1955 Oxford Classmates Quiz with Answers

Scoring: 29-30, you cheated; 27-28, you get to sing with Ray and Kent; 20-25, a week of nuclear drills for you!; 15-19, scrape those garbage plates!; 1-14, back to Mrs. Conklin's class!  The links below will bring up either a picture, a personal page, or an anecdotes page.  For the latter you may have to scroll down to find the relevant information.  Want to gripe about the correct answers?  Then write to Kiss My Royal Exam.
 

1. Who strode down the halls of the Berkeley Women's City Club dressed only in his jockey briefs? Bruce Duncan
 

2. Whose dad owned the Hobby Shop on Vine Street? Roger, Nikki, and Jim von Seeburg's.
 

3. Who refused to look at the camera at Mara's 10th birthday? Marcia Miller
 

4. What was the name of the Playground Director who was also a Cal student? Dick Bruhney
 

5. Name at least five players from the 1955 Oxford football team. Jerry Strong, Norm Randolph, Ray Wootten, Harland Bartholomew, Martin Stryker, Carroll Sinclair
 

6. Name the 1955 May Queen princesses. Shireen Mayeri, Dorene Lindstrom, Bobbi Pape, Judy Mazia, Ellie Nathan
 

7. What was the full name of Eleanor Wootten's dance instructor? Mrs. Dart Tinkham
 

8. Who was sent to the principal for flipping wheat paste onto the ceiling? Dorene Lindstrom
 

9. Who went looking for an exotic Middle Easterner? Mervyn Rasmussen
 

10. What ferocious amphibious reptile did "Crocodile" Rasmussen subdue? Alligator
 

11. Who was the bop king at the Hillside cotillion? Ray Wootten
 

12. Who hated to scrape the garbage off plates and wear a hairnet in the cafeteria? Judy Mazia and all the other girls
 

13. Name the custodian who followed Mr. Jones. Mr. Grey
 

14. Name the principal who preceded Mr. Rhodes. Mr. Boyack
 

15. Name the Oxford school nurse. Mrs. Olney (link to Eleanor Wootten's memories)
 

16. Which classmate lived in a Maybeck house? Tom Boyden
 

17. Name the 1955 classmates who lived on Amador. Jerry Strong, Carroll Sinclair, Bill Tregea
 

18. Name the 1955 Traffic Boy Top Sergeants. Dave Gordon, Jerry Strong, Norm Randolph
 

19. Name the 1955 Quartermaster and Sergeant of Substitutes. Gordon Jacoby was the Quartermaster, and Ray Wootten was the Sergeant of Substitutes
 

20. Who was in a Brownie troop with Elaine Duncan, Bruce's brother? Sarah Lu Cundiff
 

21. Who sucked on honeysuckle from the Amador and Shattuck obelisk? Dorene Lindstrom and Shireen Mayeri
 

22. Which two classmates played a piano duet at the Berkeley Piano Club together? Bob Claassen and Jimmy Dean
 

23. Whose little brother was a daredevil stuntman at an early age? Jeff Adams's little brother Bill.
 

24. Where did the "impossible kick" end up? Here
 

25. Which legendary teacher lived across the street from Roger von Seeburg? Mrs. Whittey
 

26. Who lived across the street from Oxford school? Judy Jochums and John Durantini
 

27. Who bought trading cards and Necco wafers at Love's Variety store? Mara French
 

28. Which classmate could make us sit still in the sixth grade by drawing on the board? Bruce Duncan
 

29. How did Mr. Kazdan insist that girls be invited to dance? "May I have this dance?" asked with a little bow
 

30. Where did some of us get to illustrate merchant windows at Hallowe'en? Solano Ave.