Test Your Sport Trivia Knowledge

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1-6. Match the picture with the name in A-F.

The names: A. Jim Craig; B. Mike Eruzione; C. Neil Broten; D. Herb Brooks; E. Mark Johnson; F. Ken Morrow.


7. What NBA team originally drafted Kobe Bryant?


8. Mr. T. is to Clubber Lang as Sylvester Stallone is to Rocky Balboa as Carl Weathers is to whom? BONUS: 20 As Brigitte Nielsen is to whom? (Mrs. Drago is not acceptable.)


9. Who was the first designated hitter? (3)


10. In 1965, Bill Bradley was named outstanding player of the NCAA championship, though his basketball team did not win the title. For what school did he play?


11. Which college has produced the most first-round picks in the history of the NFL draft -- Ohio State, USC or Miami?


12. Name the quarterback who led the Bills to the greatest comeback in NFL playoff history, against the Houston Oilers, in January 1993.


13. In your mind's eye, you can see N.C. State basketball coach Jimmy Valvano running around the court, looking for somebody to hug after his team won the NCAA championship. What year was that?


14. By how many strokes did Tiger Woods win the 1997 Masters?
A) 10
B) 11
C) 12
D) 13


15. Who is the only baseball player to throw a perfect game and later become a U.S. senator?


16. What NBA team traded Bill Russell to the Celtics? (4)


17. Give the hometown and nickname of Paul Newman's team in Slap Shot. (Hint: Be careful on the hometown)


18. The first Monday Night Football game was played on September 21, 1970. Who won? (4)

19. Before Lance Armstrong, this cyclist enjoyed the most success of any American in Tour de France history, winning it three times. Name him.


20. The original Dream Team won the gold medal in the 1992 Olympics. Who was the only player on the team with no NBA experience? (2)


21. Name the first golfer to break the magic 60 barrier in a PGA tour event. (He shot a 59 in a 1977 tournament in Memphis.) (2)


22. Who has won the most men's Grand Slam tennis singles titles?


23. Which major league manager has won the most games?


24. Who were the battery mates in Abbott and Costello's "Who's on First?" comedy routine? (Two points apiece, plus one bonus point for getting both.)


25. Name the goalie who holds the NHL record for shutouts.
A) Patrick Roy
B) Terry Sawchuk
C) Martin Brodeur
D) John Vanbiesbrouck




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26. One player has died because of injuries sustained in a major league game after he was hit in the head by a pitch. Name him. (3)



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27. Four No. 15 seeds have won their opening-round game in the NCAA Tournament. Which of these five teams did not do it?
A) Hampton
B) Coppin State
C) Valparaiso
D) Richmond
E) Santa Clara


28. In NASCAR, the device this man is holding is put on the carburetor to keep speeds down. What is it?


29. Who is the only special teams player to win the Super Bowl MVP award?

30. Fill in the blanks: If ________ _________ had made that 47-yard field goal attempt at the end of Super Bowl 25...


31. ... the ______________ would have beaten...


32. ... ______________ by a score of 22-20. (One point apiece, plus one bonus point for getting all three.)


33. Two teams have won five Super Bowls, tied for the most. Name them. (One point apiece, plus one bonus point for getting both.)


34. Three teams have lost four Super Bowls, tied for the most. Name them. (One point apiece, plus one bonus point for getting all three.)


35. What team has played in the most Super Bowls?


36. Only one player has played on five Super Bowl champions. Name him. (2)


37. One man has played in the World Series and the Super Bowl. Name him.


38. Who won Super Bowl 10?

39-43: Match the driver with his Nextel Cup car. (One point apiece, plus one bonus point for getting all five.)


39. Rusty Wallace
40. Jimmie Johnson
41. Tony Stewart
42. Casey Mears
43. Dale Earnhardt Jr.


Possible responses: A. No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet; B. No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge; C. No. 8 Budweiser Chevrolet; D. No. 41 Target Dodge; E. No. 20 Home Depot Chevrolet.


