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PIE
EVERYONE LIKES PIE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the name of Aunt Polly's cat? | Lardo |
| What does Alice give Lardo when she can't find any sardines? | Clam chowder |
| What is Alice's favorite pie? | Peach pie |
| What is Alice's dad allergic to? | cats |
| What pie does Alice's mom attempt to bake? | Chocolate cream pie |
| Alice had one slice of pie left in her fridge. What kind of pie was it? | Lemon chiffon pie |
| What year did PIE open? | 1941 |
| When was Alice born? | 1945 |
| What 4 things were on Mrs. Gurke's shopping list? | Band-aids, vegetable shortening, sand, and a dozen cans of sardines. |
| What is Aunt Polly's favorite type of pattern or print? | Leopard print |
| What is Alice's dad's favorite pie? | Chocolate cream pie |
| What is Aunt Polly good at that isn't making pies? | using a hammer |
| How many times does Aunt Polly prick the bottom of pies with a fork? | 5 times |
| Where is PIE located, streets, city, & state? | At the corner of Windham and Maine in Ipswitch, Pennsylvania. |
| What color was the stool that Aunt Polly used to sit on? | Red |
| What time was Alice supposed to give Lardo to the pound? | 10:00 a.m. |
| Why does Alice's mom bake a pie? | To win the blueberry medal. |
| What snack does Alice make when her mom was making a pie? | Toasted raisin bread |
| How does Lardo "escape" and how does Alice know he escaped this way? | She thinks he escapes through the window, and Alice knows because she finds a paw print. |
| What is the name of Look magazine's reporter? | Sylvia DeSoto a.k.a. Jane Quizenbery |
| Where does Alice think Lardo went to after his escape? | PIE |
| Why was Charlie in the pie shop? | To catch the burglar. |
| What is Charlie's favorite pie flavor? | Key lime pie. |
| What show did Alice and Charlie love to watch? | Sky King. |
| What is the name of Sky King's plane? | Songbird. |
| what kind of pie did Charlie's mom try to make? | Gooseberry pie. |
| What is Aunt Polly's rule about eating pie? | A little pie never hurts anyone. |
| What is Alice's mom's rule about eating pie? | No pie after lunch. |
| What is Charlie bad at in school? | Reading, writing, and especially spelling |
| What noises did Alice hear at night when Lardo was stolen? | thumps, a scratch, and definitely a clink |
| What made the clinking noise when Lardo was stolen? | A gold hoop earring |
| What did Alice's mom use for curing headaches? | Aspirin |
| What does Charlie do so he doesn't miss his grandma? | He opens her old perfume bottle and smells it |
| What did Aunt Polly tell Alice about changing that was a quote from Henry David Thoreau? | Things do not change; we do |
| What 3 things did Alice change about herself? | Her imagination not to run off, no hunches. and no little songs |
| Who got rid of Alice's mom's pie? | Sylvia DeSoto |
| What is Mr. Needleman's first name? | Henry |
| Can Alice whistle? | Yes |
| Can Charlie whistle? | No |
| What low fat pie did Aunt Polly make? | Buttermilk pie |
| How did Aunt Polly's neighbors and friends pay her? | By putting ingredients on her doorstep |
| What day of the week did Alice visit Aunt Polly? | Saturday |
| What was the population of Ipswitch in 1955 | 162 |
| What is the only thing Alice said that her father cared about? | reading the newspaper |
| What color and kind of car was the mysterious car? | A green Chevrolet |
| What was the name of Ipswitch's newspaper? | The Ipsy News |
| What is Mrs. Gurke's pet peeve? | tardiness |
| What did Alice stare at at the funeral? | Charlie's dirty fingernails |
| What strange thing did Mrs. Gurke do at the funeral? | Slip her hand in and out of Aunt Polly's casket |
| What was Alice's idea of going fishing? | Using a fork to remove the lemon seeds from the lemon juice |
| What did Polly always wear on a chain around her neck? | A brass key to the pie shop |
| Who did Polly say had the voice of an angel? | Her sister Ruth, Alice's mom |
| What kind of pie did Alice mention in her first song that Polly had never heard of? | Prune pie |
| What kind of sandwich did Polly and Alice like? | Cream cheese and olives |
| What month and day of the week and year did Polly die? | On a Friday night in July 1955 |
| Alice had a feeling something was not quite right when she looked at her Aunt in the casket. What did she later realize it was? | The brass key was missing from her neck |
| Who did Polly leave the pie shop to? | Reverend Flowers |
| What was Alice's dad George's job before Polly died? | He sold souvenirs next to the pie shop |
| What was Alice's dad's job before PIE opened? | He worked for Hoover Company selling vacuum cleaners. |
| What was the slogan at the souvenir shop? | Hey Polly what's your secret |
| Where was the business man from that wanted to mass produce Polly's pies? | Hong Kong |
| What's the award called that is given every year for the most distinguished contribution to American pie making? | The Blueberry Award |
| What year was the Blueberry Award started? | 1922 |
