TRIVIA -- Circa DUHS’53

The following questions are to spark some nostalgia, some fun memories of our sojourn at dear old Downey High. I've set the questions to recall things we probably all knew at one time, but have let slip into the nether recesses of our brains. So, give this a try and let's talk about the answers.

1. What was the name of our Principal and what was his nickname?

2. True or False‑ DUHS had card tricks, a la UCLA/ USC, at some of our home football games.

3. What color was Mrs. Gerber's hair?

4. Name the two movie theaters in Downey. And what was the name of the pool hall next to one of them?

5. What is a "Green River” and where would you find it?

6. What club identified themselves with "body art"?

7. What color were our Senior sweaters?

8. Who was the ASB President in our Senior year?

9. I remember where the Jr‑Sr Prom was in our Junior year, but where was the prom held in our Senior year?

10. What was the innovative aspect of the film, "House of Wax"? ...and can you name a star that played in it?

11. What was so unusual about Christine Jorgenson's return from Denmark to the US ?

12. Name the group of girls that dressed in black on a regular basis? ( Nothing to do with vampires, I believe)

13. What neighboring high school was our biggest rival ? ( to the point of burning their initial into our front lawn!)

14. What was the name of the ‘draft‑dodging’ accordion player that visited us in the old auditorium?

15. Who was the President of the US when we graduated? And who was the Democrat that he beat out?

16. Whose father recently left the appliance business he’d operated in Downey for 70 years (first at Downey Ave north of 2-nd St., and later at Firestone and Brookshire). He may have had an RCA dog outside his store on Downey Ave.

17. What gold, platinum, and grammy-winning duo graduated from Downey High?

What yearS did they graduate?

In which foreign country are they idolized the most?

18. What Downey restaurant still displays their mementos?

19. Who of the class lives on a street named for the family?

20. Who introduced P.J.Burbeck at the dedication of Burbeck Field?

21. Who of the class made the first kickoff on Burbeck field?

22. Who designed the Mosaic funded by the classes of 1953 & 1954 which still stands between our Jr.High buildings along with the sundial from the first decade of the prior century?

23. What is the date on the sundial?

24. What was the name of the hurricane which struck Bermuda in 1953?

Late answers may be begrudgingly accepted and scored, but NOT graded.