Morton High School - Top Hat Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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TRIVIA, TRIVIA, TRIVIA Where was super¬ man bom? What did the Bums teds name their dog? What was Romeo’s last name? Who was batman’s sidekick? n r Wha on vvas the jin ' na 6 ofth 6 AP e What is the only community chest card which gives you ten dollars in “ Monopoly?” y How did Danny Kaye describe the King’s new clothes? Who is the editor of the Daily Planet? e e a ct °I S $ 2 » cb ' W hat . o » ‘paiK Q ua t of f 40 Where is the nation’s gold supply stored?

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FACTS AND FICTION Trivia is defined in the Funk and Wagnalls dic¬ tionary as unsignificant or unimportant matters; tribles; of little value or importance. No two people will agree on what is trivia. Many people feel it is limited to a certain part of news facts, others surely would feel it is facts on movies and movie stars. Sports fans quote statistics as trivia, while Civil war buffs cite commanders as trivia. Trivia is not unimportant or insignificant to us. Important matters to us of today such as our hair¬ styles, the clothes we wear, our shoes will be trivia in the future. Anything that happens in the world, local, or at home is considered trivia. Trivia is everywhere. If one were to put all the trivial facts into a book the sources would be end¬ less. 1. Who was the bearded prospector in conflict with Bugs Bunny? 2. Who said I twat I twa a putty cat? 3. The only thing that remained in pandora s box was what? 4. What color was Mr. Spock’s blood? 5. How many licks does it take to lick a loolipop? 6. What is Superman’s name? 7. Who says “Don’t squeeze the Charmin’’? 8. What was Ray Rainer’s duck name? 9. What was Buster Brown’s dog name? 10. Who is the director of the Muppet Show? 11. What was the name of the flying elephant? 12. Who shot J.R.? 13. What is Indiana’s nickname? 14. Who is on the $50 bill? 15. What kind of pie was little Jack Horner eating when he stuck in his thumb and pulled out a plumb? 16. Who was Pinocchio’s father? 17. What was the name of the Jettson’s dog? 18. What is the starkist tuna called? 19. Where did Puff the Magic Dragon live? 20. What does the P. stand for in Oliver P. Morton? 21. Who said Grreat? 22. What is Triskaidekaphobia? 23. Where did the Hindenberg explode? 24. What was the shortest term for any President? 25. What happened on October 8, 1871? Answers 1. Yosemite Sam. 2. Tweety Bird. 3. Hope. 4. Green. 5. The World may never know. 6. Clark Kent. 7. Mr. Wipple. 8. Chauncie. 9. Tige. 10. Kermit. 11. Dumbo. 12. Kristin. 13. Hoosiers. 14. Ulysses S. Grant. 15. Christmas pie. 16. Gepetto. 17. Astro. 18. Charlie. 19. In the land called Honalee. 20. Perry. 21. Tony, the tiger. 22. The fear of the number 13. 23. New Jersey. 24. one month. 25. the Chicago fire. 18 Trivia

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BUHRING SALACH WIN BIG 1982 was an outstanding year for the Morton debate with a long and impressive list of outstanding victories. One of the more promi¬ nent of these highlights was the performance of Junior Debbie Burhing and Senior Tim Salach at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Burhing and Salach were one of seven teams invited to compete in the Second Annual Redman Round Robi Debate Tournament in early December, 1982. The Round Robin preceded the 49tb Annual Redman Forensic Tournament, a two day tournament which began the day after the Round Robin. In the Round Robin each team debated each of the others once. Buhring and Salach emerged victo¬ rious, finishing with the best over¬ all record, as well as the highest combined speaker point total of all teams competing. Additionally, Salach was the first place speaker in the tournament and Coach Doug Fix was honored for coaching the first place team. “It took a lot of effort on the part of many people to allow us to compete in Oklahoma. I was very concerned about the possibility of our letting them down. Because of this, I was elated with our success in the Round Robin, ” commented Mr. Fix. The Redman Forensics tourna¬ ment followed a different format. The debate competition went four rounds to determine four teams which would be paired in semi-fi¬ nal rounds. The semi-final winners would then advance to a final round. Buhring and Salach were undefeated up until the final round when they lost on a 2-1 decision to place second. “The second place finish was really an anti-climax after our success in the Round Robin, especially since we had de¬ feated the team when we faced them in the Round Robin. Still, the second place is very respectable, ” commented Buhring. In addition to the debate ele¬ ment of the Redman forensic tour¬ nament, a speech meet was also held in which Salach placed sec¬ ond in the boys’ extemporaneous speaking competition. “All in all, the whole experience in Oklahoma was one of my more memorable ones. The competition was top rate, and I had a really good time as well, ’’ added Salach. “For my first year of varsity de¬ bate I really enjoyed the opportu¬ nity, ’’ stated Debbie Buhring. “I’ve bad many memorable ex¬ periences as a coach, and the trip to Oklahoma will always be right up there with all of them,’’ con¬ cluded Mr. Fix. 20 Debate