The Theodore Newsletter

October 1, 2020

This has become one of my favorites. You know the routine – 5 points for each correct answer. A grade of 90 indicates that you are brilliant; anything below 60 is, well…Answers appear at the end.

1. What famous movie actor said in Rooster Cogburn: “Well I’ll be damned if she didn’t get the last word in again.”
2. Who keeps advocating that one should never play zone defenses in basketball?
3. How long ago did the BIG BANG occur?
4. Who never put in an honest day’s work in their life?
5. What famous movie actor said in The Maltese Falcon: “It’s the thing that dreams are made of”?
6. True or false: The moon is approximately 240,000 miles from our plant.
7. What metropolitan major league baseball player won the Cy Young award two years in a row (and may win it this year)?
8. Name the capital of either North or South Dakota
9. Who is the greatest heavyweight champion of them all?
10. Name the capital of Iceland.
11. What famous comedian actor repeatedly used the phrase: “And away we go”?
12. What two US presidents continue to attempt to rewrite history?
13. Who is the man of the 20^th century? Hint: He’s a British diplomat.
14. True or False: The temperature in the center of the sun is approximately 29MM°
15. Who is the toughest Greek who ever lived?
16. Name the top university in the U.S.
17. Who is the greatest US president?
18. What happened in the interim following the BIG BANG?
19. What famous president said: “Take down this wall”?
20. What famous (and beautiful) actress said in Casablanca: “Play it again, Sam”?
21. What corrupt organization recently cancelled racing at Belmont Park from 9/2 to 9/18?

That’s it? Congratulations, if you did well… If not, better luck next time with IV.

ANSWERS:

1. John Wayne
2. Well, yours truly, of course
3. Approximately 13 billion years ago
4. Career bureaucrats, plus educators (that includes yours truly!)
5. Humphrey “Bogie” Bogart
6. True
7. Met’s pitcher DeGrom
8. Bismarck and Pierre, respectively. An extra 5 points if you got both capitals.
9. Full credit here. For me, it was Gene Tunney.
10. Reykjavik
11. The great one – Jackie Gleason; he was indeed the greatest of the great.
12. Full credit for either Carter or Obama.
13. Winston Churchill, hands down.
14. From what I have read, it is TRUE.
15. I have two choices: Alexander the Great or Leonardas.
16. Full credit. For me, it’s Northwestern followed by Rice.
17. George Washington. He put everything on the line, including his life for our country.
18. Full credit. Approximately 4-5 billion years ago, our galaxy was formed (which included planet Earth).
19. Ronald Reagan
20. Ingrid Bergman
21. The New York Racing Association (NYRA). There is probably only a few places in the world more beautiful than New York in early September. So what did NYRA do? Cancel racing at Belmont Park – the most beautiful racetrack in the world – from 9/7 – 18. How did someone as clueless at Cuomo get elected and even worse, where did they find these NYRA executives?

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Here are this month’s three offensive suggestions from the upcoming second edition of my “BASKETBALL COACHING 101” book.

1. Every attempt should be made to exploit the team’s offensive capabilities against the opponent’s defensive weaknesses.
2. Players should learn to dribble with either hand.
3. Players should learn to shoot with either hand.