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1. Which one of these CPTC'ers is not an Italian?
    (a) Carmine Petracca
    (b) Luca Trovato
    (c) Michele Tagliati
    (d) Lucho Herrera

2. Our annual softball game takes place on the ballfields of Central Park, and the club provides refreshment.  But somebody has to get the stuff over there.  At the 1998 game, a club member was kind enough to transport the beverages in his van over to the Great Lawn.  Of course, vehicles are prohibited from entering the park during this period.  When a team of park rangers converged upon the vehicle, our team member said, "I don't know these people.  I am just a contractor.  I am going to get out of here right now."  Who was that person?
     (a) Sid Howard
     (b) Richard Kixmiller
     (c) Mary Rosado
     (d) Marty Stanton

3.  When Audrey Kingsley was photographed speaking on her cellular phone, what did she say?
     (a) "Dump my entire Russian portfolio ASAP, and use the receipts to purchase as many Mexican peso put options as possible."
     (b) "I gotta go now, because Roland has his camera on me."
     (c) "I got free tickets for the preview of the new Prefontaine movie next Thursday."
     (d) "Don't forget to walk the dog."

4. Which is the best reason to join the Central Park Track Club?
     (a) The team singlet is a bargain at $32
     (b) The annual club dues are a bargain at $75 (pre-Russian market meltdown rate)
     (c) The team has screened out all socially undesirable people
     (d) The club web site is the best running club site in the universe

5. Central Park Track Club/New York Triathlon Club member Randy Ehrlich has finished his residency in orthopaedic surgery and is now seeing patients at a midtown office.   He specializes in sports medicine and, of course, his main interest is running injuries.  (CPTCers will of course get preferential treatment.)  Which of these statements is FALSE?

     (a) His office is on the same block as the old Studio 54.
     (b) The office is owned by one Dr. Gary Prince, a one-time doorman/bouncer at Studio 54
     (c) His office is known as "Prescriptive Health"
     (d) Steroid scrips can now be obtained with no questions asked.

6.  It is a sad fact that people do leave us for better opportunities elsewhere.   Which one of these people did not move to California?
     (a) Jill Gisvold
     (b) Sylvie Kimche
     (c) John Landry
     (d) Diana Fitzpatrick

7.  About this Stuart Calderwood character, which of the following is NOT part of his myth?
     (a) His first marathon was an Ultra Marathon 52 miles
     (b) He won his first marathon race
     (c) He ran his first marathon at the age of 15
     (d) He ran his first marathon in a pair of Rockport shoes

8.  Sometimes, the workouts clash with other important events and one has to make difficult choices.  Which television program did Nathan Klejman say he would skip the workout to watch?
     (a) Buffy the Vampire Slayer
     (b) Dawson's Creek
     (c) Seinfeld
     (d) South Park

9.  Each of these people has confessed to having making multiple clicks on the home page in order to reach a milestone (e.g. 10000, 7000, 14000, 9000, etc).  Who is the one who had to make the FEWEST number of consecutive clicks to claim the honor?
     (a) Ramon Bermo
     (b) Tyronne Culpepper
     (c) Audrey Kingsley
     (d) Michele Tagliati

10. Which Central Park Track Club member ran a 6:04 indoor mile when he/she was 9 years old on the track at the 168th Street Armory?
     (a) Doug Marolla
     (b) Harry Morales
     (c) Giuseppe Petracca
     (d) Johanna Rhynis


ANSWERS

1. (d) Lucho Herrera is a Colombian cyclist known for his mountain-climbing prowess.  Also the electronic nom de plume (nom de guerre?) for Jud Santos.

2. Sorry, it's one of these people but we are not telling (Hint: Who has a van?)

3. (b)  Although the digital camera takes only still photographs, the named individual has been known to be able to memorize entire conversations verbatim. As for (d), her adopted hyperactive dog Bidu walks himself.

4. No clear answer here, since they are all judgment calls.  For example, the costs would have meant nothing to our $100,000,000 man David Pullman but others may find it to be morally reprehensible profiteering.  Social desirability is a matter of opinion and snobbery.   However, (d) is definitely wrong because it is known that certain people avoid this club because of what they call the atrocious practices of this web site  ...

5. (d)  Listen, buddy, there are strict laws against that sort of thing!   Don't even think about it! (WARNING: The web site guy is a narc, so don't even joke about it in his presence because he may take you seriously).

6. (b) Sylvie Kimche moved to Ohio to concentrate on playing golf.

7. (d) is FALSE ... at least, we think so, because we never know with Stuart ... Of course, Jack Brennan is the guy who was famous for wearing Rockports in marathons.

8. (d) South Park is it.  Has anyone ever heard of a device known as the VCR?

9. (d) Michele's achievement was somewhat dimmed because the counter was somehow reset downwards by mysterious forces.  Of course, the known all-time high was Ramon Bermo's 73 clicks to reach 10,000.

10. (a) Doug was hand-timed by coach George Wisniewski.

 

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