44. Who was the last defensive player to be named NFL MVP? (Two points.)


45. Name the only two major league players to win an MVP and Rookie of the Year award in the same season. (One point apiece, plus one bonus point for getting both.)


46. Who has the best career batting average among active major league players (minimum 3,000 plate appearances)?


47. Before he was a rapper, MC Hammer was a batboy for what major league baseball team?


48-54, Lightning round: This is the only timed portion of the test. Give yourself two seconds for each of these questions. (One point apiece.)

48. Who won the 2003 World Series?


49. Who has the most hits but is not in baseball's Hall of Fame?


50. Who is the defending NASCAR Cup champion?


51. Who won the Stanley Cup in 2004?


52. Who won the NBA championship in 2003?


53. Who won the NCAA men's basketball championship in 2004?


54. Who pitched the only perfect game in World Series history?

 

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55-60. Match each Seinfeld episode plot line with the baseball figure who guest-starred in the episode. (One point apiece, plus one bonus point for getting all six.)

55. He asks George: "Are you the guy who put us in that Ramada in Milwaukee?"


56. This player never makes it to a scheduled PBS telethon appearance.


57. Jerry is jealous of this guy's relationship with Elaine.


58. George, thinking brilliantly for reasons we won't get into, gives Bernie Williams and this hitter pointers in batting practice.


59. He tells George's parents that George is dead.


60. Kramer promises a sick, young boy this player will hit two home runs for him.


Possible responses: A) Keith Hernandez; B) Derek Jeter; C) Paul O'Neill; D) Danny Tartabull; E) George Steinbrenner; F) Bernie Williams


61. Wonder Boy is to Jeff Gordon as The Intimidator is to whom?



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62. What is Indians outfielder Coco Crisp's real first name?


63. Randy Johnson is the Big Unit. Bryant Reeves is Big Country. What golfer is the Big Easy?


64. Remember that classic Coke commercial in which the football player throws his jersey to a young boy? Name that player, including his nickname. Match the Heisman Trophy winner with the coach for whom he played. (One point apiece, plus one bonus point for getting all five.)


65-69. Match the Heisman Trophy winner with the coach for whom he played. (One point apiece, plus one bonus point for getting all five.)


65. Billy Simms
66. Tim Brown
67. John Cappelletti
68. John David Crow
69. Danny Wuerffel


Possible matches: A) Bear Bryant; B) Joe Paterno; C) Steve Spurrier; D) Barry Switzer; E) Lou Holtz


70. What pitcher has the most wins in major league baseball history?


71. Robin Yount won baseball's MVP award twice, playing a different position each time. What were the two positions?


72. True or false: Scott Skiles holds the record for assists in one NBA game, with 30.


73. Who was the first NFL quarterback to throw for 40,000 yards in his career?

74. Which of the following was not a USFL team?

A) Michigan Panthers
B) Birmingham Stallions
C) Chicago Blitz
D) Las Vegas Gamblers
E) New Jersey Generals


75. What woman won the tennis Grand Slam in 1988?


76. The Quebec Nordiques are to the Colorado Avalanche as the Winnepeg Jets are to the Phoenix Coyotes, as the Hartford Whalers are to the _______.


77. At what facility do the Red Wings play their home games?


78. Who won more gold medals, speed skater Eric Heiden in 1980 or swimmer Mark Spitz in 1972?


79. In what year did NBA great Wilt Chamberlain record his famous 100-point game? (Two points.)


80. Which coach is the NFL's all-time leader in wins -- Don Shula, Vince Lombardi or George Halas?


81. Jackie Robinson broke the major league color barrier with the Dodgers on April 15, 1947. Who broke it in the American League?


82. True or false: In the NFL, Franco Harris retired with more career rushing yards than Jim Brown.


83. Of high schoolers Kevin Garnett, Tracy McGrady and Darius Miles, who was selected with the highest pick in the NBA draft?




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84. Which of these Heisman winners passed for the most career yards in college?


A) Charlie Ward
B) Danny Wuerffel
C) Ty Detmer
D) Carson Palmer
E) Jim Plunkett


85. Entering the season, Pedro Martinez had 166 wins. Did more than half, less than half or exactly half come while he was with the Red Sox?


