How many U.S. states border the Gulf of Mexico?
A: Five.
What's the ballet term for a 360-degree turn on one foot?
A: Pirouette.
What did blind bank robber David Worrell use as a weapon when trying to rob a London bank?
A: His cane.
What Great Lake state has more shoreline than the entire U.S. Atlantic seaboard?
A: Michigan.
What model appeared topless on the self-penned 1993 novel Pirate?
A: Fabio.
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Which country has more tractors per capita, Canada, Iceland or Japan?
A: Iceland.
Who averaged one patent for every three weeks of his life?
A: Thomas Edison.
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What Elton John album became the first album to enter the charts at Number One, in 1975?
A: Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy.
What laundry detergent got lots of mileage out of the ad line, "ring around the collar"?
A: Wisk.
Who, after anchoring off Hawaii in 1779, was mistaken for the god Lono?
A: Captain James Cook.
What continent is cut into two fairly equal halves by the Tropic of Capricorn?
A: Australia.
What explorer introduced pigs to North America?
A: Christopher Columbus.
What magazine boasts the slogan: "Test, Inform, Protect"?
A: Consumer Reports.
Who was billed as the "Killer of Custer" in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show?
A: Sitting Bull.
What railway linked Moscow and Irkutsk in 1900?
A: The Trans-Siberian Railway.
What is the minimum number of musicians a band must have to be considered a "big band"?
A: Ten.
What's a water moccasin often called, due to the white inside its mouth?
A: A cottonmouth.
What nation was bounced from the Organization of American States in 1962?
A: Cuba.
What continent has the fewest flowering plants?
A: Antartica.
What element begins with the letter "K"?
A: Krypton.
What country saw a world record 315 million voters turn out for elections on May 20, 1991?
A: India.
What Lewis Carroll book was banned in China afer censors decided: "Animals should not use human language"?
A: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
What is the least popular month for U.S. weddings?
A: January.
What spot once registered 134 degrees, the highest temperature ever in the U.S.?
A: Death Valley.
What was the first organ successfully transplanted from a cadaver to a live person?
A: A kidney.
What surname means "son of Nick"?
A: Nixon.
What duo survived a 1909 shootout with Bolivia's cavalry, according to historians?
A: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
What F-word is defined in physics as a "nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei"?
A: Fusion.
What's the largest and densest of the four rocky planets?
A: Earth.
What ingredient in fresh milk is eventually devoured by bacteria, causing the sour taste?
A: Lactose.
Who offered insurance against an accidental death caused by a falling Sputnik?
A: Lloyds of London.
How many months per year do residents of Tromoso, Norway go without seeing a sunset?
A: Three.
What Beatrix Potter tale is the top-selling children's book of all time?
A: The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
What national holiday in Mexico has picnickers munching chocolate coffins and sugar skulls?
A: The Day of the Dead.
What nation's military attached dynamite packs to Dobermans before sending them into Palestinian guerilla hideouts?
A: Israel.
What was the first planet to be discovered using the telescope, in 1781?
A: Uranus.
How many days does a cat usually stay in heat?
A: Five.
Q: What song do baseball fans break into when Mitch Williams steps out of the bullpen?
A: Wild Thing
Q: Whose 1996 single to center, in his first regular season at-bat, was the first hit by a Red Sox pitcher in 24 years?
A: Roger Clemens.
Q: Who was the American League base-stealing champ for nine years in the 1980s?
A: Rickey Henderson
Q: Who was the winningest active major league baseball manage before he retired in 1996?
A: Tommy Lasorda.
Q: Which finger on a pitcher's throwing hand controls a curve ball and slider?
A: The middle.
Q: What former Negro League player is the only pitcher in the Hall of Fame with a losing major league record?
A: Satchel Page
Q: Who was the only pitcher to lead the National League in strikeouts three times during the 1980s?
A: Steve Carlton
Q: What clan consisting of Ray, Bob and Bret became the first three-generation family to play major league baseball?
A: The Boone Family.
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Q: Who set a major league record for the fewest errors by a shortstop, with three in 1990?
A: Cal Ripkin Jr.
Q: Who was the only major leaguer to play at least 500 games with each of four teams - Houston, Montréal, New York and Detroit?
A: Rusty Staub
Q: Which two cities have ballparks honoring Number 44 above the outfield fence?
A: Atlanta and Milwaukee.
Q: Who returned from a stint in Japan to pound 51 home runs in 1990?
A: Cecil Fielder
Q: Who was the only baseballer to lay over 500 games at each of five different positions?
A: Pete Rose.
Q: What former Yankee southpaw explained how to doctor a baseball in the 1977 article "Confessions of a Gunkball Artist"?
A: Whitey Ford
Q: Who has the most wins in Dodgers history-- Don Drysdale, Sandy Koufax or Don Sutton?
A: Don Sutton.
Q: Who led the National League in ERA in each of his last five seasons, ending in 1966?
A: Sandy Koufax.
Q: What two Yankees were nearly traded to Milwaukee for pitcher Warren Spahn and slugger Hank Aaron in 1960?
A: Whity Ford and Mickey Mantle.
Q: What late, great Dodgers pitcher was known to fans as "Double D"?
A: Don Drysdale.
Q: What pitch does a batter face when Dwight Gooden throws his "yacker"?
A: A curve ball.
Q: What 50-year old minor league pitcher did 57,000 fans crowd the Orange Bowl to watch in 1956?
A: Satchel Page.
Q: What Nicaraguan-born baseballer was known as "Arriba!" to adoring Latin fans?
A: Roberto Clemente.
Q: What commissioner of baseball was named after a Civil War battle fought in Georgia?
A: Kenesaw Mountain Landis.
Q: What homer hitter is known as "The Big Hurt"?
A: Frank Thomas.
Q: Who was the last graduate of the Negro Leagues to retire from major league baseball?
A: Hank Aaron.
Q: What 1995 World Series teams were both picketed by the American Indian Movement?
A: The Atlanta Braves and Cleveland Indians.
Q: How many home run titles did Roger Maris win?
A: One
Q: What catcher replaced Mel Allen as TV announcer for the Yankees in 1964?
A: Joe Garagiola.
Q: What two players are tied for second behind Ty Cobb in total career runs?
A: Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth.
Q: What slugger did Boston name its third harbor tunnel after?
A: Ted Williams.
Q: What moniker did relief pitcher Jeff Reardon share with an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie?
A: The Terminator.
Q: What punctuation mark did baseball clown Max Patkin wear on the back of his jersey?
A: "?".
Q: Whose record of 59 did Babe Ruth break when he hit 60 homers in one season?
A: Babe Ruth's.
Q: What National League ballpark is known as the "Friendly Confines"?
A: Wrigley Field.
Q: What strikeout artist is nicknamed "The Big Unit"?
A: Randy Johnson.
Q: Who was Joe DiMaggio nearly traded to the Red Sox for in 1976?
A: Ted Williams.
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Q: What two Players led the National League in stolen bases every year from 1981 to 1990?
A: Vince Coleman and Tim Raines.
Q: What left-handed baseball legend's statue in Baltimore mistakenly depicted him with a right-handed fielder's glove?
A: Babe Ruth's.
Q: What does Yogi Berra advise you to do when you come to a fork in the road?
A: Take it.
Q: What was installed in front of major league baseball fences in 1950?
A: A warning track.
Q: Whose number 4 was the first number ever retired in major league baseball, in 1939?
A: Lou Gerhig's.
Q: How many career grand slams did Frank Robinson swat besides the two he hit in consecutive at bats in 1970?
