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No.		Word, Person, Event, Date	Details	Moral of the story	When to use	Actual Date
1		Jim Fixx	Best selling author & symbol for runnning; died of heart attack while on his daily 10 mi. run.    Also, 3 books: puzzles, running and jackpot.	Refused to be tested even though he knew he was at risk based upon his father's MI around 50.
2		Wilma Rudolph	3 time gold medal winner at 1960 Olympics in Rome, at age 20. Was 20 of 22 children, leg disease in youth prevented her from walking. Member TigerBells of Tenn. Tech. Had won a bronze in 1956 (400 relay).  Gave up her child to train.  Visited w/FF in 1983, is in our yearbook. Died 11/12/94	don't let early setbacks (injury, illness, failures) prevent you from	early in season
3		Bobby Riggs	Defeated Margaret Court, #1 women's tennis player, on Mother's Day in 1973.  Battle of the sexes.  Billy Jean King later beat him in straight sets.  Hustler	beware of betting, learn to play 'differently',	near Mother's Day	9/20/1973
4		22 blanks	Hard to get because fast draw/trick shot artists buy so many.  Roy Rogers use fine shot; break 2 balloons by	Things are not as they seem	early in season when explaining starting gun
5		Orange	nothing rhymes with it; unique and special	each of you is unique	early
6		Maze Bright	DOW term, find your way around a strange setting; like a rat dropped into a maze.	Open your eyes, look around, pay attention, figure things out for yourself before asking a question.  FAQ
7		Titanic	Believed to be unsinkable. Not enough lifeboats, travelling too fast for conditions; also faulty design of steel and rivits	no less than 8 iceberg warnings, but were lost in the jumple of high amount of personal messages.		4/15/1912
8		Boston Marathon	One of the greatest races (for runners) in the world.	Must qualify		19-Apr
9		Vienna Boys Choir	Boys go away to Vienna, Austria, to both study and sing.  Ages 7-11.  When their voice changes, they are kicked out.	No matter how insignificant you think much of the information you receive, try your hardest.
10		Paul Revere	His place in history was emblished by an 1863 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow--'listen my children and you shall hear, the midnight ride of Paul Revere, on the 18th of April, in 75, hardly a man is still alive who can remember …	Symbolic, good PR.  Did not actually do the ride; a man called William Dawes got through.
11		Who is greatest …	Ask who is greatest Mom, etc	You must always think you're the best
12		FAQ	Frequently Asked Questions	Maze bright
13		Lance Armstrong	Winner 1999 Tour de France; greatest bicycle race in the world; 2nd American to win; P.O. team.  Came back from cancer.  Doesn't use drugs.	Find a good role model		Jul 1999 to Jul 2005
14		Jesse Owens	May 5, 1935, set or tied 4 world records in the space of 45 minutes; monument at Ferry Field, Ann Arbor	I met him once, smoked, ruined my image of him.		5/25/1935
15		See Yourself As Other	sign above mirrors in locker rooms.  You need to be aware of what messages you are sending--pierced ears, color of hair, clothes you wear,	Also, 'Hear yourself as others hear you'
16		Rosetta Stone	Discovered 7-15-1799, it had the same thing written in 3 languages.  Then able to translate heiroglyphics.	key to understanding something		7-15-1799
17		Greatest Spectacle in Racing; lesson from Edwin Young	Indianapolis 500. Talk about sell papers.  Charge what we could get away with.	You are sending out signals with everything you wear, do and say.		30-May
18		Melpomene	ran in the 1896 marathon in Greece.  Also one of the Greek muses (Tragedy).	Check out M.Institute--for girls to pursue their sports dreams in addition to their athletics.
19		Jim Thorpe	Indian, greatest male athlete of first 50 years of 1900.  Won all-around pentathlon, which made you the greatest athlete in the world.  Pro football.	Extraordinary athlete and genes
20		Mildred Didrikson	Mildred 'Babe' Didrickson Zaharis; 1932 Olympics, 80m + hurdles, 6/26/14; greates female athlete 1st 50 years	Extraordinary athlete and genes
21		Darwin Awards	Award given for people who, through their own stupidity, manage to kill themselves, thus removing them from breeding, hence the Darwin name.  Internet is full of stories and nominations.	Need some examples.
22		Phidippides	Greek courier that announced the results of the battle on the Plains of Marathon. Ran about 20 mile, said 'Rejoice, We Conquer' and then dropped dead.	Good story of marathon runners
23		E-ticket	Old time Disney rides. A, B, C, D, E	Another saying
24		Alcatraz	Federal prison, San Francisco bay.  The word was that it was unescapable!  Cold water and sharks. Now there is a race that starts on Alcatraz for the swim portion.	Don't let someone else set limits on your goals or abilities.
25		Hypatia	Librarian of Alexander; had a copy of every book(scroll); was burned down and all this info was lost.	First woman named to a job.
26		Power Bar	A concentrated, quick energy bar.  Any food item which puportedly gives an athlete an edge.	does it really help you?
27		Katherine Switzer	1967, Jock Semple; had won the 1974 NYC marathon, signed up as K. Switzer	She was a pioneer--like Rosa Parks.
