Here is the trivia contest that was given at
the past weekend's Forbes Field Chapter meeting at the Heinz
History Center. Below is a link to the contest and a link
for the answers
Long-time members will recall a few
gravesite tours we did during past meetings. As you may
know, four members of the Baseball Hall of Fame rest in the
Pittsburgh area. If you have a GPS receiver, here are the
exact locations of our four guys:
Josh Gibson: Allegheny, between
Lawrenceville and Friendship. N 40 28' 28.4" W 79 56'
46.1"
Pie Traynor: Homewood, in Point Breeze.
N 40 26' 40.2" W 79 54' 40.6"
Pud Galvin (family plot): Calvary,
between Hazelwood and Greenfield. N 40 24' 57.4" W 79
55' 56.0"
Honus Wagner: Jefferson Memorial, South
Hills, off Curry Hollow Rd. N 40 19' 59.8" W 79 58'
54.5"
A full list of all HOFers can be found
at www.stewthornley.net/halloffamegraves.html.
HERE IT IS,
THE OFFICIAL SABR TRIVIA CONTEST:
Congratulations to the winners of the Trivia
Contests at SABR 33!
Individual – Alain Usereau
Team – Mark Kanter, Bob Tiemann, Mike
Caragliano.
The Quiz was presented and compiled by Ed
Luteran.
The questions were written by:
Al Blumkin
Ted DiTullio
Scott Flatow
Richard Frank
Tom Shieber
Ed Luteran
Lyle Spatz
Denis Repp
David Vincent
The preliminary quizzes, both individual and team, can be
seen at the links below plus the recently added bonus and
toss up questions.