10/28/09 Celtic Trivia Question?

DiNatale Flooring. Founded in 1933 in Charlestown, moved to Dorchester in 1948. Laid the floor down in 1946 (so he was still in Chahlestown). It cost Walter Brown $11,000.

The owner, Anthony DiNatale, was a former Massachusetts Public Works Commissioner. What a surprise he got the job. :-) He died at the ripe old age of 88 in 1994.

bob

bob

here is what I had

The parquet floor will be making the transition from the Boston Garden into the FleetCenter - the Celtics' new home. The parquet floor is the focus of fascination for many fans and the following is a sampling of the questions that tend to be asked:
Q. Is this the same floor that was used from the original days of the Celtics?

A. In 1946, Celtics Owner Walter Brown planned a basketball floor to be built in Boston Arena (presently the home of Northeastern University's Huskies and has been renamed the Mathews Arena) where the Celtics played home games along with Boston Garden. Pieces of the floor have replaced over the years; however, some of the pieces may be the same as used in 1946 when the floor was originally built.

Q. How was the floor built?

A. It was built in 1946 of hardwood, from a forest in Tennessee, originally used to build barracks during World War II. The cost was in the $10,000-$11,000 range. The floor was manufactured because of a shortage of materials following World War II. This shortage caused the East Boston Lumber Company to construct the floor from scraps, fitting them together in an alternation pattern. The original parquet floor was moved from Boston Arena to Boston Garden in December, 1952.

here is the link

http://basketball.ballparks.com/NBA/BostonCeltics/oldindex.htm

beat

beat wrote:bob

here is what I had

The parquet floor will be making the transition from the Boston Garden into the FleetCenter - the Celtics' new home. The parquet floor is the focus of fascination for many fans and the following is a sampling of the questions that tend to be asked:
Q. Is this the same floor that was used from the original days of the Celtics?

A. In 1946, Celtics Owner Walter Brown planned a basketball floor to be built in Boston Arena (presently the home of Northeastern University's Huskies and has been renamed the Mathews Arena) where the Celtics played home games along with Boston Garden. Pieces of the floor have replaced over the years; however, some of the pieces may be the same as used in 1946 when the floor was originally built.

Q. How was the floor built?

A. It was built in 1946 of hardwood, from a forest in Tennessee, originally used to build barracks during World War II. The cost was in the $10,000-$11,000 range. The floor was manufactured because of a shortage of materials following World War II. This shortage caused the East Boston Lumber Company to construct the floor from scraps, fitting them together in an alternation pattern. The original parquet floor was moved from Boston Arena to Boston Garden in December, 1952.

here is the link

http://basketball.ballparks.com/NBA/BostonCeltics/oldindex.htm

beat

beat,

http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-8278256.html

bob

Bob

I just googled his name. Appears you are correct and will not be allowed to answer any trivia questions in the future..........

Just kidding of course. Interesting find

beat

pete wrote:That was a tough one, how about something like Larry Bird's number?

Frontwards or backwards?

upside down

OK
Bob Pete and GYSO

here is a real number trivia?

Name the only players two players on the same team at the same time wearing the numbers 0 and 00? They actually played together on 2 different teams wearing those exact numbers?

beat

beat,

I plead the 5th on this one.

Pete

pete

When Olden Polynice and Benoit Benjamin were teammates with the Clippers and later the Sonics, Polynice wore 0 and Benjamin 00.

beat,

Thanks, I would never have gotten that one.

Pete

beat wrote:OK
Bob Pete and GYSO

here is a real number trivia?

Name the only players two players on the same team at the same time wearing the numbers 0 and 00? They actually played together on 2 different teams wearing those exact numbers?

beat

beat,

Philadelphia '76ers, 1998.

Eric Montross - 00
Benoit Benjamin - 0

Oops. I forgot I'm not allowed to answer any more trivia questions. :-)

bob
P.S. I believe the rule has been changed so that you can't have players wearing 0 and 00 on the same team anymore.

P.P.S. How appropriate those two players wore 'zeros'. Pretty much sums up their careers...

Bob

dang it.

You are something else. Maybe tomorrow I will have a question for you.

And a question for the rest!

beat


Pete

I think tomorrow I shall try "your" question on Bob


beat

beat,

Lets play stump Bob, it will take the heat off of me!

{Pete