WILDCAT
QUIZ-O-RAMA
12/12/2022

Questions vary from easy to hard....This is NOT a knowledge quiz, nor just trivia....as time goes, the questions become more fun....or dumber.....The Tryons did it by short answer, but I will add some  multiple choice for you.....Questions become like: Who is the third president of the USA? to what brand of shoe is Randy wearing? or name a person who Peggy Clark DID NOT date in high school..(that is tough)....What is the third book in the bible? ..How many squares in a checker board? or the main ingredient in Ranch dressing?....What color was a Mediapolis tractor?.......Anything goes....great fun in our old and new houses....We would have 10-30 players....eventually no one cared about any score...Little sister would keep score and declare who answered first, which would almost always  be controversial....ties were ties......thrown out.....obviously a little ornery and rambunctious.

Lots of laughs.....If it is your turn to ask a question and you can not think of one, you would just pass....So some were not very active players and basically laughed and observed...You could ask an easy question for the youngsters by saying, "OK, for the young ones, How old is grandpa?".....One question little brother came up with was how many holes/squares did the registers in our ceiling have?.....OK, this was not Einstein's theory.......Try this with your family over Christmas if you have a large gathering...You can still eat and play.....Highly encouraged...The Family That Plays Together, Stays Together.....I am always setting up contests.....

So here are our dirty dozen questions for today....Answers are below:


1. James Grant Tracy.....the Grant comes from a grand father surname, I think. A Grant Park is named after him. Grant Park is located near what Iowa town?
A) Sac City
B) Lanesboro
C) Auburn
D) Breda
E) Scranton
2. What baseball team won the World Series this year?

 
3. What USA state lies the closest to the continent of Africa?
A) Florida
B) Texas
C) Maine
D) North Carolina
E) New York
4. What was the first name of Mrs. Robb's (English teacher)  husband?


 

5. Name one of the stars in the John Wayne movie, Rio Bravo? No, you cannot say John Wayne.


 

6. Who sang "I Heard It Through The Grapevine?

 

 

7.  This is an 8th grade photo of what movie star?

 
8. Be Quick......What state lays claim to being the home of Lawrence Welk?
A One and A Two......

 
9. Who was Barrack Obama's vice president?

 

 

10. Which barn yard animal is considered the "smartest"?
 

 

 

11. What was the name of the ship that Captain Crunch was captain of?
A) SS Guppy
B) SS Sugar
C) SS Post
D) SS Courageous
E) SS Pelican
12. After we graduated in 1968, what school was the FIRST to leave the Coon Valley Conference? (Exira, Glidden-Ralston, Bayard, Coon Rapids, Scranton, Guthrie Center, Manning or Manila)

 

Bonus-Tie Breaker Question:

What year? included the:

Summer of Love
Apollo 1 burns up and kills 3 astronauts
The ABA basketball league is formed
Joseph Stalin's daughter defects to the USA
Muhammad Ali refuses military service
Elvis marries Priscilla
The Beatles release Sergeant Peppers
 


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ANSWERS

1. James Grant Tracy.....the Grant comes from a grand father surname, I think. A Grant park is named after him. Grant Park is located near what Iowa town?
A) Sac City
B) Lanesboro
C) Auburn
D) Breda
E) Scranton
2. What baseball team won the World Series this year?
Reverend Don's
Houston Astros

3. What USA state lies the closest to the continent of Africa?
A) Florida
B) Texas
C) Maine
D) North Carolina
E) New York
4. What was the first name of Mrs. Robb's (English teacher)  husband?

EDDIE or Edward or Ed
 

5. Name one of the stars in the John Wayne movie, Rio Bravo? No, you cannot say John Wayne.

Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond
 

6. Who sang "I Heard It Through The Grapevine?

Marvin Gaye

7.  This is an 8th grade photo of what movie star?

Marilyn Monroe
 
8. Be Quick......What state lays claim to being the home of Lawrence Welk?

North Dakota

9. Who was Barrack Obama's vice president?

Joe Biden

10. Which barn yard animal is considered the "smartest"?
The Pig
11. What was the name of the ship that Captain Crunch was captain of?
A) SS Guppy
B) SS Sugar
C) SS Post
D) SS Courageous
E) SS Pelican
12. After we graduated in 1968, what school was the FIRST to leave the Coon Valley Conference? (Exira, Glidden-Ralston, Bayard, Coon Rapids, Scranton, Guthrie Center, Manning or Manila)

Manning
I went to Guthrie Center in 1974 and never played Manning....they left for the Midwest Conference......Harlan, Audubon, Denison, Manning, Carroll, Jefferson, Sac City and Perry.....Lake City had just left the Midwest for the Twin Lakes conference.....Two years later (1976) the original Coon Valley fell apart.....Glidden, Coon Rapids, Bayard, Scranton left....leaving Manila, Exira and Guthrie Center in a pickle....We became the Coon Valley by adding Ogden, Prairie and scrambled for the rest......

Bonus-Tie Breaker Question:

What year?
Included the:


Summer of Love
Apollo 1 burns up and kills 3 astronauts
The ABA basketball league is formed
Joseph Stalin's daughter defects to the USA
Muhammad Ali refuses military service
Elvis marries Priscilla
The Beatles release Sergeant Peppers

GRADING SCALE
12-10 CORRECT:
 GENIUS LEVEL-UP-THERE WITH
DON lOESCHEN. BILLY ARNOLD
AND THE ROAD RUNNER
 

9-6 CORRECT
STILL PRETTY DARN GOOD
HONOR ROLE
BLUE BIRD READING SECTION
 

5-3 CORRECT
NOT SO GOOD. SOME SCHOOL IN
NEBRASKA MIGHT WANT YOU
(WAYNE STATE, DANA ETC)

2-0 CORRECT
OH, OH...MRS. WHELEN WANTS TO SEE YOU
WILE E. COYOTE GROUPING
ACME MIGHT HIRE YOU
SIT IN THE BACK ROW WITH TRACY/TRYON
COULD BECOME A POLITICIAN
OR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR, HOWEVER