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NOVEMBER MAGIC
PASSWORD: JULIAN'S
Housed
above the Palladium on East 14th Street, Julian's Pool Hall opened in 1929
and was NYC's oldest pool hall until the building's demolition in the late
90s to make way for an NYU dorm - Palladium Residence Hall. Grody to the
max!
Speaking of baseball, we had quite a season, and witnessed the end of an
era with the "ousting" of Joe Torre. So we will celebrate the
sport in this month's old timey NYC baseball quiz. Hip hip hooray! It's
a toughie for anyone who doesn't know sports. Answers are posted here.
- Match the baseball player (noted by numbers 1-4) to his NYC team (noted
by letters a-d):
1.
Jackie Robinson
2. Lou Gehrig
3. Keith Hernandez
4. Willie Mays |
a.
Mets
b. Yankees
c. Giants
d. Dodgers |
- The Baby Ruth candy bar was not actually named after baseball player
Babe Ruth; it was named after Ruth, the daughter of what president?
a) Herbert Hoover b) FDR c) Grover Cleveland d) Walter Mondale
- The song "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," by New Yorkers
Al Von Tilzer and Jack Norworth, was written in what year?
a) 1888 b) 1908 c) 1938 d) 1958
- The vicinity of what park is widely accepted (but not definitively
recognized to be the birthplace of baseball (Alexander Cartwright formed
the first baseball club, the New York Knickerbockers, there in the 1840s)?
a) Madison Square Park b) Pelham Park c) Bryant Park d) Needle Park
- In what fateful year did both the Giants and the Dodgers move to
California?
a) 1922 b) 1940 c) 1957 d) 1962
- Shea Stadium has temporarily been home to all of the following teams
except ...? a) Jets b) Yankees c) Giants d) Knicks
- Which of the following was not a New York City baseball team?
a) Highlanders b) Cubans c) Metropolitans d) Red Stockings
- Born George Herman Ruth in Maryland, Babe Ruth was known by which
TWO of the following nicknames?
a) Bambino b) Candy Man c) The Bat Man d) Sultan of Swat
- Ebbets Field (home of the Brooklyn Dodgers), torn down in 1957, is
now home towhat?
a) PC Richards and Son b) Housing Projects c) Museum of Stickball (MoS)
d) Western Beef
- Yogi Berra was a...?
a) Catcher for the Yankees b) Manager of the Yankees c) Catcher for
the Mets d) Manager of the Mets e) All of the above
- Extra Credit:
What is the name of the disease commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig's
Disease?
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