tournament
- 9. invented in 1944 to protect soldiers from sunburn
- 10. famous Scottish golf course Dad played in 1988
- 11. the nationally ranked #1 football team for 1961
- 13. 1944 NCAA Football champions
- 19. Dad sold this for his first job after college
- 21. Dad’s dad’s middle name
- 22. 1944 Academy Award Best Picture (hint- As Time Goes By)
- 25. Dad’s favorite holiday seafood
- 27. Dad’s Grandpa Loomis’s name
- 28. the only language Dad’s mom (Eleonora) spoke until she was 19