Jan. 20, 2009
PHILADELPHIA, PA -- The Dr. John Giannini Radio Show begins tonight at 7:30 PM live at The Ugly Moose at 443 Shurs Lane in Manayunk. Tonight's show is the first of five installments through the conclusion of the season.
Dr. John Giannini, along with host Kale Beers, will conduct the hour-long show in front of a live audience and also take questions from the audience as well as those submitted on e-mail and instant message. Until further notice, they will not be able to take live telephone calls.
The show will air live on WHAT AM-1340 and also be heard on GoExplorers.com and RedZoneMedia.com. A video archive will also be posted for GoExplorers.com All-Access subscribers following the live airing.
One of the new features of the Dr. John Giannini Show is a weekly poll question. Live audience members and listeners will be asked a poll question throughout the show with the results tabulated at the conclusion. Also new for the live audience will be the weekly Explorer Pop Quiz - a series of ten questions relating to Explorer basketball. The quizzes will be graded with the top scorer winning a $25 gift certificate to The Ugly Moose. Other prizes and items will also be distributed to members of the live audience.
The contact info for questions and answers to the poll question:
e-mail - lasallesid1@aol.com
Instant messenger (AIM) - lasallesid1
Listen live link
This week's poll question:
Which Xavier team is better?
a) This season b) Last season
This week's pop quiz:
1. Who is the most recent Explorer to score 1,000 career points? Rodney Green
2. Which Explorer currently holds the longest starting streak (56 games)? Yves Mekongo Mbala
3. Which Explorer scores an average of 12.7 points per game as a starter, but 7.8 points per game as a non-starter? Ruben Guillandeaux
4. Which Explorer has blocked 31 shots so far this season, which is already three more than last year's blocking leader had all season? Vernon Goodridge
5. Which Explorer moved to the United States from Cameroon in 2003 and is fluent in both French and English? Yves Mekongo Mbala
6. Which Williams twin committed to La Salle first - Jerrell or Terrell? Terrell
7. The Explorers are 12-0 over the past few seasons when which player enters the game? Brad Cohen
8. Which Explorer has improved his scoring average to 12.6 points per game after averaging 7.9 points per game last season? Kimmani Barrett
9. What is Coach G's favorite sports drama movie? Rocky
10. Rank the following high-scoring Explorers in the order (from greatest to least) of their career points: Randy Woods, Steven Smith, Darnell Harris, Michael Brooks, Rasual Butler. Brooks, Butler, Smith, Woods, Harris
