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Childhood/ Life as an Athlete
B-24/ Missing at sea
Life as a POW
Life after the War
Important Characters
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?
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
Louie Zamperini
Who is Pete [Zamperini]
300
Louie's older brother
Who is Pete [Zamperini]?
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 code name/ nickname for the atomic bomb.
What is "Little Boy"?
300
The month Phil and Cecy got married.
What is November?
300
The person Louie wanted to murder [at first] after the war was over
Who was The Bird? [acceptable: Watanabe]
400
The year Louie ran in the Olympics
What is 1936
400
The amount of feet B-24's needed for landing.
What is 4000[feet]
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
Louie and Cynthia's daughter
Who is Cicy?
500
"If it were ___, Louie would steal it."
What is edible?
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
Louie Zamperini's wife's maiden name
Who is [Cynthia] Appelwhite?