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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the German word "Burgermeister" translate to in English?
(a) Master of the citizens.
(b) Animal trainer.
(c) Long-distance runner.
(d) Governor of the country.

2. Who was the NBC announcer that screamed the details of the crew regatta over KOMO's airwaves in Seattle during the 1936 Olympic Games?
(a) George Hunt.
(b) Bill Slater.
(c) Vic Krulak.
(d) Ed Stanley.

3. On what date was the medal race for the eight-oared crews in the 1936 Olympic Games?
(a) August 14.
(b) July 23.
(c) May 12.
(d) August 20.

4. How many acres was the site of the Reichssportfeld in 1933?
(a) 325 acres.
(b) 256 acres.
(c) 78 acres.
(d) 150 acres.

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

6. How tall was Bobby Moch in 1936?
(a) 5'3".
(b) 5'7".
(c) 5'9".
(d) 6'1".

7. 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) Vic Krulak.
(c) Wink Winslow.
(d) Avery Brundage.

8. 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?
(a) Green Bay, Wisconsin.
(b) Princeton, New Jersey.
(c) Cleveland, Ohio.
(d) Long Beach, California.

9. Who was the head of Cornell's rowing program at the Olympic trials in 1936?
(a) Charlie McDonald.
(b) Lloyd Saxton.
(c) Jim Wray.
(d) Ed Stanley.

10. Who was the head of the Yale rowing crew at the Olympic trials in 1936?
(a) Ed Stanley.
(b) Gordy Adam.
(c) Joe Louis.
(d) Ed Leader.

11. In what village were the American rowers lodged at a police training camp during the 1936 Olympics?
(a) Fischerhude.
(b) Kassel.
(c) Kopenick.
(d) Reihendorf.

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

13. What was the profession of Bobby Moch's father?
(a) He was a politician.
(b) He was a baker and chef.
(c) He was a schoolteacher.
(d) He was a watchmaker and jeweler.

14. What sports writer for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer had been "loudly backing the cause of the sophomores for months" before the regatta in Poughkeepsie in 1935, according to the author in Part 3: The Parts That Really Matter, Chapter 10?
(a) Royal Brougham.
(b) Charlie McDonald.
(c) Ed Stanley.
(d) Avery Brundage.

15. What business had Johnny White's father run until the financial crash of 1929?
(a) A scrap steel export business.
(b) A bakery.
(c) A logging company.
(d) A Las Vegas casino.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the Kansas City AP bureau chief that first coined the phrase "the dust bowl"?

2. What was the name of the ship that the University of Washington crew took to Europe in 1936?

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

4. What was the name of the Irish port where the American Olympic athletes' ship stopped on July 21, 1936?

5. On what network did Royal Brougham announce the live broadcast of the Olympic rowing trials in 1936?

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