Trivia Questions ... continued
Q: What well-known TV actor frequented the Art Center in the 1960s?
Submitted by: Richard Laubly Paris, France
A: Richard Chamberlin
Jim Glaus Atwater, CA
Q: What former student of The Thacher School became famous as a writer?
Submitted by: Beatrice Guito Ojai
A: Thornton Wilder
Andrew Volz, Venice, CA
Q: Where could you see the sign, "I'm open until I'm closed. I'm closed until I'm open?"
Submitted by: Debbie Young Oak View
A: Bodee's
No correct answers
Q: Name of the grocery store in the Arcade during the '50s and '60s that sold licorice whips.
Submitted by: Richard Laubly Paris, France
A: Cox's Market
No correct answers
Q: Which private school has as its motto: "Unitas, Veritas, Caritas?"
Submitted by: Robert Reich Oxnard
A: Villanova Prep
Jeff Vail Santa Maria
Q: Which former Thacher School student became famous in aeronautics and film?
Submitted by: Beatrice Guito Ojai
A: Howard Hughes
Andrew Volz Venice, CA
Q: In 1975, Nordhoff had a swap meet on the football field to raise money for stadium lights. Who won the grand prize of $1000.00 in the raffle that followed?
Submitted by: Tom Berg, Northville, MI
A: Paul Starbard
Michael Jenkins Irvine, CA
Q: Up until the 1940s, Casitas Springs was also known by another name. What was it?
Submitted by: Richard Laubly Paris, France
A: Stoney Flats
George Prueher, Thousand Oaks, CA
Q: Name the NHS student who drove a motorcycle through the cafeteria as a prank in the early 80s?
Submitted by: jTom Valley Silverdale, WA
A: A.J. Cunningham
Jeffery Vail Santa Maria, CA
Q: In the very late 60s, Bob Heller started producing a series of musicals put on by Nordhoff students. What was the first one?
Submitted by: jRichard Laubly Paris, France
A: Finian's Rainbow
Susie Arce Ojai
Q: What actor lives in Ojai, and acted in "Navy Seals" and "Top Gun?"
Submitted by: jJim Aguilar Boise, ID
A: Rick Rossovich
Donna Tindle Ojai
Q: Ok, it's payback time: Who is the girl that went skinny dipping with a whole class of Villanova boys before the school was co-ed, and was "dumb" enough to forget her glasses, and missed quite a show!!!
Submitted by: Nancy (Soward) Klocke Las Vegas
A: That would be me, Nancy. Are we even?
Q: In the early 60's, what market had the privledge of hosting Little Oscar and his Weiner Mobile?
Submitted by: Drew Robertson, Magdalena, NM
A: Riley's Ranch Market
Dave Van Winkle Ojai
Q: Name Ojai's car club in the early 1960s
Submitted by: Dennis Wallace Bakersfield
A: Phaetons
Richard Laubly Paris, France
Q: Name the Ojai Valley schoolteacher who wrote the book "Badger Claws of Ojai"?
Submitted by: Richard Laubly Paris, France
A: Matt Boardman
Jim Glaus Atwater, CA
Who was the teenaged girl who would rummage at night thru the dumpsters behind the Y shopping Center, finding all kinds of goodies that were still usable?
A: Nancy Gail Soward. No correct answers
Submitted by: Cynthia Husted Sherman Las Vegas NV
Q: Who was the only black cowboy living in the East End in the '50s and '60s?
Submitted by: Drew Robertson, Magdalena, NM
A: Capt. Paul Pittman (Many correct responses)
Wally Borgeson Gasquet, CA
Q: Who was the blonde-haired lady who worked at Tak's Drug Store in Meiners Oaks (seemingly) forever?
Submitted by: Debbie Young Oak View, CA
A: Elsie Jones
Bob Huber Chico, CA
In the 1960s, Lis Blackwell and Elizabeth McDougal started a coffeehouse on the grounds of the Ojai Presbyterian Church. What was it called?
Submitted by: Richard Laubly Paris, France
Only the OVN's king of trivia, Richard Laubly, knew Tiranog Hall.
Q: What was the name of Ojai's Pop Warner Football Team in the 1970's and who was the winningest Coach?
A: Ojai Blue Devils and Coach Gill.
Submitted by: J.B. "Brian" Wilburn Springfield, MO
Bryan Nichols of Columbia Falls, MT knew the team name, but said the coach was Wendel Smotherman.
Q: In the early 1970"s what business stood at the end of Bald and Pearl streets?
A: The Gallery
Submitted by: Tom Valley Silverdale, WA
No correct answers
Q: Name of the country/bluegrass family band that played on the Fourth of July every year during the 60s and lived off of Daly Road.
Submitted by: Richard Laubly Paris, France
A: The Schell Family
A: Numerous correct responses, but Steven Jewell of Redding, CA was first to answer Bart's Books.
Q: In 1963, Richard Bartindale moved to Ojai from Santa Monica. What business did he open?
Submitted by: Richard Laubly Paris, France
A: Lots of correct responses, but David Van Winkle of Ojai was first to answer Bart's Books.