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8 SOLERA DIAMOND VALLEY | AUGUST 2020 By Dick Roppe, Resident Growing up, my mother's nickname for me was "Dickie Duck." When I was a senior in high school, my nickname was "Moose" – presumably because of my height. This raises the question, where did the term nickname come from? Historically the word seems to date back to the 14th century and comes from 'eke name' meaning to have an additional name. 'Eke name' eventually evolved into nickname. You might have a few nicknames of your own, and if you have children or grandchildren you most likely have some for them as well. How about Punkin, Princess, Butch or Ace? There's probably no greater use of nicknames than in sports. I've created a list of 20 different sports celebs. One through 10 on the list are the given names of the athletes and 11 through 20 are the nicknames for the remaining 10. Can you give the nicknames for 1-10 and the given names for 11-20? Please note that all 20 are different athletes. I've heard a rumor that one of our residents - growing up - had the nickname "Squeedunk." I wonder who that could be!? Answers to the quiz are on the next page. By Clare Mendez, Resident This trivia quiz will stretch your long-term memory muscles. 1. 1846 Dentist William Morton was the first person to publicly demonstrate the use of this anesthesia on a patient. 2. 1901 Following the death of this president from an assassin's bullet, Theodore Roosevelt was sworn in as the twenty-sixth president of the United States. 3. 1939 World War II began when German forces invaded and soon conquered this European country. 4. 1940 What did four teenagers discover while exploring a system of caves in the Lascaux region of southwestern France? 5. 1952 This British-born silent film legend was prevented from entering the United States, where he had lived for forty years, because of his suspected Communist activity. 6. 1957 Governor Orval Faubus called out the National Guard to prevent nine black students from entering Central High School in this city. 7. 1959 During a visit to the U.S., Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev exploded with anger when he was told that he could not visit this the four-year-old California tourist site because authorities couldn't guarantee his safety. 8. 1967 This Michigan governor said during a TV interview that he had undergone a "brainwashing" by U.S. officials during a visit to Vietnam two years earlier – a remark that is widely believed to have derailed his 1968 campaign for president. 9. 1972 Tragedy unfolded during the Summer Olympics in this city when Palestinian terrorists took eleven members of the Israeli team hostage and murdered them the next day. 10. 1978 Following twelve days of secret negotiations at Camp David, a framework for peace between Egypt and Israel was signed by the leaders of those two countries and the United States. Can you name all three signers? 11. 1982 Seven people in the Chicago area died after taking this over-the-counter pain reliever, which was later discovered to have been laced with cyanide. 12. 2001 A series of coordinated suicide attacks by Al-Qaeda terrorists took nearly three thousand American lives and injured more than six thousand. Name the three key locations. What's in a 'Nick'Name? September in history Answers on the following page 1. Elroy Hirsh 2. Ted Williams 3. Maurice Richard 4. Willie Mays 5. Mitch Williams 6. Ella Didrickson Zaharias 7. Jerome Bettis 8. Serena Williams 9. Lance Alworth 10. Lou Groza 11. "The Snake" 12. "Sultan of Swat" 13. "The Flying Squirrel" 14. "The Iron Horse " 15. "The Flying Tomato" 16. "Primetime" 17. "The Hick From French Lick" 18. "The Big Unit" 19. "Little Mo" 20. "The Admiral"

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