THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2022 Page 15 Lady Patriots Volleyball, Boys’’ Soccer Team Open Playoffs Revere girls’ midfi elder Sandra Torres seeks to help her team to a playoff victory in the preliminary round of the Div. 3 tournament. (Advocate photos by Greg Phipps) By Greg Phipps T he Revere High School volleyball team has staged an amazing season by going undefeated. Despite the perfect regular-season performance, the Patriots were seeded surprisingly low in the Div. 2 state playoff tournament. Revere, which fi nished with a 20-0 regular-season mark, was positioned 19th. The only other undefeated team in the fi eld - Westborough - was awarded the top seed in the tournament. As a Despite a strong season within the Greater Boston League, Revere forward Kevin Flores and the Patriots did not capture a playoff berth this fall. result of their seeding, the Patriots opened the tourney on the road by taking on No. 14 Amherst-Pelham (17-3) in the Round of 32 Thursday night (after press deadline). The Patriots' girls soccer team also received a playoff bid. Head coach Megan O'Donnell and her team edged into the 38th seed of the Div. 3 tournament with a 10-6-2 regular-season record. Revere opens in the preliminary round at 27th seeded Bishop Stang Friday night at 6:30 p.m. The Patriots have ALERT | FROM Page 14 ly. If you receive a message that seems legitimate, but you aren’t sure, stop communicating with the person who contacted you. Then verify their claims by contacting the government agency they say they represent. For details on the student loan forgiveness program, visit ED.gov or StudentAid.gov. • Never pay fees for a free government program. 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On Nov. 4, 1904, in New England, what became the first stadium built just for football? 2. What 18th century violin maker’s fi rst name was Antonio? 3. On Nov. 5, 1872, who voted in the presidential election and was later arrested and convicted for voting illegally? 4. In 1909 “Miss Columbia” became the fi rst airplane purchased by the U.S. government; who sold it? 5. November 6 is National Saxophone Day (Inventor Adolphe Sax was born on Nov. 6, 1814); is a saxophone a woodwind or a brass? 6. How are “High Rollers,” “To Tell the Truth” and “Jeopardy!” similar? 7. What TV series title with the number 12 also has the name of a person in the Bible? 8. What is a palindrome? (Example: “Was it a rat I saw?”) 9. On Nov. 7, 1959, what state offi cially joined the Union? 10. Reportedly, Monopoly’s Community Chest was inspired by what resort city’s “forerunner of the United Way”? Answers 11. Since when has the NFL played football on Thanksgiving Day: 1899, 1920 or 1936? 12. November 8 is Election Day; what TV series coined the expression “voted off the island”? 13. What song title includes in parentheses That’s What I Want? 14. Whose picture is on the world’s first adhesive postage stamp: Abraham Lincoln, George Washington or Queen Victoria? 15. How are tiger stripe, Japanese black and Turk’s turban similar? 16. On Nov. 9, 1965, there was a blackout over what part of the USA? 17. In the movie “Gone With the Wind,” what line precedes “I can’t let him go. I can’t. There must be some way to bring him back!”? 18. Whose presidential library is in Northampton, Mass.? 19. Iron Butterfl y’s song “InA-Gadda-Da-Vida” is approximately how many minutes long: 10, 13 or 17? 20. On Nov. 10, 1969, what children’s TV show debuted? Like us on Facebook advocate newspaper Facebook.com/Advocate.news.ma 1. Harvard Stadium 2. Stradivarius 3. Susan B. Anthony 4. The Wright Brothers 5. A woodwind (It is made of brass but has a single reed.) 6. They are TV shows hosted by Alex Trebek. 7. “Adam 12” 8. Words that can be read the same backwards and forwards 9. Hawaii 10. Atlantic City 11. 1920 12. “Survivor” 13. “Money” 14. Queen Victoria 15. They are types of pumpkin. 16. The Northeast 17. “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.” 18. Calvin Coolidge’s 19. 17 20. “Sesame Street”
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