Lake Havasu City, AZ
28th Annual Run to the Sun - 2005
Thursday, October 20th
Poker Run
Due to popular demand, the Poker Run destination this year was once again
the Blue Water Resort & Casino in Parker, AZ. The weather on Thursday
morning was perfect for cruising and 215 cars made the 35 mile trek south to
Parker along State Route 95. We bet that was quite some site for the cars
traveling northbound.
The first card was drawn at the "Pink Hotel" on the island in Lake
Havasu City and cars left there between 10:00 AM and Noon. One free hand came
with each entry and additional hands could be purchased at the first stop for
$5.00 each. From there, the cars crossed over the London Bridge and headed down
SR 95 on their way to the scenic outlook, where the second card was drawn. The
next stop was Havasu Springs to draw the third card. Stop four was at the State
Park and the final card was drawn at the Blue Water Resort & Casino in
Parker, where entrants enjoyed taking a break, having a bite to eat and doing a
little gambling before heading back to Lake Havasu City for cruise night.
In addition to the cash prizes donated by the Blue Water Resort &
Casino, they also provided the following prizes that were awarded
to entrants on the Poker Run; a three night stay at the Blue Water with concert
tickets for an upcoming concert on the weekend of their choice, a three night
stay at the Blue Water, a two night stay at the Blue
Water and they also provided several golf shirts that were given away.
Dave Patterson (Entry #702) won the $250.00 prize for best hand. He had four
aces.
Katie Delk (Entry #312) won the $200.00 prize for worst hand with her 2 3 5
6 8 hand.
Our Poker Run Chairman also had a candy guessing game at the Blue Water
Resort that was won by Ray Fields (Entry #37) from Lomita, CA. The jar had 298
pieces of candy and Ray's prize was the jar of candy, to share with his fellow
Cruisin' 50's club members, plus a chair, hat, and a bag of goodies.
Trivia Contest
The people participating in the Poker Run this year also were given a sheet
of trivia questions to complete on the drive to Parker. This multiple choice
quiz had a $50.00 prize for the most correct answers and Bill McMasters
(Entry #546) got all but five answers correct and tied with another entry.
Bill won the tie breaker by guessing the closest number of participants in the
Poker Run.
The questions and answers were:
1. The 1st host of the Tonight Show was
Jack Paar
Johnny Carson
Steve
Allen
2. In what year was Dick Clark born?
1919
1929
1939
3. Zorro is formally known as?
Don
Diego de la Vega
Don Juan de Marco
Don Francisco de la
Espana
4. Maynard, Thalia & Zelda were characters on
Leave it to Beaver
Many
Loves of Dobie Gillis
Honeymooners
5. The Big Bopper's real name was
Jiles
P. Richardson
Roy Harold Scherer Jr.
Marion Michael Morrison
6. The group was Frankie Lymon & the
Dominoes
Teenagers
Moonglows
7. Edd "Kookie Lend me your Comb" Byrnes was on what TV Show?
77
Sunset Strip
Hawaiian Eye
Surfside Six
8. One hit wonder "Book of Love" by
The Penguins
The
Monotones
The Platters
9. How old would Elvis have been on his birthday January 8, 2000?
55
60
65
10. How old would Marilyn Monroe have been on her birthday June 1,
2000?
54
64
74
11. How old would James Dean have been on his birthday February 8, 2000?
59
69
79
12. Who's known as Mr. Television?
Ed Sullivan
Walter Cronkite
Milton
Berle
13. Where was Elvis Presley born?
Tupelo, Tennessee
Tupelo,
Mississippi
Tupelo, Alabama
14. Number 24 with baseball's Giants?
Joe DiMaggio
Jackie Robinson
Willy
Mays
15. The letters in NASA stand for
Nat'l Air & Space
Authority
Nat'l Aero. & Science
Agency
Nat'l
Aero. & Space Adm.
16. Name the dog on Sputnik II
Nikita
Laika
Otto
17. In 1958 postage stamps were raised
2 cents to 3 cents
3
cents to 4 cents
4 cents to 5 cents
18. 1st Shelby Mustang GT-350 289/306
1966
1965
1964-½
19. New 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona
$3,300
$4,000
$4,700
20. 1967 Camaro Z28 302, stated hp 290 was really
330
360
400
21. 1st year of the Pontiac Firebird Trans Am 455
1969
1970
1971
22. New in 1965-67, 427 AC Cobra
$ 7,000
$ 8,500
$10,500
23. Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin (Astronaut)
dead or alive
24. Robert Clemente (Baseball)
dead
or alive
25. Barbara Billingsley (Actress)
dead or alive
26. Del Shannon (Singer)
dead
or alive
27. Cat Stevens (Singer)
dead or alive
Unscramble These Oscar Winning Movies
28. ISGNT = STING
29. MNANRIA = RAINMAN
30. YKORC = ROCKY
