Answers to Quiz on Notable El Cerritans

Here are the answers from the to yesterday's quiz on notable El Cerritans.  

Readers who posted answers yesterday were right for the most part, though some questions were stumpers – like who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

The questions and correct answers are in bold font. And by the way, all of the names listed live or have lived in El Cerrito.

Who were members of ?

• John Fogerty
• Tom Fogerty
• Stu Cook
• Doug Clifford

Who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry?

• Ed McMillian – Noble Prize winner in Chemisty
• – Owned Mexican land grant that become El Cerrito
• Hale Roach – National Track Coach of 1972
• Thomas Pridgen - Former drummer in “The Mars Volta” band

Who are famous authors from El Cerrito?

• Amy Chua – 
• Gail Tsukiyama – Women of the Silk
• Catherine Asaro – Saga of the Skolian Empire

 Who was Miss USA in 1966?

• Maria Remenyi – 1965 Miss California
•  Popularized the fan and bubble dances
• – Co-founder of Save the Bay

 Who represented Republic of China in the 1972 Olympic Games?

• Roddy Lee – Represented the Republic of China in both the 1970 Asia Games and the 1972 Olympic Games, winning two silver medals in the Asia Games  
• Tung-Yen Lin – World famous structural engineer  

Who was a member of The Limelighters?

• Lou Gottlieb – Singer, violin and bass player
• George Friend – 1920s land developer

Who was the first and for over 20 years the only female GM auto dealer in the country?

• Adelaide Claar – Claar Chevrolet 1939-1970
• Karen Grassle – Ma in Little House on the Prairie

Who founded Bio-Rad laboratories in 1952?

• – Co-founded with wife, 7000 employees
• Adam Sessler – Co-host of X-Play on G4

Who has been a famous newscaster?

• – Pioneer African-American TV journalist
• Fred Van Amberg – Former anchor of ABC TV
• Willie Monroe – Bureau Chief for the ABC7 Oakland Bureau

Who is a member of the Professional Bowling Association Hall of Fame?

• Mike McGrath – Ten PBA titles
• – First African-American on Red Sox
• Ernie Broglio – St. Louis Cardinals 1959