| On what day of the week and month was the Blueberry Award announce? | The first Monday in September |
| What was the date that Polly won her first Blueberry Award? | Sept 7th, 1942 |
| Who entered Polly in her first Blueberry Award contest? | Harriet Melcher |
| What kind of pie did Harriet enter of Polly's the first time Polly won the Blueberry Award? | coconut cream pie |
| What did Polly order for herself to wear to the Blueberry Award ceremony in Philadelphia? | a leopard print from Sears |
| What's the name of the conference Polly attended each year to accept the Blueberry Award? | American Pie Makers Association, APA Conference |
| What acceptance speech did Polly give every year? | Thank You Very Much |
| How many Blueberry Awards did Polly win? | thirteen in a row |
| Who was the pretty character that Alice said she might look like if she grew her hair out longer? | Penny |
| What kind of cookies did Alice and Charlie eat after their pb&j sandwiches? | Nabisco's Chiparoons |
| What did Alice find under the radiator in her room? | a gold hoop earring |
| What did Alice and Charlie take from the PIE shop? | The 13 Blueberry Medals |
| Who is the author of PIE? | Sarah Weeks |
| What had Alice told Polly that she wanted to be when she grew up? | a squirrel |
| What was the name of the grocery store that Charlie went to to get Miss Gurke's groceries? | A & P |
| Why did Charlie throw Alice over the fence at Miss Gurke's house? | a horsefly stung him on the back of his neck |
| What was Miss Gurke wearing in her backyard? | a bright red skintight outfit |
| What was Miss Gurke hiding under her loose clothes? | giant muscles |
| What did Charlie do when he saw Miss Gurke's muscles? | he fainted |
| What did Alice say Charlie said Miss Gurke looked like? | Miss America |
| What was Miss Gurke doing in her backyard? | punching a punching bag |
| What does Miss Gurke want to be? | America's first muscle woman |
| How did Miss Gurke use each of the four items on her grocery list? | Bandaids for her knuckles, Sand for her punching bag, Vegetable Shortening for tanning, Sardines for protein |
| Why had Miss Gurke reached into Polly's casket? | to get her diamond ring that had fallen off of her finger |
| What kept happening to Alice's bike that Charlie fixed? | her chain kept coming off |
| What was wrong with Lardo when Dick Kaperfew found him at the Ipsy Inn? | he had eaten sleeping powder |
| What did Alice suggest that she and her mom do so that they looked like Nora Needleman and her mom? | buy matching hats |
| Where was the Ipsy Inn located? | on top of a hill overlooking Ipswitch |
| What did the Ipsy Inn look like? | White building with black shutters and a red door |
| What did Alice see Sylvia DeSoto do at the Ipsy Inn? | drop her mom's chocolate cream pie out the window |
| Where did Sylvia DeSoto go after leaving the Ipsy Inn? | to the Needleman's house |
| What did Alice find in Sylvia De Soto's green Cheverolet? | a gold hoop earring in the glove box, a black hat and veil, and a piece of luggage that had the initials JQ |
| What was Sylvia DeSoto's real name? | Jane Quizenberry |
| What was Charlie wearing on his feet when he climbed through Alice's window? | Alice's dad's black wing tipped shoes |
| What signal did Charlie give to Alice to let her know someone was coming when she was in the car? | He meowed like a cat |
| Who was Charlie warning her of? | Nora jumping rope |
| What did Charlie keep shouting when he was at the Needleman's talking to Nora? | "Polly Portman's Pie Crust Recipe" |
| What had Nora been doing when Charlie knocked on her door? | painting her toenails pink |
| What did Charlie's mom fix for he and Alice for lunch? | franks and beans |
| What did Pete Gillespie keep buying with hopes of winning the Blueberry Award and moving to Florida? | sweet potatoes |
| What did Alice tell Pete Gillespie to do to make his sweet potato pie better? | add maple syrup and pecans |
| What item did Alice tell Reverend Flowers to use to pit his cherries? | a paper clip |
| Why had Jane Quizenberry given sleeping powder to Lardo? | she thought Polly may have tattooed the recipe on Lardo's belly |
| Why was Jane Quizenberry called the Blueberry bridesmaid? | because she was always the runner up to Polly |
| What did Charlie bring over to Alice a couple of days after they caught Jane Quizenberry to cheer her up? | red haven peaches |
| What kind of peaches did Polly always use to make peach pie? | Red Haven |
| What trick did Alice show Charlie to peel peaches? | drop in hot water for 20 sec then cold water for 20 sec then pinch the skin off |
| What did Polly tell Alice was the most important ingredient that goes into a pie? | Love |
| What two things did Mr Hammerschlact agree to do in exchange for Polly's pie crust recipe? | Alice would write a jingle and her mom/Ruth would sing it |
| Who became the new mayor of Ipswitch? | Melanie Needleman |
| What was Alice's father's expression when he was surprised? | Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle |
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