FREE QUIZ BOWL AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT SHOELESS

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FREE QUIZ BOWL AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT SHOELESS

JOE & ME EXAM QUESTIONS Actual Qs and Ans Expert-Verified Explanation

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-Guarantee passing score -80 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: What does Mr. Kane have to say about asking questions (or curiosity)?

Answer:

Curiosity is the stepping stone to genius (21)

Question 2: What was the ending score the first game of the 1919 World Series?

Answer:

9-1 for the Cincinnati Reds

Question 3: What is Joe Stoshack's nickname?

Answer:

Stosh

Question 4: Who's room did they lock Joe in?

Answer:

Heinie Groh (56)

Question 5: What happened after the Star Spangled Banner?

Answer:

A plane flew over and threw a stuffed White Sox dummy onto the pitcher's mound (112)

Question 6: What did Gladys think of Joe's camera?

Answer:

She thought it was a toy (124)

Question 7: Why does Joe Jackson think Barry Bonds is impossible?

Answer:

Because he hit 73 home runs in a season since in 1919 no one had even hit 30 home runs in a year (138)

Question 8: Why was Wilbur wearing a mask?

Answer:

He had the flu and it was a rule at the ballpark to wear a mask (125-126)

Question 9: What game is usually played at Flip's Fan Club on Friday nights?

Answer:

Flip card - two kids each toss a card against the wall - whoever's card lands closer to the wall gets to keep both cards (25)

Question 10: What is Joe Stoshack's last request before being shot? Why?

Answer:

He wants to hold a baseball card in his hand so that he can disappear before he gets shot (144) Question 11: Where does Joe Stoshack find Joe Jackson the morning the World Series is supposed to start?

Answer:

He was in the street in regular clothes playing pepper with kids by the park (99)

Question 12: Describe Joe Jackson.

Answer:

Dark brown eyes, over six feet tall with short, coal black hair and ears that stuck out a little too far (65)

Question 13: What sign does Joe Stoshack receive during the game that tells him to "swing away"?

Answer:

The third base coach, Coach Tropiano, clapped his hands together twice, ten rubbed the palm of his right hand across the words "Flip's Fan Club" on his shirt. (5)

Question 14: Why does Joe Jackson say he can't go to the future?

Answer:

He says, "A man can't solve no problem by running away from it." (138)

Question 15: How did Flip get his name?

Answer:

Playing flip card when he was growing up in Brooklyn (25)

Question 16: Who does Joe Stoshack meet when he gets back to his house?

Answer:

His Uncle Wilbur (151)

Question 17: Why did Chick Gandil come to see Joe Jackson in his hotel room?

Answer:

To tell him about the fix and give hime $5,000 (78-81)

Question 18: Why doesn't Wilbur believe Joe that it is medicine?

Answer:

Because the doctor's said that there was no medicine for the flu (129) Question 19: Which character, besides the baseball players, was based on a real person?

Answer:

Arnold Rothstein Question 20: How much money was Mr. Rothstein holding on the table to give the baseball players to lose the game?

Answer:

$80,000 (49)

Question 21: What lifetime struggle did Joe Jackson have to deal with that caused his writing to look so unusual?

Answer:

He was illiterate (28)

Question 22: How did Joe get the nickname Shoeless Joe Jackson?

Answer:

His new spikes gave him blisters so he couldn't put them on. The manager wouldn't let him sit out of the game so he went to the outfield in stocking feet. A reporter noticed and called him Shoeless Joe in the newspaper the next day which stuck. (72) Question 23: What does Joe Stoshack try to do since he couldn't stop the Black Sox scandal from happening?

Answer:

He tries to convince Joe Jackson to come back to the future with him (137)

Question 24: What does Joe give Wilbur?

Answer:

His Tamiflu so that maybe he can get better from the flu instead of die (129) Question 25: What was different about Joe's baseball hat compared to baseball hats from today?

Answer:

The brim was much smaller (106) Question 26: Why didn't Shoeless Joe believe Joe Stoshack at first and what changed his mind?

Answer:

He didn't think anybody could pay 7 or 8 players and starting pitchers on his championship team but changed his mind when Eddie Cicotte called him to tell him about the fix (68)

Question 27: What does Katie suggest Joe do about the money and the fix?

Answer:

Tell Charles Comiskey, the owner of the White Sox (85)