86. Who caught Doug Flutie's famous Hail Mary pass?


87. The NHL record for goals in a season is 92, set in 1981-82. By whom?


88. In the movie Hoosiers, what's the name of the character who hits the winning shot in the final game? (Two points.) Bonus question: Name the actor who played him. (10 points.)


89. Name the heavy underdog who shocked heavyweight champion Mike Tyson with a 10th-round knockout in a 1990 title bout in Tokyo.


90. Which of these men did not coach Michael Jordan in the NBA?


A) Doug Collins
B) Phil Jackson
C) Dick Motta
D) Kevin Loughery
E) Stan Albeck


91. What game-show host beats up Adam Sandler's character in the movie Happy Gilmore?


92. Which Big 12 power has had at least one player selected in each of the past 67 NFL drafts? (Two points if you knew it; one point if you guessed.)



What year did Barry Sanders abruptly hang 'em up? (GettyImages)

93. Fill in the blank: Lions running back Barry Sanders retired abruptly before training camp in _______.


94. Who was the first NFL running back to rush for 2,000 yards in a season?


95. Who is the Cowboys' career leader in passes attempted?


A) Don Meredith
B) Roger Staubach
C) Danny White
D) Troy Aikman


96. In the NHL, the James Norris Memorial Trophy goes to whom?


97-99: How much do you know about the at-bat featuring the shortest hitter in major league history.


97. Who was the batter?
98. In what city did the at-bat take place?
99. Who was the owner behind it? (Two points.) Bonus question: The batboy now is part owner of a major league baseball team. Name him and the team. (10 points apiece, unless that's your home team, then two points apiece.)




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100. True or false: Mickey Mantle is the only major league baseball player to collect his 3,000th hit as a member of the Yankees.


101. John Elway played his entire career with the Broncos. What team drafted him?


102. Fill in the blank: Pete Rose played major league baseball for the Reds, Phillies and _________.


103. Two World Series ended on homers. Who hit them? (One point apiece, plus one bonus point for getting both.)


104. How many double stitches does a baseball have? (Three points.)


105. With the Pistons winning the NBA championship, the same man owns the NBA's, WNBA's and NHL's most recent championship teams. Name him.


106-109: Test your knowledge of the episode from The Simpsons in which Mr. Burns assembled an all-star softball team. Pick a player from the list below for each question (Three points apiece if you are 35 or older, one point apiece if you are under 35)


106. Who had radiation poisoning?
107. Whose head grew to a grotesque size?
108. Who rushed several times into a burning building?
109. Who thought he was a chicken?


Possible responses: A) Wade Boggs B) Roger Clemens C) Jose Canseco D) Ken Griffey Jr. E) Don Mattingly F) Steve Sax G) Mike Scioscia H) Ozzie Smith I) Darryl Strawberry


110. For what school did Shaquille O'Neal play college basketball?


111. Who am I? (Each of these clues describes the same person. The sooner you answer correctly, the more points you get.)


One of the first things anyone says about my playing style is that I have guts. But there was a time in college, after a serious automobile accident, when my lack of guts (I mean that literally) almost cost me my playing career.
(Five points)


As a second-round draft pick, I barely played in my first professional season and then was traded to a team to back up a guy nicknamed "Magic." When I got my first chance at meaningful playing time, I stepped in and led my new team to a comeback victory. I haven't missed a start since.
(Three points)


I talk about retirement more and more these days. I've accomplished a lot. How many other guys have won three MVP awards, won a Super Bowl and played through most every injury imaginable?
(One point)


112. Who was the last college player to be selected first overall in the NBA draft, and what year was it? (One point apiece, plus one bonus point for getting both.)


113. True or false: Baseball's Barry Bonds never has won the N.L. batting crown.


114. Fill in the blanks: NASCAR driver ______ ______ holds the all-time win record. ...

115. He won ___ races. (One point apiece, plus one bonus point for getting both.)


116. Who was the last Triple Crown winner in baseball? (Hint: He played in the A.L., and you get a three-point bonus for spelling his name correctly (a subtle way to work in another hint!) (One point.)

