73 Questions with Caroline Ortemond

November 18, 2022

  1. What’s one thing people don’t know about you? If money was not a thing, I would want to be a zoologist instead of a lawyer 
  2. Dream Country to visit? Tokyo, Japan or Cape Town, Africa 
  3. What’s the biggest surprise you’ve had? My car
  4. What are three things you can’t live without? Laptop, God, and my car 
  5. What’s your current TV obsession? Suits 
  6. Secret Talent? I can cook 
  7. Most adventurous thing you’ve done in your life? Either the time I ran back into a small fire on my Side-by-Side to grab something or when I went white water rafting 
  8. How would you define yourself in three words? Honest, Fair, Caring
  9. Superpower you would want? The ability to know the answer to every question
  10. Best piece of advice you’ve received? You may not be the smartest in the room, but you can always be the hardest worker   
  11. What’s a movie that everyone should see? Perks of Being a Wallflower 
  12. What’s your spirit animal? Probably a lion–they are loud like me
  13. What’s your favorite board game? Cards Against Historians by Mr Jones 
  14. What’s your favorite color? Blue 
  15. Least favorite color? Purple or orange 
  16. Coffee or Tea? Both 
  17. Sweet or Savory? Savory 
  18. Board games or Card games? Card 
  19. Country or City? Abbeville … so country 
  20. Beach or Mountains? Mountains 
  21. Pancakes or Waffles? Waffles because you can fill the squares up with syrup 
  22. Morning or Night? Evenings 
  23. Cats or Dogs? Can’t Choose
  24. Pen or Pencil? Pencil 
  25. Socks or Barefoot? With shoes, definitely socks, but I like to walk around my house barefoot 
  26. Pepsi or Coke? Coke 
  27. McDonald’s or Burger King? McDonald’s 
  28. Netflix or Youtube? Netflix 
  29. Passenger or Driver? Drive 
  30. Save or Spend money? Save 
  31. Sweater or Hoodie? Hoodie 
  32. Cake or Pie? Depends on the flavor of the pie or cake 
  33. IOS or Android? IOS 
  34. Watching Football or Baseball? Football 
  35. You are stuck on an island, you can pick one food to eat forever without getting tired of it, what would you eat? Probably salad because you can make so many different salads with different toppings 
  36. A dessert you don’t like? Cheesecake
  37. Song you can listen to on repeat? “The Night We Met” by Lord Huron 
  38. If you could switch lives with someone for a day, who would it be? Elon Musk
  39. What is on your bucket list? To see the Northern Lights and the Sea of Stars in Malediven 
  40. Best childhood memory? Riding bikes and other vehicles around the compound with my cousins during the summer and constantly having sleepovers with them 
  41. What is your favorite holiday? Christmas
  42. What are your most thankful for? My family and my faith 
  43. What is your favorite joke? What do a cake and a baseball have in common? They both have batter 
  44. How many siblings do you have? 2 
  45. When is your birthday? October 17 
  46. Favorite snack? Hot Cheetos 
  47. What is the bravest thing you ever did? Saving a cat from being attacked by my dogs or standing up to my middle school bully/coach 
  48. What are your pet peeves? Hypocrites and when people are being fake. Be genuine with me.   
  49. What genre of music are you into? Indie/pop
  50. What was the last thing you read? “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” by Edgar Allan Poe 
  51. What’s the phone app you use most? Spotify 
  52. What would you do if you won the lottery? Save it and then donate small portions of it to helping endangered animals, and then buy a nice gift for everyone in my family 
  53. What makes you laugh the most? Watching Modern Family, my little sisters, and my friends 
  54. What is one thing you’re glad you tried but would never do again? Volleyball 
  55. Are you usually early or late? Early 
  56. What’s your dream car? Mercedes-Benz 190 SL 1962 restored or a 1971 restored Volkswagon Van 
  57. What takes up too much of your time? Sleep 
  58. What’s one condiment you put on everything? Tony’s 
  59. What are you looking forward to in the next 10 years? Graduating college 
  60. If all jobs have the same pay and hours, what job would you like to have? Paleontologist, zoologist, or archaeologist 
  61. What irrational fear do you have? Dolls, I hate dolls (Barbies, antique dolls, etc) they terrify me, and I can’t be in a room alone with dolls 
  62. What’s the best thing you got from your parents? (physical/personality trait? Life 
  63. If your life was a book, what would its title be? She’s just trying her best 
  64. What would you do if you only had one day left? Say my goodbyes to my family and friends 
  65. How often do you buy clothes? Often 
  66. What’s your favorite fast food chain? Chipotle 
  67. What’s your favorite subject in school? English 
  68. Are you an introvert or an extrovert? Extrovert, but I do like my alone time sometimes 
  69. If you had a warning label, what would yours say? “Not afraid to speak her mind,” “takes tight turns,” or “forgets everything”
  70. If you could completely get rid of one month out of the year, which month would it be? August, then we wouldn’t have to start school
  71. If you had to endorse a brand, which brand would it be? Nike 
  72. Would you ever run a marathon? Yes 
  73. Who is your role model? Steve Irwin