The Theodore Newsletter

January 1, 2023

You are asked to provide the correct answer to the following 20 questions. Credit 5 points for each correct answer. A grade of 80 indicates that you are brilliant. There are a couple of tough ones in this quiz.

1. The first game played at Yankee Stadium occurred in what year?
2. What is the age of the Sun?
3. What was the earlier name (before 1846) of the city now called San Francisco?
4. True or false: U.S. ground forces invaded Okinawa on April 1, 1945.
5. True or false:  Elvis Presley recorded his first song in 1963.
6. What was the name of the planet Uranus prior to 100 years ago?
7. John Glenn orbited what planet?
8. The Bay of Pigs invasion occurred in what year?
9. Who played for the New York Knicks, Brooklyn Dodgers, and New York Rangers during the 1950-60 time period?
10. Who played Samson in Samson and Delilah?
11. What two New York baseball teams played their last game in New York City in 1954?
12. Name the author who recently initiated work on a book to be titled Hydrogen Energy.
13. Name the newly elected Supervisor of the Town of North Hempstead.
14. Who was the star of the movie The Wizard of Oz?
15. What is the mathematic relationship between °F and °C?
16. What is thoroughbred horse racing’s showcase race run on the first Saturday in May?
17. Water boils at what temperature?
18. What are the chemical symbols for hydrogen and helium?
19. What Yankee baseballer was called “old reliable?”
20. What two brothers from Rockaway Beach played basketball for the New York Knicks?

Answers:

1. 1923.
2. Approximately 4.5 billion years.
3. Yerba Buena.
4. True.
5. False, it was 1953 and the song was “My Happiness.”
6. George; it was named after King George by a British astronomer.
7. Earth on 1949.
8. 1950.

• A tough one but a great trivia question. The organist Gladys Gooding.
• Victor Mature.
• New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers.
• Yours truly, of course. Naturally, I don’t know anything about the topic.
• Jennifer DeSena. TNH is now home to your favorite author.
• Judy Garland.
• °F = 1.8(°C) + 32
• The Kentucky Derby.
• 100°C or 212°F, but only at 1 atmosphere pressure.
• A Chemistry 101 question. H and He, respectively.
• Tommy Henrich.
• Dick and Al McGuire.

I’ll return with VIII later this year.

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