Swim Team Receives Trophies

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SPORTS QUIZ #12345_20230703

FOR RELEASE JULY 3, 2023

By Ryan A. Berenz

for Tweens. If you have a green thumb, want to learn more about gardening, enjoy being outdoors and having fun, or just like getting your hands dirty, join the Garden Club! They will work together to decide what to plant in the garden, help prepare and weed the garden and harvest plants when they are ready. Ages 10-12.

• Saturday, August 26, 1:00 p.m.- Games Day: Summer Edition. Come play games at the library!

Sign-up for video game tournaments featuring Runbow & Puyo Puyo Tetris. Small prizes for 1st and 2nd place. (Bragging rights are always a prize!)

Play board games all day! All ages.

1. What Basketball Hall of Famer was both head coach and starting point guard for the Seattle SuperSonics from 1969-72?

2. Left-handed pitcher Vida Blue won the American League Cy Young Award and was MVP in 1971 playing for what team?

3. Name the American track and field athlete who won two gold medals at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics and played three NFL seasons with the New York Giants.

4. What British motorcycle race, first held in 1907, was described by Sports Illustrated’s Franz Lidz as “a test of nerves and speed that may be sports’ most dangerous event”?

5. Outfielder Pete Gray, who lost his right arm in a childhood accident, played one Major League Baseball season for what team in 1945?

2:00 p.m. - Overcooked.

It’s been a busy summer and Ascher and Laura want to play Overcooked!

Come play Overcooked on the Nintendo Switch with your favorite gamer girls! Ages 10-100. Disclaimer - They are only playing Overcooked. All other games are played at Gamers Club! Ages 10+.

• Tuesday, August 22, 4:30 p.m. - Board Games for Tweens. Make your Tuesday less boring by playing fun board games with your friends at the Library! Ages 10-12.

• Wednesday, August 23, 4:00 p.m. & 4:30 p.m. - Kids Reading Tales to Tailwaggers. KPETregistered dogs and their handlers will be in the Library ready to listen as children read to them. Each child may choose stories on their reading level. Ages 4-12.

• Wednesday, August 23, 4 p.m. - Holy Guacamole! VS. Teen Cuisine: Baking Showdown! Tweens sign up for Team Ascher, Teens sign up for Team Laura and face off in a cupcake showdown. Guest judges will decide which team is the Champion of Cupcakes!

• Thursday, August 24, 4:00 p.m. - Tween Gamers Club. Join the Library for some relaxation and video games on their Nintendo Switch! Feel free to bring any multiplayer (4 or more players) games you wish to share with the group. Ages 10-12.

• Thursday, August 24, 4:30 p.m. - Garden Club

• Saturday, August 26, 6:00 p.m. - End of Summer: Late Night! Join the Library after hours for 3 hours of video games, board games, flashlight tag, laser tag and more! Attendees are invited to bring their favorite multiplayer games for Nintendo Switch. Teens must be dropped off no later than 6:00 p.m. Ages 13-18.

6. Norway’s Thor Thorvaldsen won gold medals at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics competing in what sport?

7. What Italian racecar driver, winner of the first Formula One World Drivers’ Championship in 1950, was killed in an auto accident in the French Alps while driving to the 1966 French Grand Prix?

Answers

1. Lenny Wilkens.

2. The Oakland A’s.

3. Henry Carr.

4. The Isle of Man Tourist Trophy.

5. The St. Louis Browns.

6. Sailing.

7. Giuseppe Farina.

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