Which of the following institutions employed Ida?

• The Chicago Fire Department

• Blystra Federal Savings and Loan

• The CTA

• The Chicago Police Department

What college did George Schilstra attend?

• University of Wisconsin, Madison

School of Engineering

What event brought about the end of Ida’s last corporate job?

• Her involvement in the 1933 World’s Fair

• She got fed up with the corporate world and told her boss to go fly a kite

• The Great Depression

• Marrying George

Where did Ida and George meet?

• In the Wisconsin Dells where George worked as a tour guide

Name one other person who was with Ida and George when

they met

• Ange Nydam

• Alice Kingma

• Nell Kingma

What fruit or vegetable grew in abundance behind their house at

the Edgewater plant?

• Apples

What racey thing did Ida do to have her part cut from a school program at

Chicago Christian High School?

• She was seen wearing a two-piece pantaloon and tunic outfit.

How many brothers and sisters did Ida have?

• Nine. Including Ida there were 10 kids altogether; 5 boys and 5 girls.

What did Ida and George do to get into trouble with their pastor?

• They took part in a community scavenger hunt on the Sabbath

What is Ida’s middle name?

• This is a trick question. She was born without a middle name. Later, she became known as Ida Kingma Schilstra.

What fixture seemed out of place in the middle of the basement

utility room of George and Ida’s 12th Place ranch home in

Sheboygan?

• A toilet

What was the most dangerous thing that George did regularly as a tour guide in the Wisconsin Dells?

• He jumped to Stand Rock

What was Ida’s father’s profession?

• A Veterinarian

• Laundry man or “Iron Horse” salesman are also correct.

What was George’s father’s profession?

• He was a carpenter.

Define the dutch word “rommel”:

• Clutter. Just throw it in the rommel room.

What was the Ida Bowl?

• Her favorite bowl that she loved to use as she ate ice cream

• A restaurant that had her name by coincidence. It was her favorite place to go for spaghetti.

• A receptacle for bric-a-brac that later became a rare family heirloom

• The name of a family business – a bowling alley at Michigan and Wentworth