28		Pitcairn	Small island that Fletcher Christian settled after Mutiny on the Bounty; only 4 sq. mile, ~50 inhabitants, all related	No moral--just an interesting story
29		Gloria Lockman	Contestant on $64,000 Question. Came back each week, double or nothing.  Quit at $8K.  Black, 11 yr old, spelling champion--'The Astigamatic anthropologist annihilated innumerable chrysanthems.'	Don't fall into the trap of judging people by their stereotypes.		5/15/1955
30		CPE1704TKS	Launch code in movie War Games.	Learn to memorize a few things, good for you and your brain.
31		Issac Asimov	Most prolific author, EVER.	Go to library and ask who has a book in each category (Dewey Decimal System.)
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32		Dr. Ken Cooper	Father of Aerobics.  1968 book first appeared.  Major in US Air Force, tested 15,000 people.	Your bodies ability to process air is THE LIMITING FACTOR in your performance.
33		Harmonic Convergence	When planets align; misused by some (astrologers) as a significant sign of (whatever)	Don't buy all the crap that is put out by these crackpots.
34		Frank Shorter	Winner of 1960 Olympic Marathon.	Early spokeskperson
35		Dan Henry	Marks on the road as a map for bicyclists.	Look down as well as look up.
36		RAAM	Race Across America.  On a bike, non-stop, 300+ miles a day for 7 to 8 days, sleep deprivation.			July
37		Major Taylor	Black bicycle rider, early 1900s, rode mostly in Europe where less discrimination and more biking opportunities.	Velodrome in Indianapolis named after him (MTV).
38		Joan Benoit	won the first women's olympic marathon, ???; came back to quality less than 3 weeks after knee surger.
39		Roger Bannister	First person to break the 4 minute mile; Doctor student			5/6/1954
40		Chernobyl incident	Nuclear accident in Russia,	also 3 mile island		4/26/1986
41		Rubicon	Rubicon river separates upper Italy from Germany.  No one was to bring their soldiers across that river, or it would be taken as an act of war.  Julius Caesar, who had conquered much of Europe, broght his troops home, and crossed the Rubicon.	Commit yourself to a course of action.
42		George Sheehan	Doctor, older runner, philosopher,	why we run, it's OK to be …
43		Sally Ride	Early female astronaut;	20 yr after Tereshkova		6/18/1983
44		Cold Readings	Psychics
45		Heart Monitor	Demo to girls
46		Admiral Grace Hooper	Computer bug; highest rank of any female in Navy;
47		Dead Cat Bounce	even a dead cat bounces when dropped;	refer to stock market
48		Ada Lovelace	Daughter of Lord Byron (poet)	First programmer.
49		Rosa Mota	Cheated to win the Boston Marathon			1987
50		Noah Webster	created the first dictionary
51		V-E day, V-J Day	learn top 100 dates in U.S. History
52		Oklahoma Land Rush	4/12/1889, last of free land,			4/22/1889
53		John Stephen Akwari from Tanzania, Mexico Olympics, 1968	Olympic marathon by Bud Greenspan	My country didn't send me 5K miles to start the marathon; I came 5K mile to finish marathon
54		John Scarne	card shark, ability to cut the 4 aces from a deck of cards	can learn if practice 8hr/day for 10 yr; he practiced 12hr/day, started very young
55		Double Ironman	explain Ironman, origin, qualifications, time			9/4/1994
56		What would you cross the I-beam for ?	Hyrum Smith, Franklin Planner, pick out parent w/small child; World Trade Center towers
57		Oscar Robinson, Jack Twyman, Maurice Stokes	Cincinnati Royals pro basketball, early '60s, race	Howard Cossell loved to tell this story
58		Don't take the Advanced Chemistry class at Purdue	One of Dad's counsellors gave me this advice before my freshman year at Purdue	Chem 117, 7 hours, got an A, became a chemical engineer		Jul, 1956
59		Peter Studwick (also Harry Cordello, blind)	born without any feet, ran marathons, tied bells on shoes	Terre Haute Marathon, quit at 20+ miles and laid down; heard those damn bells		Jun, 1976
60		Dennis Rainear - bullet	hit in head with 22 bullet while trying to qualify for Boston Marathon at Grand Valley Marathon	I made $25 on picture in Running Times; also Don Traxler running 50 miles		Nov, 1976?
61		Herb Scogg, Mr Swimming	high school ref; qualifying meet when first using touch pads for timing; girl didn't touch; parents came around at break with their minister to pray for him to make the 'right decision'	later learned that her coach had told her not to touch--for whatever reason
62		Most popular girl in my home town	Local grocery store ran a contest for the 'Most {whatever} girl in town (Danville, IN). Anyone, any age could enter. Votes were counted by the size of your sales slip. The winner…a 10 yr old tramp next door whose father ran the local taxi--he kept the receipts when he delivered groceries.	Be wary of contests; 'It's not who votes, but who counts the votes.' Stalin		~1951
63		Homecoming Queen	Vote by money for the 5 candidates: Fresh, Soph, Jr, Sr and Football. For the 1st time FB had a candidate, and coach told the players to be sure she won. However, the Co-Captain's girl was the Sr candidate. Conflict	Be careful how you try to motivate players or how you set rules.		1955
64		The 'wet' field	Last game of season was for championship. We played a single-wing, running game. They played a 5-4 defense and dared us to pass. Their local fire dept watered down the field before the game to slow our runners.	We lost		Oct, 1955
65		The Great Canadian Grey Goose Flying Machine	Kansas City, KS, minister selling stock,	Bad assumptions and facts will not overcome Mother Nature		~1970
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