GAME ELEVEN

FAMOUS WEST POINTGENERALS

100

CLASS OF 1903, HE LOVED HIS PEARL HANDLES

WHO IS DOUGLAS MACARTHUR
^{(26 January 1880 – 5 April 1964)}

^{Douglas and his father, Arthur both were awarded the Medal of Honor}

 

200

CLASS OF 1843, IN THE ARMY, OUT OF THE ARMY, BACK IN THE ARMY, AND THEN ...

WHO IS ULYSSES S. GRANT
^{(born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885)}

^{Grant stabilized the post-war national economy, created the Department of Justice, and prosecuted the Ku Klux Klan. He appointed African-Americans and Jewish-Americans to prominent federal offices.}

300

CLASS OF 1909, HE WAS A 1912 OLYMPIAN

WHO IS GEORGE S. PATTON
 ^{(November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945)} 

^{His initial combat experience against poncho villa forces, came on May 14, 1916 in what would become the first motorized attack in the history of U.S. warfare.} 

400

CLASS OF 1877, AN ANNUAL AWARD GIVING TO A GRADUATING USMA CADET IN HIS HONOR

WHO IS HENRY OSSIAN FLIPPER
^{(March 21, 1856 – April 26, 1940)}

^{Flipper was born into slavery in Thomasville, Georgia, the eldest of five brothers. His mother, Isabelle Flipper, and his father, Festus Flipper, a shoemaker and carriage-trimmer, were owned by Ephraim G. Ponder, a wealthy slave dealer.} 

500

CLASS OF 1969, SIR DUKE?

WHO IS MIKE KRZYEWSKI

^{Krzyzewski was a point guard at Army from 1966 to 1969 under coach Bob Knight. From 1975 to 1980, he was the head basketball coach for his alma mater} 

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

100

LOWEST PITCH INSTRUMENT IN THE BRASS FAMILY

WHAT IS A TUBA

^{It first appeared in the mid-19th century, making it one of the newer instruments in the modern orchestra and concert band.}

200

A PERCUSSION PIECE, FOUNDED IN SWITZERLAND AND BY THE WAY GIVE ME MORE

WHAT IS A COWBELL

^{An idiophone hand percussion instrument used in various styles of music including salsa and infrequently in popular music.} 

300

 AN AEROPHONE OR REEDLESS WIND INSTRUMENT, YANKEE DOODLE ANYBODY?

WHAT IS A FLUTE

400

PREDECESSORS OF THE STRING INSTRUMENT INCLUDE THE GITTERN OR MANDORE 

WHAT IS A MANDOLIN

^{During the 17th and 18th centuries. There were a variety of regional variants, but two that were widespread included the Neapolitan mandolin and the Lombardic mandolin. The Neapolitan style has spread worldwide.} 

500

PASTORAL, UILIEANN, AND ZAMPOGNA ARE A FEW NAMES FOR THIS REED INSTRUMENT

WHAT IS A BAGPIPE

^{The first clear reference to the use of the Scottish Highland bagpipes is from a French history, which mentions their use at the Battle of Pinkie in 1547}

FOREIGN CAPITALS

100

TIRANA

WHAT IS ALBANIA

^{In 2016, Albania surpassed Spain by becoming the country with the most coffee houses per capita in the world.}

200

BOGOTA

WHAT IS COLOMBIA

^{The city's airport, El Dorado International Airport, named after the mythical El Dorado, handles the largest cargo volume in Latin America, and is third in number of people.}

300

WELLINGTON

WHAT IS NEW ZEALAND

^{Described by Lonely Planet in 2013 as "the coolest little capital in the world".}

400

BRIDGETOWN

WHAT IS BARBADOS

^{Bridgetown is the only city outside the present United States that George Washington visited.}

500

MONTEVIDEO

URUGUAY

^{The 2019 Mercer's report on quality of life, rated Montevideo first in Latin America,[11] a rank the city has consistently held since 2005}

DON QUIXOTE

100

THE NOVEL'S COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

WHAT IS SPAIN

^{Published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615, Don Quixote is the most influential work of literature from the Spanish Golden Age and the entire Spanish literary canon. A founding work of Western literature, it is often labeled "the first modern novel"[2] and is sometimes considered the best literary work ever written}

200

THE AUTHOR

WHO IS MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA
 ^{(29 September 1547 – 23 April 1616)} 

^{By 1570, Cervantes had enlisted as a soldier in a regiment of the Spanish naval elite corps, Infantería de Marina, stationed in Naples, then a possession of the Spanish crown. Cervantes always looked back on his conduct in the battle with pride; he believed that he had taken part in an event that would shape the course of European history.}

300

HIS SQUIRE

WHO IS SANCHO PANZA

^{He provides comments throughout the novel, known as sanchismos, that are a combination of broad humour, ironic Spanish proverbs, and earthy wit}

400

QUIXOTE BELIEVES THE WINDMILL TO BE

WHAT ARE GIANTS

^{When he rides to fight with them, he is knocked off his horse. Sancho tells him they are only windmills, but Don Quixote does not believe him. He is sure a magician changed windmills into the giants to hurt him.}

500

HIS LADY TO LOVE

WHO IS DULCINEA DEL TOBOSO

^{Aldonza Lorenzo, a sturdy Spanish peasant girl, is renamed Dulcinea by the crazed knight-errant Don Quixote when he selects her to be his lady. Don Quixote perceives Dulcinea as a golden-haired highborn young woman of incomparable loveliness for whom he will perform brave deeds as her paladin. The name Dulcinea, like Dulcibella, came to be used generically to mean mistress or sweetheart.} 

BRIDGES

100

NOPE, NOT REALLY FOR SALE

WHAT IS THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE
^{(Come on it's the Brooklyn Bridge)}

200

THE MOST PHOTOGRAPHED BRIDGE IN THE WORLD, DID YOU LEAVE YOUR HEART THERE TOO, MAYBE

WHAT IS THE GOLDEN GATE

^{San Francisco celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge on May 24, 1987 with a bridge walk. The bridge began to groan and sway with an estimated 300,000 people packed like sardines onto it. The middle of the bridge sagged seven feet under the unprecedented weight, causing the iconic arch to flatten.}

300

THE ORIGINAL BRIDGE HAD A DEADLY HISTORY AFTER A SHIP COLLIDED WITH ONE OF IT'S PYLONS, KILLING 35 PEOPLE

SUNSHINE SKYWAY

^{(TamPa Bay-St. Pete)}

^{It was replaced in 1987 and has landed Travel Channel’s “Top 10 bridges in the world.”} 

400

THIS ARCHED BRIDGE IS A WORLD FAMOUS TOURIST SITE, CONNECTING NIAGARA FALLS, NY TO NIAGARA FALL, CANADA

WHAT IS THE RAINBOW BRIDGE

^{Halfway through the pedestrian bridge, there is a bronze plate attached to the railing which designates the actual border point between the USA and Canada. This is the International Boundary Line}

 

500

WHERE IS THE ORIGINAL LONDON BRIDGE LOCATED TODAY

WHERE IS LAKE HAVASU CITY, ARIZONA

^{But in 1961, entrepreneur Robert McCulloch bought the bridge at an auction, shipped it through the Panama Canal to Long Beach, then transported it 300 miles by land, before reconstructing it at Lake Havasu in Arizona and opened it for public use in 1971.}