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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What was the name of Johnny White's mother?
(a) Elizabeth White.
(b) Dorothy White.
(c) Maimie White.
(d) Doris White.

6. Who was Joyce Simdars' employer that payed for her to take cooking lessons after she made an unpalatable duck a l'orange?
(a) Mrs. Thompson.
(b) Mrs. Tellwright.
(c) Mrs. Brougham.
(d) Mrs. Moch.

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

8. What lake is used by Princeton University's rowing team?
(a) Lake Winnepesaukee.
(b) Montlake Cut.
(c) Lake Carnegie.
(d) Langer See.

9. Who was the coxswain for Navy at the Olympic trials in 1936?
(a) Wink Winslow.
(b) Gordy Adam.
(c) Vic Krulak.
(d) Joe Louis.

10. What was the area called where Joe Rantz rented a cheap room while working at the Grand Coulee Dam site?
(a) Jackson Square.
(b) Hooverville.
(c) Shack Town.
(d) Dinghy Pond.

11. Where was the long-distance runner Louis Zamperini from?
(a) Brooklyn, New York.
(b) Cleveland, Ohio.
(c) Spokane, Washington.
(d) Torrance, California.

12. What two lanes of the racecourse at Grunau were exposed to prevailing winds and could be at times unrowable?
(a) Lanes 5 and 6.
(b) Lanes 1 and 2.
(c) Lanes 7 and 8.
(d) Lanes 3 and 4.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the Grand Coulee Dam, the narrator says it was "so massive that by the time it was finished it would be the largest masonry structure built since" what?

2. Who was the coxswain for the German crew at the 1936 Olympics?

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

4. What film studio came to shoot newsreel of the University of Washington rowing crew as they practiced in January of 1936?

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

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