History Questions
Question 1. What year was I Love Our Youth
incorporated as a non-profit organization in NYS?
Answer: 1993 (December)
Question 2. Who was the first Most Valuable
Player of the Hollis Biddies?
Answer: Ike Parker (1971)
Question 3. What former Hollis Biddies
Cheerleader is a dancer with the hit Broadway show, "The Lion King?"
Answer: Valencia Pettus (maiden name is
Yearwood)
Question 4: What former New York Knicks guard
played for the Hollis Biddies All-Stars in Montreal, Canada?
Answer: Mark Jackson (1977)
Question 5: What League did the Hollis Biddies
use as a model?
Answer: The East Harlem Biddies
Question 6: Who designed the first Hollis Biddies
Logo?
Answer: Don Averett, Sr.
Question 7: What fraternity does former New York Knicks and Hall of Famer, Coach Lenny Wilkins; Hall of Fame guard, Nate "Tiny" Archibald; Hollis Biddies Founder, Hosea Givan, Sr.; I Love Our Youth Founder, Hosea James Givan II; Hollis Biddies Coaches, Donald Francois and Chris Murray, Webmaster, Malaney Hill; City Councilman Leroy Comrie; Congressman Greg Meeks; Nike Corporate Giant, Gerry Erasme; Rev. Floyd Flake; and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. all belong to?
Answer: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.(Colors: Black & Old Gold)
Question 8: Who holds the single game scoring record for the Hollis Biddies?
Answer: Former MVP, Warnell Wells, 39 points (Championship Game, December 1995)
Question 9: What are the official colors of I Love Our Youth, Inc.?
Answer: Red, Black and Green
Question 10: Where were the first games of Hollis Biddies played? Answer: Andrew Jackson High School (Campus Magnet High School)
Question 11: Which former Hollis Biddy and Andrew Jackson stand-out was an All-American at St. John's University? Answer: Boo Harvey
Question 12: Which coaches hold the record for most championship titles? Answer: Craig Phillips (3) and Donald Francois (3)
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