YHBA Quiz Off

1. YHBA Quiz Off April 8, 2014

2. 1. The most touching gift came from a little girl who handed him her most prized possession- a brown Berlin teddy bear with fur worn thin. • Candy Bomber p 67

3. 2. After crossing the Atlantic Ocean, Mont-Blanc’s gleaming, light-gray hull entered the Graveyard dockyard in Brooklyn, New York, on November 25, 1917. • Blizzard p 10

4. 3. Smith, 62, has served withWhite Star for the past 32 years-25 of them as captain of 17 ships. • Titanic p9

5. 5. The boy and I sit together in the back of another alley while Tess sleeps a short distance away. The boy has given her his vest again. • legend

6. 6. A baseball signed by Roger Maris, Mickey Mantle, and Joe Pepitione! • Okay p 162

7. 7. The tent was warm and full of laughter. As the constellation Orion rose in the night sky, a trio of minstrels strummed on their three-stringed lutes. • Outlaw p 47

8. 9. Hildy held the twine in place with her little thumb as I tied the bows binding the wrapping in place. My mind raced with excitement about training with Max. • Berlin p 45

9. “My father was from Leeds, but my mother was born in Munich.” • Prisoners 26

10. So how would the judges of the new Court of Oyer and Terminer conduct their trials? • Witches 76

11. 10. And before Kate realized what was happening, her mother had stepped forward and was holding her. • Emerald p 355

12. 11. But family demands soon grounded her. Her parents (whose relationship had remained rocky even after Edwin had stopped drinking) were divorced in the summer of 1924.

13. 12. While the insurance companies are dragging their feet, I am working twelve, fourteen, sixteen hour a day to keep us afloat.

14. 13. A video recap plays behind the headline. I see footage of me sitting in my cell…Then the video cuts to the yard, where the firing squad lines up. • Legend

15. 14. As we were talking, Ian was frantically looking around, up and down at the ceiling and then to the walls. “The guards are collecting,” he whispered. “There are two coming down the front hall at us right now.” • Michael Vey p 296

16. 15. The tally was daunting: Seventy children had been left orphaned; more than two hundred were left with only one parent. • Blizzard p 103

17. 16. Oh man, having you around is the best! You’re so useful!! They should sell you! • Anya’s Ghost

18. 17. He wiggled the wings of his Douglas C-54,and they went wild, waving and cheering and running in circles. CB 26 • Candy Bomber p 26

19. 18. Emily…Do you think Siobhan was right? Am I just stupid about Sean? No, she’s crazy. Your love is pure and real. Now pull out this black thing and try it on with a plaid skirt. • Anya’s Ghost p 112

20. 19. My ears burned. My father had been stabbed. Jews were being robbed and beaten at will. BBC 367 • Berlin p 367

21. 20. Jake threw his arms around the stallion’s neck and clung on with all his strength. • Outlaw p 131

22. 21. Mama rubbed her forehead with her fingers. “And when I knew we left your daddy’s pillowcase behind and Huck had it, I had to get it for you.”

23. 22. Mrs. Windmere came and stood beside m. She put one hand on my shoulder and another on my elbow. “Who else knows the line for Helen Burns?” • Okay p 315

24. 23. Why were we being arrested? Where was Papa? • Between Shades p 12

25. 24. Some mornings, I see Rosa on her porch, and when I do, I finish my run, then trot back to visit with her. • Running Dream p 282

26. 25. Twenty minutes later the motorcycle shot out of the gates and roared along Embassy Row, heading for the airport. • Outlaw p250

27. 26. "I want to choke the Navy for not finding her...I feel she is alive and I know she needs us." • Amelia p 226

28. 27. And you know what they said when they saw my brother in his uniform sitting in a wheelchair with bandages around his eyes, his legs gone? • Okay p 229

29. 28. I don't want to talk about Dad's letter, at least not yet, but when I get to boating Wren looks like she knows something is wrong. • Hidden p 117

30. 29. Then supplies began arriving from England and the United States, and from as far away as Australia. • Candy p 42

31. 30. The doll’s head is chipped hard china, yellowish white, with only one glass eye and a floppy cloth body. Its dress is tattered. CO 161 • City p 161

32. 31. According to spectator Calef, “Martha Cory, protesting her innocency, concluded her life with an eminent prayer upon the ladder.” • Witches p 101

33. 32. Swings were lowered to take us up. I was the first one to be put into the swing and tied in because I was so numb I couldn’t hold on. • Titanic p 56

34. 33. The boys’ classes at St. Joseph’s Catholic School didn’t start until later in the day. Boys shared the school with girls, which seemed odd to Gerald. • Blizzard p 29

35. 34. Now he’s in a world that is flashing money and he has no idea what is going to happen and he scared to death all over again-but in a whole new way. • City p 237

36. 35. The Secretary slammed his hand on the desk, starting Kate. “Little birdies should do what they’re told. Now pleeaasse have a seat.” • Emerald p 287

37. 36. He pointed back to the stack of grain sacks. The commander walked around, yelling and kicking as us to hurry. • Between Shades p 146

38. 37. He grabbed my bed’s railing with one hand. “I’m really sorry about what’s happened to your mother, son. The good news is we have the man who held you up in custody. • Michael Vey p 115

39. 38. My mind froze. The Countess was one of our only remaining customers. I had no idea what we’d do if we didn’t have this extra income. • Berlin p 200

40. 39. Her skin was pure white, her gown the color of blood, and the diamonds covering her throat and chest shone as if they alone gave light to the room. • Emerald p 200

41. 40. He divides the coins into two piles-what he needs for the next day’s paper to buy, and his own eleven –cent profit. • City p 41

42. 41. In late June she sailed for home, arriving in New York City on July 6 to a frenzied welcome. There were parades, receptions, medals awarded in New York, Boston, and Chicago. There were interviews and photographs, magazine covers and product endorsements, newsreels and lectures and even a book deal. • Amelia

43. 42. Hatborn asked the children to look upon Sarah Good and see if this were the person who had hurt them, and so they said it was one of the persons that did torment them. • Witches p 33

44. 43. “Well I am happy to report that your daughter has mastered all the necessary functional goals for release.” • Running p 44

45. 44. I went back to the Marysville Free Public Library and stayed until it closed at nine o’clock. Mr. Powell had left the book open to the yellow shank. • Okay p 179

46. 45. Commander Jameson nods. “The second knife is stuck in the wall of the stairwell.” • Legend

47. 46. It took a few moments to coordinate the rowing. At first, the oars slapped at the water randomly, the boat making little or no progress… • Emerald

48. 47. No, I don’t think so. I was down here for a long time before I died and I didn’t hallucinate much of anything. And it doesn’t smell funny. Or at least it didn’t. I don’t smell much anymore. • Anya’s Ghost

49. 48. In the early morning of Friday, December 7, rescue efforts continued under threatening gray skies…By 9:00 A. M. snow was falling. • Blizzard

50. 49. “Please don’t let them take her body…I want to bury her. We can’t let her be eaten by foxes. • Between Shades