Kennedy Konnections

1.  During a 1966 campaign appearance in Oneonta, Greg Fieg not only got to shake the hand of former U.S. attorney general Robert F. Kennedy, who was running for senator, but also:
A.  got his autograph
B.  rode on the trunk of his car w/ him
C.  joined a group of hecklers urging him to return to Massachusetts
D.  Greg wasn't at the rally

2.  In 1970 the opera star Maria Callas was being interviewed by David Frost in the NYC theatre district.  Greg Fieg and his friend Billy Wells sat in the audience and heard Callas say that, after nine years of living with him, she had been had been summarily ordered off Ari Onassis' yacht to make room for his new bride, Jacquelyn Kennedy.  Asked by Frost about this she replied:
A.  she would file a palimony suit and take Ari for every franc he had
B.  scratch out the eyes of her new rival
C.  remain Ari's best friend and confidante, and he hers
D.  Greg wasn't at the interview

3.  Before Black Friday, which marked the beginning of the Great Depression in 1929, Joseph P. Kennedy, who cashed in before the crash and became a millionaire, moved his family to
A.  Hyannisport, Mass.
B.  Chappaquiddick, Mass.
C.  Nantucket, Mass.
D.  Bronxville, N.Y.

4.  Teddy Kennedy was rescued from being pulled into a throng of wildly out of control admirers by New York congressman Sam Stratton, who grabbed him around the waist and kept him from losing his footing.  Sam Stratton was known best, before his almost 30-year career as a congressman and ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, as:
A.  captain of the USS Enterprise
B.  test pilot of the Air Force X-15 rocket airplane
C.  Sagebrush Sam, a cowboy character who introduced cartoons to viewers on WSYR-TV
D.  the songster who introduced the hit single "Mr. Lonely"

5.  While visiting Oneonta on a campaign stop, Robert Kennedy slept in a house the size of a lake steamer at the corner of Watkins Ave. and Grove.  This house later became the possession of Judge Albert Baldo, who is best known by the Fieg family as:
A.  the man who performed the marriage ceremony of Greg Fieg and his first wife, Jackie
B.  the man who convicted Fieg family friend Joe Wright of making an illegal left-hand turn
C.  the man who helped bring to life the housing development known as Balford Park
D.  A and C

6.  Judge Albert Baldo had a brother, Patsy "Pat" Baldo, who was a master shoemaker.  He was not bashful about remarking that Albert bore a striking resemblance to one of the Kennedys, that being:
 A. John F. Kennedy
B.  Robert F. Kennedy
C.  Edward M. Kennedy
D.  Edgar Kennedy 

7.  Dutch Schultz and Jack "Legs" Diamond made their fortunes by running illegal liquor during the Prohibition as did:
A.  General Douglas MacArthur
b.  Governor Al Smith
C.  Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy
D.  New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia

8.  During a number of trips to St. Louis, Steven Fieg and his father were able to see and meet future Hall-of-Famer Stan Musial, the St. Louis Cardinals slugger.  In 1962 Musial was invited to the presidential box at the all-star game in Chicago where he met JFK and:
A.  Bloodthirsty mobster Jack "Legs" Diamond
B.  Bloodthirsty mobster  Dutch Schultz
C.  Bloodthirsty mobster Sam Giancana
D.  None of the above

9.  Sam Giancana, who was thought to be influential in bringing in the 1960 Chicago vote for JFK, died on June 19, 1974 by:
A.  overdosing on sedatives and bourbon
B.  jumping off the Chrysler Building
C.  dying peacefully in his sleep
C.  being assassinated by a mob hitman