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The Boys in the Boat
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Question 1 of 10
Who did not row on the Olympic team?
A
Joe Rantz
B
Bobby Moch
C
Don Hume
D
Merton Hatch
Question 2 of 10
What school did "The Boys in the Boat" row for?
A
Yale
B
University of Washington
C
Harvard
D
U.C. Berkley
Question 3 of 10
What word is used to describe the almost magical feeling of a team rowing as one?
A
synchrony
B
flow
C
nirvana
D
swing
Question 4 of 10
Which two teams were within a second of the American team at the 1936 finish?
A
Germany and England
B
Italy and Finland
C
Italy and Germany
D
England and Italy
Question 5 of 10
Which of the following was not true of Joe's childhood?
A
his widowed father married his daughter-in-law's sister
B
he lived with his older brother Fred for a while.
C
he moved in with a local school-teacher at age 10.
D
his mother died of breast-cancer at age 9.
Question 6 of 10
Which of the following did Joe not do to support himself at one time or another?
A
worked on a dam
B
played banjo in a band
C
sold moonshine
D
repaired boat shells
Question 7 of 10
What was Joe's step-mother's profession?
A
opera singer
B
seamstress
C
actress
D
violinist
Question 8 of 10
How much was the team required to come up with to pay their own way to Berlin?
A
$2000
B
$500
C
$5000
D
$1000
Question 9 of 10
What strategy did the American team develop for silencing rowdy passersby at night?
A
singing Yankee-Doodle even louder than the passersby
B
pouring a bucket of water down on them
C
covering the doors and windows with extra blankets to drown out the noise
D
placing mud on the sidewalk under their window to encourage giving them a wide berth
Question 10 of 10
What was the name of the boat the American team raced in at the Olympics?
A
Lady Liberty
B
Husky Clipper
C
Lady Luck
D
Slim Jim
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