Well, here it is!  Tom's Terrible Tour Test for the year 2001!

I'll announce the winners of the test at the August Picnic.

First prize will be 5000 Band Bucks, second prize is 2500 band bucks, third prize is 1250 band bucks and fourth and fifth prizes are 1000 band bucks.  For those who don't know what a band buck is, they are earned by the youth members of the band by participation in band events.  They are used to bid on items during various band auctions, and at the annual picnic to bid on the next years tour!

So, here are the questions that I asked this year!  The Test has two parts, the first part questions are worth 10 points each and the second part are worth 5 points.

Tomís Terrible Tour Test 2001

First thing: Print your name here  ____________________________________________________

 
Read all the questions carefully, then answer.  Prizes are awarded for the five highest scores.  First prize is 5000 band bucks placed in your account, Second is 2500 band bucks, Third is 1250 band bucks, fourth and fifth places win 1000 band bucks each.  Prizes are awarded at the annual picnic prior to the auction of the next tour.  The test has two parts, questions from the first part are worth 10 points each, and questions from the second part are worth 5 points each.

01: What happened in 1607?
     Jamestown was settled.
02: Whatís the Buddy System?
    Never ever, EVER go anywhere by yourself!
03: How high is the New River Gorge Bridge?
     876 ft.
04: Who was Ray Oster?
    Director of the Band.
05: Whatís the difference between bituminous coal and the coal from Indiana?
     Bituminous coal produces less smoke and has less sulfur.
06: Who was Susan Constant?
    One of the ships led by John Smith.
07: Who fought a duel in 1862
    The Merrimac and the Monitor ironclads
08: What happened in October 1775?
    One of the first battles of the Revolution.
09: Whatís in the Historic Triangle?
    Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown.
10: Who was Nathanial Bacon?
     A rebel leader.
11: Williamsburg has been restored to what centuries appearance?
    18th Century
12: What product was shipped from Yorktown in the 18th century?
    Tobacco
13: The Yorktown Battlefield was the site of the last major battle of the War of Independance, who Commanded the opposing forces?
    Lafayette for the Americans, and Cornwallis for the brits.
14: I entered this question incorrectly, so it doesnít count, sorry, but I gave everybody credit for it
 anyway.
15: What happened to 440 of the 500 people who originally settled in Jamestown?
    They died.
16: The Virginia Air and Space museum contains two Apollo artifacts, what are they?
    The Apollo 12 command module and a moon rock brought back by Apollo 17.
17: What do John Singer Sargent, August Renoir, James McNeil Whistler and Albert Durer have in
 common?
    They are all artists on display at the Biltmore Estate?
18: What did Frederick Law Olmsted do?
    Architect for Biltmore and Central Park.
19: Whoís 84 years old now?
    The Scout Band!
20: What notable thing happened in 1917?
    The Scout Band was founded.
21: The American Rover is what kind of ship?
    Schooner
22: What kind of tree is the Pipsico?
    A tulip poplar.
23: Whatís the P.A.L. program.
    Parent and Lad learning together.
24: Whatís an Adirondack.
    A wooden tent platform.
25: What is the bands web address:
    www.scoutband.com
26: Name one national leader outside the United States that the band has played for?
    Queen Elizabeth of England.
27: What was the original name of the place we left for tour from?
    Boy Scout Land.
28: What does the Victory Arch commemorate?
    All war veterans.
29: How many miles of boardwalk are at Virginia Beach?
    3 miles
30: Whatís a Lynhaven oyster?
    An oyster

Bonus questions:

01: How many holes are in a clarinet?
    A clarinet is a tube with 24 holes.
02: What are trumpet reeds made of?
    Trumpets donít have reeds
03: What is the State song of Indiana?
    On the Banks of the Wabash
04: How fast can a chicken fly?
    Chickens canít fly.
05: What was the first thing you did for this test?
    Printed your name
06: "Think of words ending in -gry. Angry and hungry are two of them.
        There are only three words in the English language.
        What is the third word? The word is something that everybody uses everyday.
        If you have listened carefully, I've already told you what it is."
    Answer:  Language
07: A doctor has a brother who is an attorney in Alabama,
        but the attorney in Alabama does not have a brother who is a doctor.
        How can this be?
     The doctor is his sister.
08: What is a flamingoís favorite toy?
    A yo-yo
09: How fast are we going?
    Anything but zero
10: You are standing on your head on the ceiling in a corner, what is touching the top of your head?
    The ceiling.

So how did YOU do?