You have the entire class period to complete the quiz. Answers should be neatly written in the comment section. Do not fill in the “DO NOT FILL IN” section. When you’re done, you may sit quietly until the bell rings. If you have any questions, you’re in the right place. Good luck.
NAME CLASS
DATE SUMMER SEMESTER
1) In today’s modern world, backwards thinking abounds: the Earth is flat; vaccines are bad, viruses are good; hate is a “side.” While most historians concur on June 13, 2026, the New York Knicks
defeated the San Antonio Spurs to win the NBA championship, a small but vocal lot claim this to be a mass hallucination, and that the Knicks never won the title. For the purposes of academic exericse, what if that were true? And instead of going six/fo’fo’/fi’, the Knicks went six/fo’/fo’/no? Remember to show your work.
1) How would Josh Hart’s missed lay-up late in Game 4 have impacted his rep if the Knicks went on to lose that game and the series? How would it be any more or less tolerable than the Charles Smith miss?
2) How warm would Mike Brown’s seat have grown if the Knicks lost the Finals? Would he be celebrated for unlocking such a dominant playoff run, even coming up short? Would he be dismissed as a coach who has never led a team all the way?
3) Would James Dolan have publicly refused to enter the second apron if the Knicks blew a 2-0 Finals lead?
4) If Mitchell Robinson left after losing in the Finals, would Knicks fans be more worried about losing a key contributor or hopeful for a future with someone who shoots better than 30% from the line?
5) Staying with the bench, these are the Finals shooting percentages from the field and from three for Landry Shamet, Jose Alvarado, Jordan Clarkson and Miles McBride:
- Shamet: 33%, 31%
- Alvarado: 33%, 25%
- Clarkson: 38%, 33%
- McBride: 18%, 18%
Given the apron restrictions the Knicks were under and the quartet’s shooting numbers, would New York have brought all four back if they’d lost? If they were to let one or more depart, who would it have been? Who might they have looked to replace them with, either from further down the bench or a new addition?
6) Stephon Castle attempted 21 free throws in the Finals. Mikal Bridges attempted 25 throughout the postseason. Had the Knicks lost to the Spurs, how much heat would Bridges have received?
BONUS QUESTIONS
*) What is the following sentence?
Dennis, Nell, Edna, Leon, Nedra, Anita, Rolf, Nora, Alice, Carol, Leo, Jane, Reed, Dena, Dale, Basil, Rae, Penny, Lana, Dave, Denny, Lena, Ida, Bernadette, Ben, Ray, Lila, Nina, Jo, Ira, Mara, Sara, Mario, Jan, Ina, Lily, Arne, Bette, Dan, Reba, Diane, Lynn, Ed, Eva, Dana, Lynne, Pearl, Isabel, Ada, Ned, Dee, Rena, Joel, Lora, Cecil, Aaron, Flora, Tina, Arden, Noel, and Ellen sinned.
*) If two typists can type two pages in two minutes, how many does it take to type 18 pages in six minutes?
*) What nine-letter word can you make unscrambling these letters?
E C P R U A T H A
*) If you count from 1 to 100, how many 7’s will you pass on the way?
A 10
B 11
C 19
D 20
E None of the above
