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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How tall was the tower that was built on the site where the Maifeld had been at the Reichssportfeld?
(a) 150 feet tall.
(b) 200 feet tall.
(c) 375 feet tall.
(d) 248 feet tall.

2. On what network did Royal Brougham announce the live broadcast of the Olympic rowing trials in 1936?
(a) NBC.
(b) CBS.
(c) ABC.
(d) FOX.

3. Who was the stroke on the German crew at the 1936 Olympics?
(a) Gerd Vols.
(b) Angus Hay Jr.
(c) Wink Winslow.
(d) Vic Krulak.

4. How old did Adolf Hitler turn on April 20, 1936?
(a) 47.
(b) 36.
(c) 41.
(d) 52.

5. What was the name of the Irish port where the American Olympic athletes' ship stopped on July 21, 1936?
(a) Kinsale.
(b) Cobh.
(c) Trivoli.
(d) Rosslare.

6. Who won the silver medal in men's eights at the 1936 Olympics?
(a) France.
(b) Great Britain.
(c) Germany.
(d) Italy.

7. Where did Thula Rantz go to audition for Fritz Kreisler in 1935?
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) New York.

8. What is the name of the lakeside community in Berlin where the 1936 Olympic rowing, canoeing, and kayaking events took place?
(a) Dahlem.
(b) Nikolskoë.
(c) Grunau.
(d) Mitte.

9. Who was the stroke on the University of Washington's crew at the 1936 Olympics?
(a) Bobby Moch.
(b) Donald Hume.
(c) Charles Day.
(d) George Hunt.

10. At what posh hotel did the athletic director from Stanford invite the Washington crew boys to dine with him?
(a) Lindner Hotel.
(b) Hotel Adlon.
(c) Nhow Berlin.
(d) Four Seasons Berlin.

11. Who was the champion sculler from the 1904 Olympics that attended the 1936 Olympic trials for rowing?
(a) Charlie McDonald.
(b) Constance Titus.
(c) Lloyd Saxton.
(d) Jim Wray.

12. Who was the stroke man for Penn State at the 1936 Olympic trials?
(a) Lloyd Saxton.
(b) Gordy Adam.
(c) Charlie McDonald.
(d) Jim Wray.

13. What film studio came to shoot newsreel of the University of Washington rowing crew as they practiced in January of 1936?
(a) Universal Pictures.
(b) RKO Pictures.
(c) 20th Century Fox.
(d) Columbia Pictures.

14. How old was Eleanor Holm in 1936?
(a) 35.
(b) 16.
(c) 19.
(d) 22.

15. Who was the coach of the U.S. women's swimming team that expelled Eleanor Holm from the Olympic team due to her drinking in 1936?
(a) Gordy Adam.
(b) Avery Brundage.
(c) Wink Winslow.
(d) Vic Krulak.

Short Answer Questions

1. What crews were the University of Washington boys assigned to race for their preliminary regatta at the 1936 Olympics?

2. Where did Al Ulbrickson agree to meet Cal, Pennsylvania, Syracuse, Wisconsin, and UCLA for a one-off-two-thousand-meter varsity matchup after Poughkeepsie in 1935?

3. Who was the NBC announcer that screamed the details of the crew regatta over KOMO's airwaves in Seattle during the 1936 Olympic Games?

4. Where did Bobby Moch grow up?

5. Who was the coxswain for the British crew at the 1936 Olympic Games?

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