Freshman rowing coach at Washington

Often felt that he did not belong

Married Thula

Built racing shells

Sick during the Olympic race

Coxswain of Washington boat

"Beautiful" film maker

Rowing coach at University of California

Eventually marries Joe

Ulbrickson was NOT talkative

Whose quotes are used at the start of each chapter?

What friend of Joe Rantz was a central figure in one of Daniel James Brown's earlier books according to the author in the prologue?

Who accompanied Joe Rantz as he made his way to the University of Washington crew tryouts in Part 1?

Where were the University of Washington crew tryouts held in Part 1?

Who was the freshman rowing coach for University of Washington in 1933

Who was the head coach for University of Washington rowing program in 1933

What was the name of Joe Rantz's father?

What was Joe Rantz's mother's maiden name?

Who was the first person to cross the United States by motor vehicle, traveling by motorcycle from San Francisco to New York?

What was the name of Joe's aunt that he was sent to live with after his mother died?

Who was Joe Rantz's music teacher in Sequim?

What was the name of the University of Washington student that accidentally set himself on fire during a bonfire and was killed in 1933?

Who was the head of the rowing program a the University of California a Berkeley in 1934?

Who was the coxswain of the varsity boat that raced against the freshmen at the University of Washington in Part 2?

What was the home water used by University of California at Berkeley's rowing team in 1934?

Who replaced Ed Leader as the head coach of the University of Washington rowing program?

What was the name of Joseph Goebbels' wife?

Who wrote an exuberant account of the Cal-Washington varsity regatta for the Associated Press in 1934?

On what body of water was the first intercollegiate crew race held in the United States?

Who hired Joe Rantz to help him install a new roof on his farmhouse in the summer of 1934

What was the name of the 17 year old boy who sat in the number two seat of the freshman crew in the beginning of Part 2?

In Part 2, who revealed to Joe Rantz the location where his father had been living?

What was the name of Thula's mother?

In Part 3, who were the brothers that were in the all-sophomore boat and the JV boat and sustained a sibling rivalry?

What University of Washington crew member's father had been the manager of Bon Marche department store and was famous for hiring spies to infiltrate the unions?

In Part 3, who is described as "the savvy little coxswain of what seemed to be shaping up to be the best of the JV boats"

In Part 3, who were the sophomore crew members that Ulbrickson called into his office and told they needed to shape up?

What was the nickname that Jim McMillan's crewmates called him?

Who was the Kansas City AP bureau chief that first coined the phrase "the dust bowl"?

Who was the president of both the AAU and the American Olympic Committee in 1935?

In Part 3, according to the author, what sports writer for the Seattle Post Intelligencer had been "loudly backing the cause of the sophomores for months" before the regatta in Poughkeepsie in 1935?

Who was the senior that Ulbrickson swapped out for George Morry as coxswain on the sophomore boat at Poughkeepsie in 1935?

What was the name of Johnny White's mother?

What was Chuck Day's father's profession?

Who was Joyce Simdars' employer who paid for her to take cooking lessons after she made an unpalatable duck a l'orange?

Where was Fritz Kreisler born?

How old was Fritz Kreisler when he was admitted to the Vienna Conservatory?

What was the name of Al Ulbrickson's wife?

What was the name of Bobby Moch's father?

What was the profession of Bobby Moch's father?

In Part 4, the author says that by march 19, 1936 Al Ulbrickson had his best bet for an Olympic boat. Who was at the bow of this boat?

What crewman at the University of Washington had spent 5 brutal months fishing for salmon on the Bering Sea in Alaska to raise money to attend college?

What crew member for the University of Washington varsity crew in 1936 hailed from Anacortes Washington and was an accomplished pianist and athlete?

Who was in charge of the cookhouse for the Washington crew when they arrived for the race at Poughkeepsie in 1936?

Who was the 22 year old heavyweight boxer from Detroit that rose to prominence against Max Schmeling in 1936

What was the name of the racing vessel that the University of Washington Crew took to Poughkeepsie in 1936?

Who was the Coxswain for Navy at the Olympic trials in 1936?

Who was the head of the Yale rowing crew at the Olympic trials in 1936?

Who was the head of Cornell's rowing program at the Olympic trials in 1936?

