Sunday, May 16, 2021

RHS May 2021 Trivia


1. Which school lost the NJSIAA Group II Boys' Basketball State Championship to Riverside High School?

Park Ridge High School

2. Recently Baltimore Orioles pitcher John Means pitched a no-hitter that was nearly a perfect game except for a wild pitch. On October 8, 1956, which pitcher pitched the first perfect game [no hits, no walks] in a World Series?

Don Larsen of the NY Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers. [I saw most of the last inning on a TV set up on the stage of the RHS auditorium,] 



3. Who portrayed Superman in the WOR Radio's "The Adventures of Superman" on the Mutual Broadcast Network and later hosted TV's original "Beat the Clock" game show?

Bud Collyer

4. August 6, 1926, the first woman, an American, successfully wam the English Channel, beating the then existing men's record by two hours. Who was she?

Gertrude Ederle