A: Zero.
Q: What baseball team retired the jerseys of Ken Boyer, Lou Brock and Dizzy Dean?
A: The Saint Louis Cardinals.
Q: What sports figure, when asked if he'd seen Dr. Zhivago, allegedly said: "No I feel fine"?
A: Yogi Berra.
Q: What former L.A. Dodgers southpaw autographed yarmulkes that fetched $75 each in 1995?
A: Sandy Koufax.
Q: Whose single-season strikeout record did Nolan Ryan beat by one?
A: Sandy Koufax's
Q: What 1995 change to Kansas City's stadium "smells like baseball" to Cal Ripken?
A: Natural grass.
Q: Who did the Boston Bruins lose 18 straight playoff series to, form 1946 to 1987?
A: The Montreal Canadians.
Q: What did Phil Niekro throw six times in one 1979 game, including four in one inning, typing per game and per inning records?
A: Wild pitches.
Q: Who was baseball's acting commissioner during the infamous 1994-95 strike?
A: Bud Selig.
Q: What Baltimore hurler claimed the only thing manager Earl Weaver knew about pitching was that "he couldn't hit it"?
A: Jim Palmer.
Q: What Yankee pitcher threw his first no-hitter the night before hid dad had open-heart surgery, in 1996?
A: Dwight Gooden.
Q: What relief pitcher was nicknamed for the pet he kept while playing for the Pirates?
A: "Goose" Gossage.
Q: What major league baseball team started playing in Coors Stadium in 1995?
A: The Colorado Rockies.
Q: Who was the first Baltimore Oriole to be named American League MVP?
A: Brooks Robinson.
Q: What Atlanta Braves slugger do fans call "Crime Dog"?
A: Fred McGriff.
Q: What base did Babe Ruth touch for luck while running form the outfield between innings?
A: Second base.
Q: What Negro League home run king died less than three months before Jack?
A: Josh Gibson.
Q: What Cleveland Indians slugger nixed a five-year, $43-million contract offer in 1996?
A: Albert Belle.
What pitcher has the most World Series victories
Whitey Ford with 10
Who had the biggest drop in batting average from one season to the next?
Norm Cash of the Tigers batted .361 in 1961 and .243 the next year.
What were the only two brothers to win the Cy Young Award
Jim Perry with the Twins,in 1970 and Gaylord Perry with the Indians in 1972.
Who is the only pitcher with over 3,000 strikeouts and fewer than 1,000 walks?
Ferguson Jenkins
Which pitcher has the most wins without ever appearing in a World Series?
Phil Niekro with 318 wins.
Who is the only pitcher to win the Rookie of the Year, Cy Young and MVP?
Don Newcombe of the Dodgers
Who had the most hits in the 1990's?
Mark Grace of the Cubs
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Who is the only pitcher to win the MVP two years in a row?
Hal Newhouser of the Tigers in 1944-45
Who is the only pitcher to win six Cy Young Awards?
Roger Clemens
What pitcher has won the ERA title the most times?
Lefty Grove with 9
Who has allowed the most walks in their career?
Nolan Ryan with 2,795. Who has the most career home runs without ever being in a World Series?
Ernie Banks, with 512 Home runs.
What father-and-son combo has the most career home runs?
Bobby and Barry Bonds, with 332 for Bobby and 650 and counting for Barry.
Who was the first National Leaguer to hit 50 home runs in two consecutive seasons?
Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa both did it in 1998-1999
What was Babe Ruth's lifetime batting average?
.342
Who is the only person to win the batting title in his first two full major league seasons?
Tony Oliva of the Twins in 1964 and 1965
Who is the only pitcher to save three consecutive All Star games?
Dennis Eckersley, 1989-91
Who hit into the most double plays in their career?
Hank Aaron, with 328.
Q: Whose ceremonial pitch to open the 1940 baseball season smashed into the camera lens of a Washington Post photographer?
A: Franklin D. Roosevelt's.
Q: Who homered in his third straight game on the day he beat Lou Gehrig's record for consecutive games?
A: Cal Ripken Jr.
Q: What two Yankees did 17-year-old female Jackie Mitchell strike out successively in 1931?
A: Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.
Q: What slow-footed catcher admitted he used to knock his hat off while running to first base to make it appear he was "really moving"?
A: Bob Uecker.
Q: What pitcher was taken out of his major league debut in the seventh inning for a pinch hitter named Duffy Lewis, in 1914?
A: Babe Ruth
Q: What did Chris Sabo shower the field with when his bat broke in a July 31,1996 game?
A: Cork.
Q: Whose record did Reggie Jackson tie when he spanked three home runs in a World Series game?
A: Babe Ruth's.
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Q: What major league baseball team is sometimes dubbed "The Fish"?
A: The Florida Marlins.
Q: What American League baseball team plays home games in a stadium nicknamed " the Big A"?
A: The California Angels.
Q: What National Leaguer went longest between MVP seasons, winning in 1954 and 1965?
A: Willie Mays.
Q: How many intentional walks did Roger Maris, batting ahead of Micky Mantle, get in his 61 home run season in 1961?
A: Zero.
Q: What Cy Young Award winner continued to hurl for a prison team called the Detroit Dennys?
A: Denny McLain.
Q: What catcher, asked during spring training what his hat size was, answered: "I don't know. I'm not in shape yet"?
A: Yogi Berra.
Q: Who was the National League home run king in half the seeasons of the 1980's?
A: Mike Schmidt.
Q: What Phillies slugger, upon seeing Lake Michigan for the firs time, asked: "What ocean is that"?
A: John Kruk
Q: What Yankees manager explained: "In a short series good itching will always beat good hitting -- and vice versa"?
A: Casey Stengel.
Q: Who's major league baseball's career leader in total bases?
A: Hank Aaron.
Q: Who signed with the Yankees in 1980 for over twice the amount George Steinbrenner paid for the franchise?
A: Dave Winfield.
Q: What high-living Yankee slugger's roommate noted: "I don't room with him. I room with his suitcase"?
A: Babe Ruth's.
Q: What slugger received 900,000 letters in the first six months of 1974?
A: Hank Aaron.
Q: What major league baseball team had an Internet home page in English, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, and Mandarin in 1996?
A: The Los Angeles Dodgers.
Q: What baseball team has lost the World Series a record 12 times?
A: The Dodgers.
Q: Who has the best won-lost percentage of any pitcher with 15 or more wins against the New York Yankees?
A: Babe Ruth.
Q: Who was pitching when pitcher Joe Niekro smacked his only homer, in 1976?
A: Phil Niekro.
Q: What 60 year old gave up one hit in three innings of work against the Red Sox in 1965?
A: Satchel Paige.
Q: What pitcher set a record in 1977 for most walks in a post World War II season, with 201?
A: Nolan Ryan.
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Q: What Indiana Pacer did Knicks fan Spike Lee anger during the 1994 playoffs by calling him "Cheryl"?
A: Reggie Miller.
Q: What franchise has played in the most NBA finals since 1947?
A: The Lakers.
Q: What two NBA players won the MVP trophy three times each from 1986 through 1992?
A: Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan.
Q: What player did the Boston Celtics draft between won-lost seasons of 29-53 and 61-21?
A: Larry Bird.
Q: What Baltic country did Portland Trail Blazer Arvydas Sabonis play for at the 1996 Olympics?
A: Lithuania.
Q: What NBA team became the first to defeat the Boston Celtics in 12 straight games, in 1995?
A: The New York Knicks.
Q: Who was the first hoopster to win eight NBA scoring titles?
