Tidbits Grand Forks - April 14, 2016

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Quiz Bits

4. What major city lies on an island in the St. Lawrence River? 5. Who played the lead in the TV 1. In 1895 there were only two cars drama “Perry Mason”? in the entire state of Ohio. What 6. What is the name of the unit happened to them? used to measure energy in food? 2. An escapee from a minimum 7. Who was president of the Consecurity prison was recognized federacy during the American when he appeared as a contesCivil War? tant on what TV game show? 8. What is the smallest member 3. What is the longest-running of the flute family? musical in performances in TRIVIA Broadway history?

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TRACK TROUBLE

• The International Track Association's meet was held in L.A. in 1973. Lee Evans, Vince Matthews, and Larry James announced they were going to try to break the record for the indoor mile run. The race proceeded smoothly until the final lap. Evans was in the lead when he saw the officials had miscounted the laps and had stretched the tape over the finish line when there was still another lap to go. Evans lifted the tape over his head and kept on running. James and Matthews thought the race was finished and quit running. Evans missed setting a new record by one second-- the second it had taken him to lift the tape over his head. • Lane Lohr was competing in the pole vault at a track meet held at the University of Illinois on a windy day in 1985. Just after clearing the bar, a gust of wind blew the pole underneath him. As he fell, the pole rode up his thigh inside his track shorts, ripping them completely off. When he landed in the pit he was wearing only his jock strap. The crowd went wild. An official delivered a towel to Lohr, who acknowledged the applause of the crowd before heading for the locker room and a spare pair of shorts. He placed sixth in the finals and qualified for All-American status.

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