Childhood/ Life as an Athlete
B-24/ Missing at sea
Life as a POW
Life after the War
Important Characters
Vocabulary
100
Louie's running name
What is "The Torrance Tornado?"
100
Life jackets used when B-24's crashed.
What are Mae Wests?
100
The first POW camp Louie got sent to.
What is Kwajelein?
100
The acronym for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
What is PTSD
100
This person "hosted" the Los Angeles Revival.
Who is Billy Graham?
100

Of these words, Melee, Foment, Harangue, which means a fight?

What is melee?

200
The dumbbells Louie and his father made were made of ________.
What is lead-filled coffee cans?
200
The name of Louie's first B-24- AKA the flying coffin
What is Superman?
200
The last POW camp Louie got sent to {before the war ended}.
What is Naoetsu?
200
The only piece of furniture to start out with at the Zamperini's new house {not apartment}
What is Cicy's crib?
200
The person Louie wanted to murder [at first] after the war was over
Who was The Bird? [acceptable: Watanabe]
200

Complete the sentence with one of these words - debilitating, smattering, unremitting

As I had only been in German class for one month, at best, I had just a ______________ of knowledge of German grammar. 

What is smattering?

300

Who was most influential in getting Louie out of trouble?

Who was his brother, Pete?
300
One risk when flying in a B-24.
What is [acceptable:]human error, mechanical malfunction, crashing, sharks, food, or becoming a POW/ getting captured by Japanese?
300
The month Phil and Cecy got married.
What is November?
300
Louie Zamperini's wife's maiden name
Who is [Cynthia] Appelwhite?
300

Which vocabulary word means to make larger or more difficult and completes this sentence?

I didn't want to __________ the problem with my car's engine so I drove slowly to the mechanic right after work. 

What is exacerbate?

400
The year Louie ran in the Olympics
What is 1936
400
The play the POW's put on production at Omori.
What is Cinderella?
400
The camp Louie started for "troubled" boys, after the war was over.
What is Camp Victory?
400

Olympic runner who Louie beats in trials

Who is Don Lash?

400

Which vocab word means: found everywhere and can complete this sentence

Cell phones out during class are ____________ since at any time, three or four students are breaking the campus cell phone rule. 

What is ubiquitous?


500
The amount of bullet holes Superman had after a bombing run.
What is 596?
500
This was put on the Bird's going-away rice cake.
What is diarrhea [acceptable: "Stool samples"]
500
The year Louie carried the Olympic torch.
What is 1984
500

Who was the dive bomber who plotted an escape from the POW camp?

Who was Frank Tinker?

600

Where was Louie when Pearl Harbor was bombed?

Where is Texas, at a movie theater?

600

What was the name of the Medical Officer who tortured the POWs (gave injections and mutilated them)

Who is The Quack? (Kitamura)

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