Flanders Fields

Someone with a fiendish bent of mind is responsible for exams coinciding with the month of January. One of my roommates, a West Coast innocent, once asked plaintively, "Doesn't it ever stop raining here?" If the weather is getting you down, cheer up. Here is what must pass for the annual Crimson sports trivia quiz:

What NBA center is a vegetarian? What NBA center wears goggles? What do they have in common? (Former UCLA stars Bill Walton and Kareem Abdul Jabbar.)

How many points did Lou Silver score for Harvard against Oral Roberts? How many points did the Penn cagers score against the Crimson in the Palestra? (Silver 38; Penn 103)

What NHL hockey team sports a pair of brothers? (The Islanders, with Denis and Jean Potvin.) What do the numbers 12 and 27 mean to Randy Roth? 21 and 32? (His goals and assists for his sophomore and junior years.)

Who holds the Harvard high jump record? How high did he jump? (Mel Embree, 7 ft. 1/4 in.)

Who was the football player who once ran 60 yards in the wrong direction in the Rose Bowl? (The University of California's Roy Reigels.)

What Harvard swimmer won six medals for Puerto Rico in the Caribbean games? (Francisco Canales.)

Who committed the most World Series errors? (The Washington Senator's Roger Peckinpaugh in the 1925 Series, with eight.)

Who picked the Colts over the Jets in 1967? George Foreman over Muhammad Ali? Who was wrong? (Jimmy the Greek.)

Who is known as "the dumb quarterback"? (Pittsburgh's Terry Bradshaw.)

Name two pairs of brothers that have played basketball at Harvard and Columbia. (The Newmarks and the Wolfes.)

What two teams played in the World Football League championship? Who won? What was the score? (Birmingham Americans, Florida Blazers. Blazers 22-21.)

What pitcher lost his perfect game after 12 innings and to whom? (Harvey Haddix, Robin Roberts.)