Who was the champion sculler from the 1904 Olympics that attended the 1936 Olympic trials for rowing?

Who was the stroke man for Penn State at the 1936 Olympic trials?

What was the name of the ship that the University of Washington crew took to Europe in 1936?

Who was the only University of Washington crew member that did not put on weight while on the ship to Berlin before the Olympic games?

Who was the coach of the US Women's swimming team that expelled Eleanor Holm from the Olympic Team in 1936?

Who was the coxswain for the British crew at the 1936 Olympic Games?

Who was the stroke for the British crew at the 1936 Olympics?

Who was the stroke on the University of Washington's crew at the 1936 Olympics?

Who was the coxswain for the German crew at the 1936 Olympics?

Who was the stroke on the German crew at the 1936 Olympics?

Who was the NBC announcer that screamed the details of the crew regatta over KOMO's airwaves in Seattle during the 1936 Olympic Games

Who stood at the podium at the medal ceremony at the 1936 Olympics in the photo that concludes Part 4?

Who graduated from the University of Washington in 1936 and signed on as an assistant crew coach under Al Ulbrickson?

Who was the architect of he Reichssportfeld complex for the 1936 Olympic Games?

Who was the coxswain in the freshman boat that won the 1934 Poughkeepsie Regatta and National Championship?

German minister of public enlightenment and propaganda. He convinced Adolf Hitler that Germany should host the 1936 Olympics

The name of he first racing boat the boys at college learn to row. A wide, flat bottomed scow with a long walkway running down the middle and seats for 16 novice oarsmen

US President at end of Great Depression and during World War II

US President at beginning of the Great Depression

Sports reporter for the Seattle Post Intelligencer

First person to cross the United States in a motorized vehicle.

Fuhrer of Nazi Germany

President of the German Olympic Organizing Committee for the 1936 Olympics

German Reich minster of the Interior

"Father" of the University of Washington rowing program

Joe Rantz's friend who poached salmon and bootlegged liquor with Joe to raise money

World War I veteran and logger who gave Joe Rantz summer jobs

Inventors of the engine powered airplane

First persons to produce and sell motorcycles in the United States

Rival prize fighters who competed in the 1930s

University of Washington crew team members who worked with Joe Rantz on the Coulee Dam Project

Fred Rantz's wife

Harry Rantz's second wife

Harry Rantz's first wife - Joe's mother

Joe Rantz's high school sweetheart and ultimately his wife

Master builder of racing hulls at Eton College in Great Britain

Coxswain at University of California at Berkeley crew team that won gold medal at Amsterdam Olympics

Coxswain at University of California at Berkeley crew team that won gold medal at Amsterdam Olympics

University of Washington head crew coach who left to coach at Yale

University of Washington crew coach during the time when Al Ulbrickson rowed for the school

Coxswain of the 1933 freshman crew team at University of California at Berkeley

University of Washington alumnus who treated rowing teams to gala dinner in New York after the Poughkeepsie Regatta each year

Legendary rowing coach at Syracuse

US Secretary of Agriculture during Dust Bowl

Chairman of the Republican party who opposed the New Deal

Adolf Hitler's chief architect who designed Nuremberg rally facilities

Associated Press Bureau Chief who coined the term "Dust Bowl"

President of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and the American Olympic Committee in 1936

Sports reporter for the Seattle Times

Coxswain for University of Washington sophomore crew boat at the 1934 Poughkeepsie Regatta

Stroke oar of the University of California Berkeley crew team that won Olympic Gold medal in 1928

Youngest son of an American president who rowed crew for Harvard University

Violin maestro, youngest student to ever be admitted to the Vienna Conservatory

American Ambassador to Turkey who attended the 1935 Nuremberg Rally

Coxswain for Cal Berkeley 1936 rowing team

German heavyweight boxer who defeated Joe Louis and reigned as heavyweight champion from 1930 - 1932

US heavyweight boxing champion 1937 - 1949

Head coach of Harvard rowing program

1936 chairman of US Olympic Rowing Committee and chairman of the Pennsylvania Athletic Club

US Olympic gymnast and the flag bearer at opening ceremonies of the 1936 Olympic Games

Nazi Party Leader and head of the German Luftwaffe (airforce)

Who was the first person to cross the United States by motor vehicle, traveling by car?