A: Michael Jordan.
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Q: What NBA team is know in China as "the Red Oxen"?
A: The Chicago Bulls.
Q: Who was the last Boston Celtics coach to lead the team to two straight NBA titles?
A: Bill Russell.
Q: What two NBA stars did Forbes list as the highest paid athletes for 1994?
A:Michael Jordan and Shaquille O'Neal
Q: What NBA coach got cosmic by penning the Zen book Sacred Hoops: Spiritual Lessons of a Hardwood Warrior?
A: Phil Jackson
Q: Who earned $32 million of his $36 million 1993 earnings from endorsements?
A: Michael Jordan.
Q: What 20th-century decade saw the NBA adopt the 24-second shot clock?
A: The 1950s.
Q: What 1960 rookie bested the league's "triple double" record of two during his first week in the NBA?
A: Oscar Robertson.
Q: What seven-foot-two Chicago Bulls hoopster was the first Australian to lay in the NBA?
A: Lue Longley
Q: What future NBA star was dubbed "Boy Gorge" when his weight passed 300 pounds in college?
A: Charles Barkley.
Q: What Lakers coach had been an 11th-round pick in the 1967 NFL draft?
A: Pat Riley.
Q: What NBA team plays home games at a facility nicknamed "The O-rena"?
A: The Orlando Magic
Q: Who became the NBA's winningest coach ever on January 6, 1995?
A: Lenny Wilkins
Q: Who netted an NBA record 72.7 field goal percentage in the 1972-73 season?
A: Wilt Chamberlain.
Q: What sports team got its name because its owners wanted to "set the pace" in the NBA?
A: The Indiana Pacers.
Q: What NBA star attempted a record 28,307 field goals in regular season games?
A: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Q: What NBA team started out in 1948 as the Tri-Cities Blackhawks?
A: The Atlanta Hawks.
Q: What NBA team failed to make the playoffs in 1994 for the first time since 1976?
A: The Los Angeles Lakers.
Q: What basketball team was the first in major league sports to be named for an insect?
A: The Charlotte Hornets.
Q: What L.A. Lakers great might have played for Chicago if the Bulls had called "tails" in a 1979 NBA coin toss?
A: Magic Johnson
Q: What Chicago Bulls coach has checked into hotels under the pseudonym "Mr. Red Cloud"?
A: Phil Jackson.
Q: What NBA team is named after a car part?
A: The Detroit Pistons.
Q: What hoopster scored in double figures in 787 straight games, from December 4, 1977 to December 4, 1987?
A: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Q: What NBA team retired jersey numbers 3, 33, 32, and 35 in the 1990s?
A: The Boston Celtics.
Q: What NBA team plays home games in an arena located at Two Pennsylvania Plaza?
A: The New York Knicks.
Q: What NBA hoopster averaged an amazing 48.5 minutes per game, including overtime, in the 1961-62 season?
A: Wilt Chamberlin.
Q: What NBA hoopster is known as "The Worm"?
A: Dennis Rodman.
Q: What NBA star retired for the third time on May 14, 1996?
A: Magic Johnson.
Q: How many rules did James Naismith originally write to define basketball --13, 33, or 53?
A: Thirteen.
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Q: Who led the NBA in hair colors in 1995?
A: Dennis Rodman.
Q: What seven-foot-one NBA center's first name translates as "little one"?
A: Shaquille O'Neal's.
Q: What do you have to be in the NBA to win the Eddie Gottlieb Trophy?
A: Rookie of the year.
Q: Whose all-time NBA assists record was broken by John Stockton in 1995?
A: Magic Johnson's.
Q: What basketball team had drubbed the New Jersey Reds 2,495 times straight before losing to them 100-99 in 1971?
A: The Harlem Globetrotters.
Q: What city decided to call its new NBA team the Grizzlies, after much debate?
A: Vancouver.
Q: Whose 1996 return to the NBA earned him simultaneous Time, Newsweek, U.S. News and Sports Illustrated covers?
A: Magic Johnson
Q: What Celtics star of the 1980s did the Boston Globe say looked like Herman Munster?
A: Kevin McHale.
Q: What was the first NBA team to win 70 games or more in the regular season?
A: The Chicago Bulls.
Q: Who holds the NBA scoring mark for a single half, with 59 points?
A: Wilt Chamberlin.
Q: What nickname did NBA star Karl Malone earn for his ability to deliver in the clutch?
A: The Mailman.
Q: How many NBA titles did Magic Johnson help the Lakers win as a player?
A: Five.
Q: What former L.A. Lakers guard became the team's general manger?
A: Jerry West.
Q: What hoopsters did major league pitches Bob Gibson and Ferguson Jenkins once play for?
A: The Harlem Globetrotters.
Q: What boxing class is heaviest - flyweight, bantam weight or feather weight?
A: Feather weight.
Q: What nickname do boxing fans call 300 pound Eric Esch, King of the Fouro-Rounders?
A: "Butter Bean".
Q: Who beat Michael Moorer in a 1994 heavyweight title fight hyped as " One for the Ages"?
A: George Foreman.
Q: What boxer made his first title defense in 21 years, in 1995?
A: George Foreman.
Q: Who did Joe Frazier say he wanted "like a hog wants slop"?
A: Muhammad Ali
Q: What percentage of Mike Tyson's 1995 earnings came from endorsements?
A: Zero.
Q: What boxer answers to the nickname "Sweet Pea"?
A: Pernell Whitaker
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Q: What heavyweight champion was nicknamed "Real Deal"?
A: Evander Holyfield
Q: Who received a reported $25 million for a 1995 boxing match that lasted 89 seconds?
A: Mike Tyson.
Q: How old was George Foreman when he became the oldest heavyweight champ in history?
A: Forty-five.
Q: What pro sport gives its participants an 87 percent chance of suffering brain damage?
A: Boxing.
Q: What boxing weight class is limited to 190 pounds?
A: Cruiserweight.
Q: What Mexican boxing champ lost for the first time to little known Frankie Randall?
A: Julio Cesar Chavez.
Q: What had to occur for a round to end when John L. Sullivan beat Jake Killrain in 75 rounds, in 1889?
A: A knockdown.
Q: Who was the first sports announcer to address Muhammad Ali by his Muslim name?
A: Howard Cosell.
Q: What year in the 1970s was Muhammad Ali's last as heavyweight champ?
A:1979.
Q: What boxing promoter was indicted for filing a false insurance claim with Lloyds of London?
A: Don King.
Q: What boxer successfully defended his title against George Foreman and Larry Holmes?
A: Evander Holyfield.
Q: Who reigned as heavyweight boxing champ of Uganda from 1951-1960?
A: Idi Amin.
Q: What did boxer Nelson Azumah change his name to?
A: Azumah Nelson.
Q: What boxing promoter's favorite expression is "Only in America"?
A: Don King's.
Q: What Steelers quarterback, according to Hollywood Henderson, "couldn't spell cat if you spotted him the' C' and the 'A'"?
A: Terry Bradshaw.
Q: What Ivy League football team once lost an NCAA record 44 straight games?
A: Columbia.
Q: What yard line must a football team drive to, to reach the "red zone"?
A: The twenty.
Q: What budding politician led the AFL in passing yards for the 1960s?
A: Jack Kemp.
Q: What NFL footballer saw his weight reach a league-leading 340 pounds in 1988?
A: William "The Refrigerator" Perry.
Q: Who played defensive back for the New York Giants before he coached the Cowboys?
A: Tom Landry.
