Everyday there are people who make a difference in everyone’s life, someone who cares not just for the country, but also for all the people in it. All of our military personnel are such people; however, we don’t know all of them in a personal-sort of way. Walter Cronkite was such a person – and what he said affected all of us. We all trusted him.
For 19 years during our dinnertime he led us through triumphs and tragedies – rejoicing with us, laughing with us, sighing with us, and crying with us. Helping us cope with whatever the world dealt. Today, in memory of one of our greatest and most beloved anchormen, Walter Cronkite, the Brainbuster is based on trivia of his life and career. Rest in peace, Uncle Walter; we will miss you.
1. True or False: March 6, 1981 marked the last newscast Walter did for CBS.
2. Who replaced Water Cronkite in the CBS Evening News? Katie Curic; Barbara Walters; Peter Jennings; Dan Rather
3. Walter has been nicknamed: The most debated man in America; The Most Trusted Man in America; The Most Political man in America; The most loved man in America.
4. True or false: Walter met his wife while they were both working as newspaper journalists.
5. Walter’s first job as a journalist was: a cub reporter for the Kansas City Times; a reporter covering the Vietnam War; covering the 1952 Republican Convention in Chicago; a journalist with the Christian Science Monitor.
6. What name did Walter Cronkite use when he was in the radio business.
7. How many children did the Cronkites have?
8. True or False: Walter said: “It’s my belief that we should get out now.”
9. True or False: Cronkite also said, “Dan Rather and I are especially chummy.”
10. Where was Walter Cronkite born? Bronyx, New York; St. Joseph, Missouri; Ocala, Florida; Houston, Texas.
11. True or False: Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. was the first play-by-play radio announcer for Oklahoma football, at Skelly Stadium.
ANSWERS:
1. True
2. Dan Rather
3. The Most Trusted Man in America.
4. True
5. a cub reporter for the Kansas City Times.
6. Walter Wilcox
7. 3.-Nancy Cronkite, Kathy Cronkite, and Walter (Chip) Cronkite III.
8. True
9. False. His actual remark was that, “Dan Rather and I just aren’t especially chummy.” 10. St. Joseph, Mo.,
11. True