November 1, 2023
As indicated in IV, this has become one of my favorites. You are asked to provide the correct answer to the following 20 questions. You already know the routine: 5 points for a correct answer. A grade of a 90 indicates that you are brilliant… anything below 25 is, well…
- Who authored “Fourscore and seven years ago…”
- Who were the stars of the movie Sampson and Delilah?
- Who is the greatest basketball player of all time?
- What famous singer said: “So when you see your neighbor carrying something, help him with his load.”
- What famous New York baseball owner’s motto was: “if you do something good for someone, and more than 2 people know about it, you did it for the wrong reason.”
- Unlike healthcare workers, what professional group refused to work during the pandemic because of health concerns and demanded that they be paid.
- Prior to 2014, what basketball Hall of Famer had the second highest season scoring average in the NBA?
- True or false? The radius of the sun is approximately 900,000 miles.
- What baseball Hall of Famer broke the color barrier?
- Who was elected President in 1952?
- What baseball Hall of Famer started and ended his career with the Boston Red Sox?
- What famous Astorian won a gold medal in wrestling and later became boxing’s light heavyweight champion?
- What was Connie Mack’s real name?
- True or false? Queens joined NYC in 1898.
- What has often been referred to as the most Irish town in the US?
- What is the currency of Turkey?
- What animal is located on California’s state flag?
- What city’s cable cars are the only national historical monument that can move?
- What city, located on the West Coast, was destroyed by fire and earthquake in 1906?
- Where is the Liberty Bell located?
Extra credit (10 points): Explain the difference between pandemic and epidemic.
ANSWERS:
- President Abraham Lincoln.
- Victor Mature & Hedy Lamar.
- Full credit. For me, it is Kevin Durant.
- Bob Dylan.
- George Steinbrenner.
- School teachers.
- A tough one here: Rick Barry.
- False; according to my files, the answer is approximately half that value.
- Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn Dodgers, 1947.
- Dwight Eisenhower.
- Babe Ruth.
- A toughie: Paul Berlanback, 1924.
- Another tough one. Cornileous McGillicutty of Brookfield, MA – home of George M. Cohan.
- True; and, it was first established nearly 200 years ago.
- Full credit here. Butte, Montana, a place our family visited three times (ugh!) on my consulting assignments. Mary still refers to it as Butt.
- Lira.
- A tough one. A grizzly bear named Monarch.
- San Francisco, California.
- Once again, San Francisco, California.
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
EXTRA CREDIT ANSWER:
Pandemic refers to “over a whole area, country, and universe,” while epidemic is defined as “prevalent and widespread among many individuals in a community at the same time.” Thus, the difference essentially relates to the size of the affected area.
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