Q: What football league had expansion teams in Baltimore, Las Vegas and Shreveport for the 1994 season?
A: The Canadian Football League
Q: How many points was a touchdown worth in 1911?
A: Five.
Q: What university's football team played in the first seven Holiday Bowls?
A: Brigham Young's.
Q: What NFL team did Rafael Septien boot balls for from 1978 to 1986?
A: The Dallas Cowboys.
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Q: What National Football Conference division do the Lions, Bears and Packers play in?
A: The Central Division
Q: What Dallas quarterback fumbled a record five times in four Super Bowl games?
A: Roger Staubach.
Q: Whose NFL playing career began in 1949 and ended in 1975?
A: George Blanda's.
Q: Who said life's three important things were "family, religion and the Green Bay Packers"?
A: Vince Lombardi.
Q: What sportscaster posted an NFL coaching record of 103-22-7?
A: John Madden.
Q: What "winning" slogan credited to Vince Lombardi was uttered first by UCLA coach Red Sanders?"
A: "Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing"
Q: What three NFL teams had lost four Super Bowls each, through 1996?
A: Buffalo Bills, Denver Broncos, Minnesota Vikings.
Q: What former Chicago Bears star was known as "the Enforcer," "the Animal" and "Paddles"?
A: Dick Butkus.
Q: What were NFL players required to wear in games for the first time in 1943?
A: Helmets.
Q: How many teams graced the NFL after the AFL officially joined the told in 1970?
A: Twenty-six.
Q: What NFL footballer saw his weight reach a league-leading 340 pounds in 1988?
A: William "The Refrigerator" Perry.
Q: What Native American was the NFL's first president?
A: Jim Thorpe.
Q: What color flags did NFL officials begin throwing after abandoning white ones in 1965?
A: Gold.
Q: What NFL footballer is one of Brigham Young's many great-great-great grandsons?
A: Steve Young.
Q: How many football teams from the troubled Southwest Conference defected to the Big Eight?
A: Four.
Q: What Chicago Bears great ran six kickoffs back for touchdowns over seven seasons?
A: Gale Sayers.
Q: Who threw a record six touchdown passes in one Super Bowl, in 1995?
A: Steve Young.
Q: Who became the NFL's all-time touchdown leader in 1994?
A: Jerry Rice
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Q: What football defensive position is dubbed a "rover" or "monster"?
A: Safety.
Q: What letter begins the moniker of the most AFC football teams?
A: B
Q: What position was played by NFL footballers Alan, Joaquin, Luis, Max and Tony Zedejas?
A: Kicker.
Q: What NFL team was second to the 49ers in wins during the 1980s?
A: The Washington Redskins.
Q: What NFL team was the first to win the Vince Lombardi trophy five times?
A: The San Francisco 49ers.
Q: What NFL team won the most games in the 1960s?
A: The Green Bay Packers.
Q: Who was the second head coach in the history of the Dallas Cowboys?
A: Jimmy Johnson.
Q: What Buffalo star rushed for 13,19, and 37 yards in Super Bowls XXVI, XXVII and XXVIII?
A: Thurman Thomas.
Q: What Dallas Cowboys running back was dubbed "Little Big Man"?
A: Tony Dorsett.
Q: What footballer, after running 64 yards in the wrong direction, was re-oriented by teammate Benny Lom?
A: Roy "Wrong Way" Riegels.
Q: What Chicago Bears Coach learned you could break your hand by putting a fist through a metal locker?
A: Mike Ditka.
Q: What team was led to Super Bowls VII, and VIII by their "no-name defense"?
A: The Miami Dolphins.
Q: What Division 1-A coach took teams to a record 29 bowl games?
A: Bear Bryant
Q: What quarterback spent 46 days in 1996 at the Menninger Clinic to kick an addiction to the pain killer Vicodin?
A: Brett Farve.
Q: What West Coast NFL team still sports the motto: "Commitment to Excellence"?
A: The Oakland Raiders.
Q: What Dallas star was the NFL's tallest player during the 1980s, at six-foot-nine?
A: Ed "Too Tall" Jones.
Q: What did Dolphins receiver Mark Duper legally change his name to in 1985?
A: Mark Super Duper.
Q: What Big Eight football team's fans cheer for the Cyclones?
A: Iowa State's
Q: What NFL team won the most games in the 1970s?
A: The Dallas Cowboys.
Q: How many Super Bowl MVP awards does Terry Bradshaw have?
A: Two.
Q: What city was known to NFL fans as Titletown, USA in the 1960s?
A: Green Bay.
Q: What future NFL quarterback wore sunglasses for his 1977 Utah high school yearbook photo?
A: Jim McMahon.
Q: What Native American language was Super Bowl XXX the first to be broadcast in?
A: Navajo.
Q: What Cowboy's 99-yard run from scrimmage put him in the NFL football record book in 1983?
A: Tony Dorsett's.
Q: What team hired the NFL's first professional cheerleading squad, in 1972?
A: The Dallas Cowboys.
Q: Who was the first athlete to rap at a Pro Bowl musical gala, in 1995?
A: Deion Sanders.
Q: How many of the five Dallas teams Tom Landry took to Super Bowls were victorious?
A: Two.
Q: What teams played in the first all-California Super Bowl?
A: The San Francisco 49ers and San Diego Chargers.
Q: What team has been drubbed in Super Bowls by scores of 27-10, 39-20, 42-10, and 55-10?
A: The Denver Broncos.
Q: What NFL team introduced the no-huddle offense during the 1980s?
A: The Cincinnati Bengal's.
Q: What quarterback got stuck with the given names Yelberton Abraham?
A: Y.A. Tittle.
Q: What Baltimore Colts great led the NFL in passing in the 1960s, with 26548 yards?
A: Johnny Unitas.
Q: What Pittsburgh Steelers great was the first wide receiver to be named super Bowl MVP?
A: Lynn Swan.
Q: What Division 1-A football team's fans cheer for the Yellow Jackets?
A: Georgia Tech's.
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Q: What Jets quarterback, asked if he preferred grass or Astroturf, replied: "I don't know, I never smoked Astroturf"?
A: Joe Namath.
Q: What NFL team once had Bob Hope, Henry Mancini, Maureen Reagan and Danny Thomas on its advisory board?
A: The Los Angeles Rams.
Q: What did a Buffalo fan hit Chuck Foreman in the eye with during a game, ending his chance of winning the NFC rushing title in 1975?
A: A snowball.
Q: Who was involved as a player or coach in three Super Bowls with the Cowboys, two with the Eagles and one with the Bears?
A: Mike Ditka.
Q: How many football teams play in the Big Ten Conference?
A: Eleven.
Q: What Vikings quarterback has been called the NFL's "original scrambler"?
A: Fran Tarkenton.
Q: What nickname did NFL great Lance Alworth share with a Disney movie title character?
A: Bambi.
Q: How many years must a player be retired to be eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame?
A: Five.
Q: What was Miami quarterback Bob Griese the first NFL football player to wear in a game, in 1977?
A: Glasses.
Q: What pro football franchise did Tim Mara buy in 1925 for $500?
A: The New York Giants.
Q: Who had the most rushing yards in the NFL for the 1980s?
A: Eric Dickerson.
Q: What record-setting quarterback was the NFL's 82nd draft pick in 1979?
A: Joe Montana.
Q: What elusive Detroit running back has been dubbed "the Lion King"?
A: Barry Sanders.
Q: Who did the New York Giants beat by a point in the closest Super Bowl ever?
A: The Buffalo Bills.
Golf trivia questions and answers.
