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Worksheets9-11 First Pitch
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
What happened on 9/11/2001?
The Germans bombed Pearl Harbor.
The stock market crashed and the Great Depression started.
Terrorists crashed planes into the WTC in NYC.
Einstein discovered Kryptonite.
What is the ESPN film "First Pitch" about?
9/11/2001
New York Yankess
Healing and Life
All of the above.
Who was President when the Terrorists flew planes into the Twin Towers in 2001?
George Washington
Donald Trump
George Bush
Joe Biden
What did George Bush say that he wanted to be when he grew up?
President of the United States.
Willie Mays, a great African American baseball player.
Batman.
A bank robber.
Who's the only president to have played baseball in Little League?
George Washington
Donald Trump
George Bush
Derek Jeter
What did George Bush compare the long baseball season to?
A marathon, like life.
A slow turtle.
The superbowl.
A knotted up rope.
Who is Derek Jeter?
A famous quarterback for the Patriots.
A famous shortstop on the Yankees.
He played Freddie Krueger in horror films.
George Bush's Vice President
What did Joe Torre, the Yankee manager say about baseball after 9-11?
The terrorist attacks will not stop the Yankees from winning.
"Kill, kill, kill all the terrorists."
"Baseball wasn't on the front burner anymore."
Why were baseball games cancelled after 9-11.
Security reasons.
Nobody cared anymore.
A player's strike.
The president ordered it.
What did President Bush mean when he said "he was a silver spoon guy?"
He hated terrorists.
He came from a poor background.
He came from a rich background.
Did you know that former President George W. Bush (jr) was born in New Haven?
Yes
No
What made Derek Jeter uncomfortable visiting the 9-11 families shortly following the tragedy?
He hates terrorists.
He hates families.
He said "You don't really know what to say?"
He's really a hitman for the mob.
What did Bernie Williams say when meeting 9-ll families?
"We will get and kill those terrorists."
"Don't worry, the Yankees will win the World Series."
"I don't know what to say, but it looks like you need a hug."
When the Yankees Played the Redsox after 9-11, what song did Boston fans sing together?
New Jersey, New Jersey.
Connecticut, Connecticut.
New York, New York.
What did Derek Jeter say was the Yankee's purpose after 9-11.
To win, win, win.
A World Series championship and nothing less.
To give the fans something to cheer about for 3 hours.
Kill all terrorists.
What is that "Yankee magic" or "Yankee ghosts?"
The way that the Yankees seem to win in difficult times.
The way the clubhouse was haunted by ghosts.
President Bush said that he agreed to throw out the first pitch because...
He loves baseball more than anything.
He saw baseball as part of recovering from 9-11.
He was President, and a chance like this doesn't happen every day.
President Bush said that there are good people protecting me...
and I'm still scared.
I have no reason to be scared, I'm President.
and if it's my time to go, it's my time to go.
Did George Bush bounce the first pitch he ever threw in a MLB game?
Yes
No
Did President Bush bounce the pitch after 9-11 at Yankee stadium?
No
Yes
Did President Bush wear a bullet proof vest at Yankee Stadium?
Yes
No
What did Derek Jeter warn President Bush NOT to do?
To NOT stand in front of the mound or bounce the pitch.
To stand straight up because it makes you an easier target for terrorists.
Yankees or the Redsox? You have to pick one.
Yankees
Redsox
What was a main message of "The First Pitch."
That terrorists must pay.
That sports are more important than anything.
That no matter what, life must go on.
Where would you see the New York Yankees play a home game?
Fenway Park, Boston Massachusetts
The Bronx, New York
City Field, Flushing Meadows, NY
181 Mitchell St., New Haven, CT
