Childhood/ Life as an Athlete
B-24/ Missing at sea
Life as a POW
Life after the War
Important Characters
Vocabulary
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100
Louie's running name
What is "The Torrance Tornado?"
100

What did Mac do on the first night after the plane crash that endangered all of them? 

What is ate their food supply (ate the chocolate bars)?

100

How did the captive show a bit of rebellion against the Japanese emperor? 

What is they would fart when they bowed for him?

100

What happened to Mutishiro Watanabe?

He married, had children and lived a normal life. 

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?

100

What happens when a Japanese plane spots Louie, Mac and Phil on the raft?

What is the crew repeatedly fires on the men on the raft?

200

The dumbbells Louie and his father made were made of ________.

What is cement-filled coffee cans?

200
The name of Louie's first B-24- AKA the flying coffin
What is Superman?
200
The first POW camp Louie got sent to.
What is Kwajelein?
200

Why did Louie try so desperately to make money? 

What is he wanted to go to Japan to Kill The Bird.

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?

200

What did Louie say in the radio broadcast that let his family know that it was really him and he was alive?

What is, he asked them to take care of his guns?

300

Who was most influential in getting Louie out of trouble?

Who was his brother, Pete?

300
Life jackets used when B-24's crashed.
What are Mae Wests?
300
This was put on the Bird's going-away rice cake.
What is diarrhea [acceptable: "Stool samples"]
300
The only piece of furniture to start out with at the Zamperini's new house {not apartment}
What is Cicy's crib?
300
Louie Zamperini's wife's maiden name
Who is [Cynthia] Appelwhite?
300

In this sentence, which word is a vocabulary word and what does it mean?

Much of the psychological impact that the Bird had was due to the sense of trepidation that he instilled in Louie.

What is trepidation?  What is a feeling of alarm or dread?

300

How long did Louie and Cynthia know each other before wanting to get married?

What is two weeks?

400

Olympic runner who Louie beats in trials

Who is Don Lash?

400
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?
400

What did The Bird give Louie to take care of?

What is a goat?

400
The camp Louie started for "troubled" boys, after the war was over.
What is Camp Victory?
400

Who was the Navy commander who knew Japanese and wouldn't leave at the end of the war without his men?

who is Lieutenant Fitzgerald?

400

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

What did Louie's reaction to hearing the recording of his broadcast indicate about Louie?

What is, his reaction showed that Louie's experiences at the POW camp had scared him.  PTSD

500
The year Louie ran in the Olympics
What is 1936
500

The amount of bullet holes Superman had after a bombing run.

What is 594?

500
The play the POW's put on production at Omori.
What is Cinderella?
500

What question did Billy Graham ask that got Louie's attention?

Why is God silent while good men suffer?

500

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

Who was Frank Tinker?

500

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

Choose the correct vocabulary word to complete this sentence.

foment     solemn    melee    harangue 

The city held a __________ vigil for the men who died in war. 

What is solemn?

600

Where was Louie when Pearl Harbor was bombed?

Where is Texas, at a movie theater?

600

How many days did the men drift at sea?

what is 47?

600

What was the name of the international agreement concerning POWs that allowed prisoners to be used for labor, but also required prisoners to be fed and sheltered? 

The 1929 Geneva Convention.

600

What is Louie still doing at nearly 100 years old?

What is skiing?

600

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

Who is The Quack? (Kitamura)

600

Which vocabulary word completes this sentence?

The words that Billy Graham spoke ____________ with Louie and made him remember his promise. 

What is resonated?

600

What happened on December 7, 1941?

When did Japan bomb Pearl Harbor in Hawaii?

700

Who was the runner who was Louie's childhood idol?

Who was Glenn Cunningham?

700

What were the items found in the raft that seemed to have no purpose?

What is pliers and a screwdriver?

700
The last POW camp Louie got sent to {before the war ended}.
What is Naoetsu?
700

What is Louie's child's name? 

Whois Cissy?