Q: What two golfers led the PGA in earnings three seasons each in the 1960s?
A: Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer.
Q: What's a scratch golfer's handicap?
A: Zero.
Q: What's a golfer said to have if he is entitled to tee off first?
A: The Honor.
Q: What comic actor scored huge sales with his Bad Golf Made Easy instructional videos?
A: Leslie Nielsen.
Q: What Grand Slam golf tournament has the most clubhousers sipping mint juleps?
A: The Masters.
Q: Who's second to Sam Snead in PGA Tour wins?
A: Jack Nicklaus
Q: What tournament did Arnold Palmer say he would play in as long as he could walk?
A: The Masters.
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Q: Who won a record six PGA Player of the Year Awards-Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer or Tom Watson?
A: Tom Watson.
Q: Who summed up a playoff loss to Jack Nicklaus at the 1991 U. S. Senior Open with "the Bear crushed the Mouse"?
A: Chi Chi Rodriguez.
Q: What golfer bid a tearful farewell to fans after playing his last U.S. Open, in 1994?
A: Arnold Palmer.
Q: Who became the youngest and oldest player to win the Masters, in 1963 and 1986?
A: Jack Nicklaus.
Q: What golfer's worst finish at the British Open from 1966 to 1980 was sixth?
A: Jack Nicklaus.
Q: What's the only Grand Slam event Lee Trevino never won?
A: The Masters.
Q: Who was the first Swedish golfer to win the U.S. Womens's Open two straight times?
A: Annika Sorenstam.
Q: Who's the most successful Zimbabwean golfer of all time?
A: Nick Price.
Q: How many rounds must a golfer have have played to be eligible for a handicap?
A: Ten.
Q: What female golfer's high school nickname was "Taco"?
A: Nancy Lopez's.
Q: Who was the first golfer since Jack Nicklaus to win eight PGA events his first six years on tour?
A: Phil Mickelson.
Q: What did John Daly number the new iron he began teeing off with in 1996, because it had virtually no loft?
A: Zero.
Q: What golfer hit Ben Crenshaw in the head with his putter in 1986, forcing Crenshaw to head for the hospital?
A: Ben Crenshaw.
Q: What Japanese golfer is the only player to have won events on the PGA tour, Senior Tour, Japanese, European, and Australian Tours?
A: Isao Aoki .
Q: What golfer won nine tournaments during her 1978 rookie year on the LPGA Tour?
A: Nancy Lopez.
Q: What golfer ended nine years of final-round frustration by winning the 1996 Memorial Tournament?
A: Tom Watson.
Q: What golfer had played 87 straight Grand Slam tournaments until a shoulder injury forded him to miss the 1996 British Open?
A: Tom Watspm.
Q: Who followed his first winless season by winning the U.S. Open and PGA Championship in 1980?
A: Jack Nicklaus.
What sport used the term "home run" ling before baseball?
Answer: Cricket.
Who was the first U.S. volleyball player to win three Olympic gold medals?
Answer: Karch Kiraly.
What was the only team to win two World Series in the 1980's?
Answer: The Los Angeles Dodgers.
What NFL team is known as the "ain'ts" when on a losing streak?
Answer: The New Orleans Saints.
What's an NBA player deemed to be if he's received the Maurice Podoloff Trophy?
Answer: The most valuable player.
What Washington Capitals goalie earned the nicknames "Ace" and "Net Detective"?
Answer: Jim Carey. Sports trivia questions answers.
What NBA team plays home games in the Alamo dome?
Answer: The San Antonio Spurs.
Who graciously switched to number 77 so Phil Esposito's number 7 could be retired in Boston Garden?
Answer: Raymond Bourque
What company's logo is called the "swoosh"?
Answer: Nike's
What Red Sox catcher's erect posture earned him the clubhouse nickname "Frankenstein"?
Answer: Carlton Fisk's
What sport did Herve Filion top with a record of 14,084 wins?
Answer: Harness racing.
What team hired the NFL's first professional cheerleading squad, in 1972?
Answer: The Dallas Cowboys.
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What Native American language was Super Bowl XXX the first to be broadcast in?
Answer: Navajo.
What nickname do boxing fans call 300-pound Eric Esch, King of the Four-Rounders?
Answer: Butterbean.
What 1995 World Series teams were both picketed by the American Indian Movement?
Answer: The Atlanta Braves and Cleveland Indians.
What diet drink was hyped by Coca-Cola for having only only calorie, in 1963?
Answer: Tab.
What comic actor scored huge sales with his Bad Golf Made Easy instructional videos?
Answer: Leslie Nielsen
What country fielded 1996 Olympic women's teams that won gold in basketball, soccer and softball?
Answer: The U.S.
What Grand Slam golf tournament has the most clubhousers sipping mint juleps?
Answer: The Masters.
Who is the only tennis player to have won each of the four grand slam events at least four times?
Answer: Steffi Graf.
What decade saw names first appear on the backs of NFL jerseys?
Answer: The 1960's.
Who was able to set NFL rushing records because of his "big but" according to Chicago Bears trainer Frank Caito?
Answer: Walter Payton.
What position must college footballers play to receive the Davey O'Brien Award?
Answer: Quarterback.
What disorder did Muhammad Ali develop after years of catching blows?
Answer: Parkinson's syndrome.
What are the only three European countries to have won soccer's World Cup?
Answer: England, Italy, West Germany.
What is the common term for the tennis ailment "lateral humeral epicondylitis"?
Answer: Tennis Elbow.
What racing competition became a best-of-nine series in 1995?
Answer: The America's Cup.
Who was the first athlete to rap at a Pro Bowl musical gala in 1995?
Answer: Deion Sanders.
What woman won five U.S. figure skating titles from 6 to 173, but never an Olympic gold medal?
Answer: Janet Lynn.
Who was the first female jockey to win five races in one day at a New York track?
Answer: Julie Krone
What teams played in the first all-California Super Bowl?
Answer: The San Francisco 49ers and the San Diego Chargers.
What two players are tied for second behind Ty Cobb in total career runs?
Answer: Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth.
What school gained more yards and scored more points than any team in Southeastern Conference history in 1995?
A: The Florida Gators.
What head coach tried to soothe the egos of Dream Team III?
A: Lenny Wilkins.
Who's second to Sam Snead in PGA Tour wins?
A: Jack Nicklaus.
What quarterback got stuck with the given names Yelberton Abraham?
A: Y.A. Tittle.
Which two cities have the oldest stadiums in major league baseball?
A: Boston and Detroit.
What's the last name of NFL All-Pro brothers Shannon and Sterling?
A: Sharpe.
Trivia sports facts and questions.
What baseball announcer's 1996 funeral was attended b y Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford and Phil Rizzuto?
A: Mel Allen's
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What position did Cal Ripkin Jr., start at for the first time since 1982, in a July, 1996 game?
A: Third base.
What Pro Football Hall of Famer was the first to get a second bust in the Hall, for broadcasting?
A: Frank Gifford.
What team did Yankees pitcher Don Larsen blank when he hurled the first perfect game, in the 1956 World Series?
A: The Brooklyn Dodgers.
What did an MIT instructor add to a baseball bat to reduce its air drag by 60 percent?
A: Dimples.
What recreational activity is second on popularity only to walking in the U.S.?
A: Swimming.
What's the most common nickname for a major league baseball pitcher?
A: "Lefty".
Who was the NBA Coach of the Year trophy named after?
A: Red Auerbach.
What major leaguer hit 20 or more homers in 20 seasons?
A: Hank Aaron.
