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Ok boys and girls...It's quiz time again. You were notified of this quiz because you took the time while at our regular site to send us some Email. This quiz is your reward. This quiz is not open to the general public, so go ahead and feel warm and fuzzy if needed.

This newest quiz is all about history, a cyber trip into the "way-back machine" Mr. Peabody. The best way to take this quiz is to copy this whole thing into a mail window and then put your answers right after the questions and then Email it to us with "QUIZ" as the subject line. If this is not an option, just answer the questions by number and send it on over via Email, with "QUIZ" in the subject line. Ready? Lets get to the rules, prizes and how the quiz works:

The Rules:
Only one guess per Email account.
The Quiz will be over on 3/17/97 at midnight PST.
Each question is worth 4 points. Ace the quiz and you will have 100 points. Scores of more than 100 are possible by getting the extra points on some questions. Extra points will only be awarded if the first part of the question is answered correctly.
The winners will be those who have the most total points. In the event of a tie, the winner will be the earliest of the respondants. The other guy will get bumped down one place on the podium.
Fish Products will have the final say on any whining or grey areas.
We will publish the answers and winners at this same site after 3/17/97. We will send out an Email annoucement just as soon as the results are in.

The Winners and the Prizes:
Awarded to the most total points and then on down the line:

First Place: Bob Harrington and George Bell (tag team, 85 points) 1 Grade V Haul Bag, 1 Fish Hook, 1 pair of Smart Aiders, 1 Shot Glass

Second Place: Eve Tallman and John Sherman (tag team, 82 points)1 Atom Smasher Haul Bag and 1 pair of Smart Aiders

Third Place: Eric Coomer (70 points)1 pair of Smart Aiders, 1 Vertical Brain T-Shirt or Guide Book

Fourth Place: Kevin Normoyle (69 points)1 Pro Bag, 1 Shot Glass

Fifth Place: Chris Weaver (68 points)1 Fish T-Shirt, 1 Bingos Booze Muffler

Tenth Place: Clint Cummins (53 points)1 Fish T-Shirt

Twentieth Place: Larry Scritchfield (44 points) 1 Fish Chalk Bag

You name it...? Click on the thumbnails for a better view.

1) What's the climb? (4 points) ANSWER Zodiac, El Capitan

2) What's the climb? (4 points) ANSWER More Monkey Than Funky, Joshua Tree

3) Whats the problem? (4 points) ANSWER 45 Degree Wall, Hueco Tanks

4) Who is this guy? (4 points) ANSWER John Yablonski, "Yabo"

5) Who is this guy? (4 points) ANSWER Steve Sutton, Golden Era Big Wall Ace

Say What? Who said the following quotes.

6) (4 points) "Say, you remember your nightmares, and I'll remember mine, and each morning we'll trade. OK?"
ANSWER Chuck Pratt to Yvon Chouinard on the FA of the N.A. Wall.

 

7) (4 points) "This is the thing that climbers fear most: rockfall, either from above or something you're hooked to coming off. There's nothing to do but keep a tight asshole and hope for the best."
ANSWER Warren Harding

 

8) (4 points) "Rockclimbing is a man's sport in England, somewhat like bullfighting."
ANSWER Royal Robbins, after his eye opening trip to the U.K.

9) (4 points) "One day the competitive ego will be replaced by a wholehearted appreciation of form and style."
ANSWER (lots of you thought this was Robbins, but it was actually Jim Bridwell, who went on to introduce chipping to Yosemite Valley. So much for ego, form, and style...)

 

10) (4 points) He rope soloed a first ascent on the Petit Dru in 1955, to "prove to myself that I was not finished."
ANSWER Walter Bonatti

 

11) (4 points) "Climbing would be a great, truly wonderful thing if it weren't for all that damn climbing."
ANSWER John Ohrenschall

 

12) (4 points) In early 1973 he stated that it was "doubtful that these big routes (El Cap and the face of Half Dome) will ever be possible without pitons." He later went on to make the first all-nut ascent of Half Domes face some 5 months later.
ANSWER Galen Rowell

 

When was the first ascent and by whom:(first and last name)

13) Ascent of Half Dome:(who 2 points / when 2 points)
ANSWER George Anderson, 1875

 

14) Matterhorn:(who 2 points / when 2 points)
ANSWER Edward Whymper et al. 7/14/1865

 

15) Ascent of the North Wall of the Eiger:(who 2 points / when 2 points)
ANSWER Heinrich Harrer et al. 1938

 

16) Who holds the record for Yosemite Valley first ascents between 1964 and 1986? (who 4 points, guess how many +/- 10 and get 1 extra point)
ANSWER Jim Bridwell, with over 70 FA's

 

Whats in a name? Who or what were these things named for/after/etc:

17) Shockleys Ceiling (Gunks, first and last name 4 points, and claim to fame for 1 extra point)
ANSWER (William Shockley, Nobel Prize winner for work on the transister)

 

18) the Jumar ascender: (4 points)
ANSWER (Jusi and Marti, two Swiss guys)

 

19) the Salathe Wall on El Cap: (4 points, first and last name)
ANSWER (John Salathe)

 

20) the Gaston climbing move: (4 points, first and last name)
ANSWER (Gaston Rebuffat)

 

21) the term RURP stands for: (4 points)
ANSWER (Realized Ultimate Reality Piton)

 

22) the Stove Leg Cracks on the Nose of El Capitan (4 points)
ANSWER (duh...the Stove Leg pitons, hacked from a used stove.)

 

What is....?

23) To-to-kon-oo-lah is another name for? (4 points)
ANSWER (various reports on this one, but we were looking for El Capitan)

 

24) Refered to as "the great triumvirate of Yosemite Little Men" (4 points)
ANSWER (Harding, Pratt and Chouinard)

 

25) The original name of the "Nutcracker" in Yosemite Valley? (4 points)
ANSWER (Nutcracker Sweet, and a few of you had "Suite" but it just ain't the same)