Since
it’s been 25 years since Stu “Alexx” Alexander and Steve “Alps” Alpert first started the Fiasco, all of this year’s trivia questions will be about these two
erstwhile pioneers of softball. Thanxx for your indulgence.
1.
During spring break 1972, Alps and Alexx went
to a spring training game in Orlando, FL. Alps got in for free by:
A)
Climbing over a gate in the bullpen
B)
Pretending to be part of the Hal Greenwood party going through the VIP gate
2. Alps and Alexx first met when they were 4 years old at Eliot grade school in St. Louis Park in September of which year?
A)
1955
B)
1957
3. The name of their 2nd grade teacher
was:
A) Miss Caven
B) Miss Erickson
4. Alps and Alexx were on the 1963 St.
Louis Park championship Little League team.
The name of the team was
A)
Coast to Coast
B)
VFW
5. Alps and Alexx were integral stars on the 1966 Minnesota State Champion
Babe Ruth Baseball team. The name of the team was:
A) Coast to Coast
B) VFW
6. Alps and Alexx graduated from St.
Louis Park High School in
A)
1969
B)
1968
7. Alps and Alexx attended summer school at the University of Minnesota.
Their car pool mates were:
A)
Duppy Lamb and Dick Anderson
B)
Tim Lamb and Jim Von Arx
8. In 9th grade, Alps bet Alexx he would have the better grades of the two. Who won
the bet?
A) Alps
B) Alexx
9.Alexx was the best man at Alps’ wedding on July 19, 1980. Where was
the wedding held?
A)
Montgomery, MN
B)
Fulda, MN
10.
The first adult softball team Alps and Alexx played on was in St.
Louis Park in 1968. The name of the team
was:
A)
Burns Brothers Insurance
B)
The Ultra Bombs
11. Alexx was
inducted into the Minnesota Softball Hall of Fame. Which fellow
class of ’68 graduate and softball teammate introduced Alexx at the
ceremonies?:
A) Cris Gears
B) Steve Trickey
12. Alexx and
Alps have the same initials: S-H-A. Whose middle name is
“Harold”?
A) Alexx
B) Alps
13. Of our two founding Duck Soup fathers, which
one is older, by two months?:
A) Alps
B) Alexx
14. Which of our two heroes has been married longer
by 11 years?
A) Alps
B) Alexx
15.
The high school fraternity these two were affiliated with in 1968 at St. Louis Park High was called
A)
The Ultra Bombs
B)
The Jopaics
16.
When Alps and Alexx turned
50, they took the wives on a fabulous trip to:
A)
New Zealand
B)
Tahiti
17.
In 1974, these two took a Winnebago trip with several other softball enthusiasts to the Softball World championships in
A)
Parma, Ohio
B)
York, Pennsylvania