What Cowboy's 99-yard run from scrimmage put him in the NFL record book in 1983?
A: Tony Dorsett's.
What did college student Joseph Deliberato swallow a record 89 of at one sitting in 1939?
A: Goldfish.
How many home run titles did Roger Maris win?
A: One.
What Indiana Pacer did Knicks fan Spike Lee anger during the 1994 playoffs by calling him "Cheryl"?
A: Reggie Miller.
What two NBA players won the MVP trophy three times each from 1986 through 1992?
A: Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan.
What shortstop holds the major league records for games played, assists and double plays?
A: Ozzie Smith.
What NBA team became the first to defeat the Boston Celtics in 12 straight games in 1995?
A: The New York Nicks.
What baseball team's games are announced on TV by Skip Carey?//
A: The Atlanta Braves.
What Brooklyn Dodgers great got his nickname for hat he called his shooter when playing marbles as a child?
A: Pee Wee Reese.
What baseball team has a monthly newsletter called "The Vineline"?
A: The Chicago Cubs.
What's the surfing term for a fast ride with five toes hooked over the board?
A: Hang Five.
What three 49er have earned super Bowl MVP honors through 996?
A: Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Steve Young.
What decade saw the NFL ban blocking below the waist and head slapping?
A: The 1970's.
What's the last Grand Slam tennis tournament played in a calendar year?
A: The U.S. Open
Q: What racket sport can be played with four balls of differing bouncing qualities?
A: Squash.
Q: What brilliant name did the Texas Rangers choose for their ballpark?
A: The Ballpark.
Q: What are sportsmen hoping to find in a creel?
A: Fish.
Q: Who wore shoes labeled "Air Uta" during her 1995 Boston Marathon victory?
A: Uta Pippig.
Q: Who usually finished last in Edmonton Oilers strength tests, in the 1980s?
A: Wayne Gretzky.
Q: What pro athlete is nicknamed "The Dream"?
A: Hakeem Olajuwon.
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Q: What Giant's bone-crushing 1985 tackle ended Joe Theismann's career?
A: Lawrence Taylor's.
Q: What sport features strikers and sweepers?
A: Soccer.
Q: What Mariner's 15 homers in May of 1994 were more than the entire Montreal Expos team managed?
A: Ken Griffey Jr.'s.
Q: How many of the five boroughs does the New York City marathon run through?
A: Five.
Q: What new pitch helped Carl Hubbell win 24 straight games in the 1930s?
A: The Screwball.
Q: How many holes are in the original Wiffle ball?
A: Eight.
Q: What sport accounted for five of the top ten highest grossing sports movies, through 1994?
A: Boxing.
Q: What pro sport tries to break ties with a sudden-death overtime period of five minutes?
A: Hockey.
Q: What do you call the stick you use to push a shuffleboard disc?
A: A cue.
Q: What state is allowed to compete separately from the U.S. at international surfing meets.?
A: Hawaii.
Q: What name did the athletic teams go by at Jack Nicklaus' high school?
A: The Golden Bears.
Q: Who was the first African-American to win the U.S. and world figure skating singles titles?
A: Debi Thomas.
Q: What U.S. track star did French writers dub La gazelle in 1960?
A: Wilma Rudoph.
Q: What racket sport involves bashing a bird?
A: Badminton.
Q: How many of every ten pro athletes in the U.S. are African - American?
A: One.
Q: What sport features such plays as the flare, fly, buttonhook and post?
A: Football.
Q: What Celtics announcer found he could hear much better after a doctor discovered a radio ear plug in his ear?
A: Johnny Most.
Q: What team sport was 1995's fastest-growing sport in the U.S., up 43 percent since 1994?
A: Roller Hockey.
Q: What nation's Black Magic I sailed away with a five-zero America's Cup win in 1995?
A: New Zealand's
Q: What team has the highest Stanley Cup playoff winning percentage?
A: The Edmonton Oilers.
Q: What baseball team has a monthly newsletter called The Vineline?
A: The Chicago Cubs.
Q: What are the only three European countries to have won soccer's World Cup?
A: England, Italy, West Germany.
Q: What heavyweight was Tony "Two Ton" Galento referring to when he said in 1939 "I'll molder de bum"?
A: Joe Lewis.
Q: What sport did Herve Filion top with a record of 14,084 wins?
A: Harness racing.
Q: What two continents fielded teams in the World League of American Football, in 1991?
A: Europe and North America.
Q: Who was able to set NFL rushing records because of his "big butt," according to Chicago Bears trainer Frank Caito?
A: Walter Payton.
Q: Who was the first U.S. volleyball player to win three Olympic gold medals?
A: Karch Kiraly.
Q: What movie did Michael Eisner say was his "market research" for Disney's NHL entry?
A: The Mighty Ducks.
Q: What was the only team to win two World Series in the 1980s?
A: The Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Q: What league was Gino Cappelletti the top scorer of in the 1960s, with 1,100 points?
A: The American Football League.
Q: What position did Cal Ripkin Jr., start at for the first time since 1982, in a July, 1996 game?
A: Third base.
Q: What decade saw the NFL ban blocking below the waist and head slappong?
A: The 1970s.
Q: What Yankee pitcher holds World Series records for games won and games lost?
A: Whitey Ford.
Q: What baseball announcer's 1996 funeral was attended by Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra, Whtey Ford and Phil Rizzuto?
A: Mel Allen's..
Q: What major leaguer hit 20 or more homers in 20 seasons?
A: Hank Aaron.
Q: What baseballer said of Biloxi Blues: "It reminded me of being in the Army, even though I was in the Navy:?
A: Yogi Berra.
Q: What South African has traveled more miles than any athlete in hisory?
A: Gary Player.
Q: What team had a camp so grueling it was dubbed " Fort Landry"?
A: The Dallas Cowboys.
Q: What former Bruin defenseman was the first to skae on Boston's new Feet Center ice?
A: Bobby Orr.
Q: What down-under sport is a cross between soccer and rugby?
A: Australian Rules Football.
Q: How long is the longest race on the NASCAR circuit?
A: 600 miles
Q: What U.S. college sport honors its best player with the Hobey Baker Award?
A: Hockey.
Q: What horse tied, but could not break, Citation's 16-race consecutive win streak?
A: Cigar.
Q: Who was the first major leaguer to hit home runs in his teens and n his forties?
A: Ty Cobb.
Q: Who was the only soccer player to play on three World Cup-winning teams?
A: Pele.
Q: What ballplayer was dubbed " The Iron Bird"?
A: Cal Ripkin Jr.
Q: What does the Lindy Worm Blower allegedly enhance your chances of doing?
A: Catching fish.
Q: What pro sport was played by Lu Blue, Pebbly Jack Glasscock and Mordecai Peter Centennial "Three Finger" Brown?
A: Baseball.
Q: What pro team made it to the playloffs a record 29 straight times, in 1996?
A: The Boston Bruins.
Q: What essential do track racing bicycles lack that a recreational rider wouldn't be caught dead without?
A: Brakes.
Q: What weighty Japanese sport has participants known as rikishi?
A: Sumo wrestling.
Q: What 28-year-old ice skater died of a sudden heart attack in November, 1995?
A: Sergei Grinkov .
Q: What football commentator inked a four-year deal with Fox for a reported ?
A: John Madden.
Q: What golfer made a comeback from chemotherapy and radiation treatment for lymphoma in 1994?
A: Paul Azinger.
Q: What golfer beat Porky Oliver at the 1946 PGA Championship to win his first major?
A: Ben Hogan.
