Q1.  Joey Ruben:  "If I dig a hole all the way down from here (note: Van Cortlandt Park, New York City) to the other side of the world, where would I emerge?"

(a)  Australia
(b)  China
(c)  New Zealand
(d)  Papua-New Guinea

Q2.  What is the longest distance that this pair of New Balance will be raced in?

(a) 400m
(b) Mile
(c) 5,000m
(c) Half marathon

Q3.  These new footwear were observed at the 2002 Fred Lebow Cross Country 5K race at Van Cortlandt Park.  What are they?

(a) Nike Air Min
(b) Nike Air Structureless Triax
(c) Nike Air Decelerator
(d) Nike Air Fuzzy Chanjo

Q4.  This book has a list price of 35 cents.  Who paid $11 to buy it?

(a) Steven Paddock
(b) Steven Paddock
(c) Steven Paddock
(d) Steven Paddock

Q5.  The women's steeplechase is an event that has gradually appeared in major college and professional competitions.  It first appeared in the NCAA outdoor track & field championships in 2001 and it will be appearing in the IAAF World Track & Field Championships in the year 2005.  All of this old hat to a certain Central Park Track Club member.  Who was our trailblazing pioneer?

(a) Skipper Clark
(b) Irene Jackson-Schon
(c) Mary V. Rosado
(d) Robin Villa 

Q6.  What on earth is this?

(a)  Two slices of pineapple
(b)  Two slices of banana
(c)  A hand holding two slices of pineapple
(d) A hand holding two slices of banana

More interesting question: What is the purpose of this photo?

ANSWERS

Q1.  Actually, you would get a cold shower because you are going to come out somewhere in the Pacific Ocean between Australia and New Zealand.  This whole project is not as silly as it seems, as the leading American intellectual Susan Sontag wrote in her Project For A Trip To China:

When I was ten, I dug a hole in the back yard.  I stopped when it got to be six feet by six feet by six feet.  "What are you trying to do?" said the maid.  "Dig all the way to China?"

Yes.  I wanted to dig all the way to China.  And come bursting out the other end, standing on my head or walking on my hands.

Whose voice is the voice of the person who wants to go to China?  A child's voice.  Less than six years old.

Is going to China like going to the moon?  I'll tell you when I get back.

Q2.  Actually, according to Frank Handelman, the maximum is specified by time, and not by distance.  The maximum time is 5 minutes exact, which means that he must have to stop and take them off during his 5:07 Fifth Avenue Mile in 2002.

Q3.  Nike black sox + a pair of slippers  

Q4.  Although Steven Paddock does not understand the rules of American football very well, he knows that this is the moment when the referee throws the flag for a flagrant foul for unsportsmanlike conduct ...  Be as it may, do you have anything in your attic (sorry, it should be 'closet' since no New York City residents have attics) that you want to get rid of?  If so, please contact Steven ...

Q5.  Robin Villa shows us the proper(?) steeplechase technique ...

Q6.  To be totally precise, a hand holding two pieces of "chewed-and-then-spit-out" banana slices that we were told to take a photograph of (never mind for what purpose, other than the obvious Truth Or Dare element).