Q: What multi-nicknamed Yankees great suggested he be called "The Idol of the American Boy"?
A: Babe Ruth.
Q: What two-time All-Big-Eight defensive back at Colorado won three U.S. Open golf titles?
A: Hale Irwin.
Q: Who topped the PGA Tour in earnings for five years in the 1970s?
A: Jack Nicklaus
Q: What golf tourney banned sportscaster Gary McCord for calling course bumps "body bags" and suggesting "bikini wax" sped the greens?
A: The Masters.
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Q: What dreaded golf shot occurs when the ball is hit with the hosel of the club?
A: A Shank.
Q: What decade saw names first appear on the backs of NFL jerseys?
A: The 1960s.
Q: What Pro Football Hall of Famer was the first to get a second bust in the Hall, for broadcasting?
A: Frank Gifford.
Q: What three 49ers have earned Super Bowl MVP honors, through 1996?
A: Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Steve Young.
Q: What Brooklyn Dodgers great got his nick name for what he called his shooter when playing marbles as a child?
A: "Pee Wee" Reese.
Q: What sport was popularized by Olympic swimmer Duke Kahanamoku?
A: Surfing.
Q: What NBA star refuses to have the hot water turned on at his Chicago home because he rarely takes showers there?
A: Dennis Rodman.
Q: What's an NBA player deemed to be if he's received the Maurice Podoloff Trophy?
A: The Most Valuable Player.
Q: What's the most common nickname for a major league baseball pitcher?
A: "Lefty".
Q: Who was the NBA Coach of the Year trophy named after?
A: Red Auerbach.
Q: What's the last name of NFL All Pro brothers Shannon and Sterling?
A: Sharpe.
Q: Who is the only tennis player to have won each of the four grand slam events at least four times?
A: Steffi Graf.
Q: What position must college footballers play to receive the Davey O'Brien Award?
A: Quarterback.
Q: What NBA team charges $600 for a floor seal at a regular season game?
A: The Los Angeles Lakers.
Q: What's the fastest engine-powered sport?
A: Airplane racing.
Q: What heavyweight was Tony "Two Ton" Galento referring to when he said in 1939:"I'll molder de bum"?
A: Joe Luis.
Q: What Oakland Athletic hit the longest homer in Cumiskey Park history, and followed it the next day with one twenty feet longer?
A: Mark McGwire.
Q: Who coached the Detroit Red Wings to 62 wins in 1995-96, breaking Scotty Bowman's mark of 60 with Montréal in 1976-77?
A: Scotty Bowman.
Q: What team ended 54 years of frustration by winning the Stanley Cup in 1994?
A: The New York Rangers.
Q: What Alabama-born football and baseball star was named after the actor who played Dr. Ben Casey on TV?
A: Vince Edward "Bo" Jackson.
Olympics trivia questions and answers.
Q: How many of Carl Lewis' Olympic gold medals were won in long jump competitions?
A: Three.
Q: What legendary strongman laid out the 600-foot race course for the only event in the earl years of the ancient Olympics?
A: Hercules.
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Q: What U.S. athlete was "about a week" pregnant when she broke the world 200-meter record at the 1984 Olympics?
A: Evelyn Ashford
Q: What woman was the only U.S. athlete to win a gold medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics?
A: Peggy Fleming.
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Q: What former IOC president wanted to eliminate team sports and the Winter Games?
A: Avery Brundage.
Q: What U.S. team did 59 percent of American viewers root against during the 1996 Olympics, according to an ESPN poll?
A: The Dream Team.
Q: What grueling Olympic event saw Josia Thugwane become the first black man from South Africa to win a gold medal, in 1996?
A: The Marathon.
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Q: What sport did Margaret Abbott play to become the first U.S. woman to win Olympic gold, in 1900?
A: Golf.
Q: What future screen star was the first person to swim 100 meters in under a minute, in 1922?
A: Johnny Weissmuller.
Q: What Olympic champ played an HIV-infected chorus boy in the play "Jeffery" in 1993?
A: Greg Louganis.
Q: What did members of the Canadian swim team swear to give u during the 1996 Olympics?
A: Sex.
Q: What alpine city hosted the Winter Olympics in 1964 and 1976?
A: Insbruck.
Q: What country had a swim team that swore off drinking and Big Macs for the 1996 Olympics?
A: The U.S..
Q: What L.A. Laker star's height was listed as two meters in 1996 Olympic programs?
A: Sahquille O'Neals's.
Q: What Soviet gymnast performed the first back somersault on a balance beam?
A: Olga Korbut.
Q: What 37-year-old middle distance runner qualified for her fourth Olympic team in 1996?
A: Mary Slaney.
Q: What sport is played with stones and brooms?
A: Curling.
Q: What contest of team strength was an official Olympic event from 1900 to 1920?
A: Tug of War.
Q: What Olympic aquatic event includes such positions as the Flamingo, crane and fishtail?
A: Synchronized swimming
Q: How many athletes competed for Israel in the 1994 Winter Olympics?
A: One
Q: What 1960 Olympic champion lit the torch to start Atlanta's 1996 Olympic festivities?
A: Muhammad Ali.
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Q: What apparatus do male gymnasts refer to as "the pig"?
A: The pommel horse.
Q: What event earned Norway's Johann Olay Koss three golds at the 1994 Winter Olympics?
A: Speed skating.
Q: What new women's team sport was played on sand at the 1996 summer Olympics?
A: Beach Volleyball.
Q: Who passed Eric Heiden to become the most decorated U.S. Winter Olympian ever?
A: Bonnie Blair.
Q: What was the only thing Brianna Scurry wore during her Gold Medal celebration lap through the late night streets of Atlanta?
A: Her gold medal.
Q: What decathlon champ was the first black student body president at UCLA?
A: Rafer Johnson
Q: What year was the first summer Olympiad televised live?
A: 1960
Q: What procedure did the IOC begin afer a Danish cyclist died during the 1960 Summer Olympics?
A: Drug testing.
Q: How many minutes does an Olympic basketball game last?
A: Forty
Q: What Olympic event is about to start when a jury director orders, "En garde"?
A: Fencing
Q: What track favorite donned golden shoes to capture gold in both 200- and 400-meter 1996 Olympic sprints?
A: Michael Johnson.
Q: What country's Olympic basketball team does Chicago Bulls star Toni Kukoc play for?
A: Croatia's.
Q: What part of their vehicle's equipment are bobsledders only allowed to use after crossing the finish line?
A: Brakes.
Q: Who was unable to run the 200-meter final at the 1992 Olympics due to food poisoning?
A: Michael Johnson.
Q: How many times did the Summer Olympics feature the sport of Live Pigeon Shooting?
A: Once.
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Q: How many continents must a sport be played on before the IOC will consider making it an Olympic event for men?
A: Four.
Q: What athlete was protected by seven security guards at the 1994 Winter Olympics?
A: Nancy Kerrigan.
Q: What country competed alone in Athens' 4896 Olympic 100-meter Freestyle for Sailors?
A: Greece.
Q: What Olympic athlete dated the son of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu?
A: Nadia Comaneci.
Q: What walking sport should be added to the Olympics, according to 42 percent of U.S. sports editors, sportscasters and columnists?
A: Golf.
Q: What Olympic event has runners wearing shoes with perforations to allow for drainage?
A: Steeplechase.
Q: How many seconds are there on an Olympic basketball shot clock?
A: Thirty.
Q: What Olympic field event consists of a crouch, shift, thrust, and release?
A: The shot put.
Q: What general stormed into the boxing ring at the 1928 Olympics to protest judges ruling for a South African over an American?
A: Douglas MacArthur.
Q: What woman won five U.S. figure skating titles from 1969 to 1973, but never an Olympic gold medal?
A: Janet Lynn
Q: What country fielded 1996 Olympic women's teams that won gold in basketball, soccer and softball?
A: The U.S.
Q: What 1996 Olympic event had two U.S. squads playing each other for the gold medal?
A: Beach volleyball.
Q: What U.S. Olympic city did the torch relay to Atlanta start in?
A: Los Angeles.
Q: What Olympic event's winner is considered to be the "world's greatest athlete"?
A: The decathlon's.
Q: What infraction is a hockey referee calling if he clasps his writs?
A: Holding.
Q: Who scored a record 10 hat tricks in an NHL season?
A: Wayne Gretzky.
Q: What coach for St. Louis, Montreal, Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Detroit has the NHL's highest career winning percentage?
A: Scotty Bowman.
Q: What NHL team plays in an arena called The Pond?
A: The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim?
Q: Who won the only NHL MVP award not bagged by Wayne Gretzky in the 1980s?
A: Mario Lemieus.
Q: Who was the first defenseman to win the NHL point-scoring title?
A: Bobby Orr
Q: What city hosts the annual Beanpot Tournament for its collegiate hockey powerhouses?
A: Boston.
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Q: Who became the first father and son to win the NHL's most valuable player award?
A: Bobby and Brett Hull.
Q: Who's the first player to captain two different NHL championship teams?
A: Mark Messier.
Q: What hockey position player is most likely to wear a throat protector?
A: A goalie.
Q: How many NHL franchises were there in California, by 1995?
A: Three.
Q: What song did the U.S. hockey team forget the words to while celebrating a win over the Soviets at the 1980 Olympics?
A: God Bless America.
Q: What NHL team emerges onto the ice from the giant jaws of a sea beast at home games?
A: The San Jose Sharks.
Q: What was Craig McTavish the last NHL player to play without?
A: A helmet.
Q: What do hockey wags dub the "sin bin"?
A: The penalty box.
Q: What infraction is a hockey referee calling if he waves his hand below his knees?
A: Tripping.
Q: Who's the only player to average over two assists per game in a single NHL season?
A: Wayne Gretzky.
Q: How many designated face-off spots are there on a hockey rink?
A: Nine.
Q: What NHL team hoisted 24 Stanley Cup flags before its first game in Molson Center?
A: The Montreal Canadians.
Q: Who beat Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 40 minutes to win a sixth Wimbledon singles title?
A: Billie Jean King.
Q: What did Goran Ivanisevic refrain from doing at Wimbledon in 1994, to win a $2,000 bet?
A: Throwing his racket.
Q: What Nevada-born tennis star had a ball and racquet to stare at above his crib?
A: Andre Agassi.
Q: What gonzo tennis brothers threw autographed potatoes into the crowd at an Idaho match?
A: Luke and Murphy Jensen.
Q: What's Billie Jean King's maiden name?
A: Moffitt.
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Q: What tennis player's last name means "she who returns" in Czech?
A: Martina Navratilova's.
Q: What 19-year-old became the youngest man to win the U.S. Open tennis title, in 1990?
A: Pete Sampras.
Q: Who emerged from segregated Virginia courts to win the 1968 U.S. Open tennis title?
A: Arthur Ashe.
Q: What Grand Slam tennis tournament is held every January?
A: The Australian Open.
Q: Who was the first Russian tennis player to win a Grand Slam singles title, in 1996?
A: Yevgeny Kafelnikov.
Q: What Dutchman became, in 1996, the first unseeded player since Boris Becker to win Wimbledon?
A: Richard Krajicek .
Q: What two players won all the U.S. Open men's singles tennis titles from 1978 through 1984?
A: Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe.
Q: Who was the first American male to win three straight Wimbledon titles?
A: Pete Sampras.
Q: What tennis star won 129 of 130 matches during one stretch in the 1980s?
A: Martina Navratilova.
Q: Who broke Martina Navratilova's record of 331 weeks at number one?
A: Steffi Graf.
Q: What tennis star says "Express yourself" in camera commercials?
A: Andre Agassi.
Q: What racketeer was the first female named Athlete of the year by Sports illustrated, in 1972?
A: Billie Jean King.
Q: What tennis star was born in Montréal, raised in Florida and played for France in the Federation Cup?
A: Mary Pierce.
Q: What 17-year old tennis phenomenon beat Kevin Curren to win his first Wimbledon title?
A: Boris Becker.
Q: What U.S. tennis star's father boxed for the Iranian Olympic team?
A:Andre Agassi's.
Q: What's the last Grand Slam tennis tournament played in a calendar year?
A: The U.S. Open.
Q: What's the common term for the tennis ailment "lateral humeral epicondylitis"?
A: Tennis elbow.
Q: What senior golfer explained his respite from cigarettes by quipping:" I could run nine holes, I just couldn't play them:?
A: Chi Chi Rodriguez.
Q: How many tennis players are needed for a game of Canadian doubles?
A: Three.
Who stormed off court at the end of the 1999 French Open and had to have her mother coax her back?
A: Martina Hingis
Who was the first black tennis player to win the US Open?
A: Arthur Ash
Which tennis player famously yelled "You cannot be serious!" at an umpire?
A: John McEnroe
Who was the youngest Wimbledon women's champion of the 20th century?
A: Martina Hingis
At which Hills was US Open tennis played before it moved to Flushing Meadow?
A: Forest Hills
Who won the ladies singles most times at Wimbledon in the 80s?
A: Martina Navratilova
Fun tennis trivia questions and answers.
How much is a tennis ball supposed to weigh?
A: Between 2 and 2-1/16 ounces.
Who was tennis star Monica Seles playing in the 1993 Citizen's Cup Tournament in Hamburg, Germany, when she was stabbed in the back by a spectator?
A: Magdalena Maleeva.
Whose tennis serve was the fastest ever recorded?
A: Bill Tilden's. It was measured at 163.6 miles per hour in 1931.
What did Gussie Moran wear in a tournament in "Egypt nine months after she stunned the staid Wimbledon crowd by wearing white lace--fringed panties?
A: Black shorts. She explained that she made the change because she had gained 13 pound and her white attire no longer fit.
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Who was the first tennis player from an Iron Curtin country to win the United States Open?
A: Romanian Ile Nastase in 1972
Who was the only player to win the U.S. Open on three different surfaces, grass and clay at Forest Hills and hardcourt at Flushing Meadows?
A: Jimmy Connors
How many games did the longest Wimbledon men's singles match on record last?
A: It went 112 games, with Pancho Gonzalesz beating Charlie Pasarell 22-24,111111-6, 16-14, 6-3, 11-9. It took place in 1969, two years before the tie breaker was introduced to the game.
What American sister and brother won the mixed double championship at Wimbledon in 1980?
A: Tracy and John Austin
What breakthrough was made by Lili de Alvarez on center court at Wimbledon in 1931?
A: She wore shorts. She was the first woman to do so at Wimbledon.
In 1999, who became only the fifth man to win all four major tournaments - Wimbledon, the U.S. Open, the Australian Open, and the French Open - completing a career Grand Slam?
A: Andre Agassi. He was also the first to do it on three surfaces, the French Open's clay, Wimbledon's grass and the concrete of the United States Open and the Australian Open. The four previous Grand Slam winners, Don Budge, Fred Perry, Rod Laver and Roy Emerson won the French Open when it was still played on grass.
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