117. Had Larry Bird remained at his first college, there probably wouldn't have been a showdown between Bird and Magic Johnson in the 1979 NCAA championship game. What school did Bird first attend?


118. With this question, you are completing our 118-question sports trivia challenge. The number 118 refers to:


A) NFL games Jim Brown played.
B) 50-point games Wilt Chamberlain had in the NBA.
C) Stolen bases Lou Brock had in 1974, when he broke Maury Wills' season record.
D) Years the Sporting News has been published.
E) All of the above.

 

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The Answers

1-6, U.S. Olympic hockey team names and faces: 1. C; 2. A; 3. B; 4. F; 5. E; 6. D
7. Charlotte Hornets. They picked Bryant 13th overall in 1996 and traded him to the Lakers.
8. Apollo Creed (Bonus question: Ludmilla)
9. Ron Blomberg of the Yankees, 1973
10. Princeton
11. Southern California, 63
12. Frank Reich. The Bills won the wild-card game, 41-38.
13. 1983
14. C
15. Jim Bunning
16. St. Louis Hawks
17. Charlestown Chiefs (Charleston is not good enough.)
18. Browns. They beat the Jets, 31-21.
19. Greg LeMond, 1986, '89 and '90
20. Christian Laettner
21. Al Geiberger
22. Pete Sampras, 14
23. Connie Mack. As manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Philadelphia Athletics, he had a record of 3,731-3,948.
24. Catcher: Today; pitcher: Tomorrow
25. B. Terry Sawchuk, with 103



26-54
26. Ray Chapman. The Indians' infielder died on August 17, 1920.
27. C
28. Restrictor plate
29. Desmond Howard of the Packers, Super Bowl 31



30. Scott Norwood
31. Bills
32. Giants
33. Cowboys, 49ers
34. Vikings, Bills and Broncos
Cowboys, eight.
36. Charles Haley. He won two Super Bowls with the 49ers (23 and 24) and three with the Cowboys (27, 28 and 30).
37. Deion Sanders. He went to the World Series with the Braves (1992) and the Super Bowl with the 49ers (after the 1994 season) and Cowboys (after the 1995 season).
38. Steelers. They beat the Cowboys, 21-17.
39. B
40. A
41. E
42. D
43. C
44. Lawrence Taylor
45. Fred Lynn, Ichiro Suzuki
46. Todd Helton
47. A's
48. Marlins
49. Pete Rose
50. Matt Kenseth
51. Lightning
52. Spurs
53. Connecticut
54. Don Larsen



Back to questions 1-54


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55-80
55. Williams
56. Tartabull
57. Hernandez
58.Jeter
59. Steinbrenner
60. O'Neill
61. Dale Earnhardt
62. Covelli
63. Ernie Els
64. Mean Joe Greene
65. Switzer
66. Holtz
67. Paterno
68. Bryant
69. Spurrier
70. Cy Young
71. Shortstop (1982) and center field (1989)
72. True
73. Johnny Unitas
74. D. The Gamblers were in Houston.
75. Steffi Graf
76. Carolina Hurricanes
77. Joe Louis Arena
78. Mark Spitz, with seven gold medals; Heiden won five.
79. 1962
80. Don Shula, with a record of 347-173-6 (including postseason). Lombardi had a career record of 105-35-6, and Halas was 324-151-31.



81-118
81. Larry Doby, who played for the Indians on July 5, 1947
82. False. Brown gained 12,312 yards; Harris, 12,120.
83. Darius Miles, drafted third overall by the Clippers in 2000. Garnett was drafted fifth by the Timberwolves in 1995; McGrady was drafted ninth by the Raptors in 1997.
84. C. Detmer threw for 15,031 yards at BYU.
85. More than half. Entering the season, Martinez had 166 victories, 101 with the Red Sox.
86. Gerard Phelan
87. Wayne Gretzky
88. Jimmy Chitwood (Bonus question: Maris Valainis)
89. Buster Douglas (James Douglas is acceptable. Heck, give yourself a bonus point if you knew his real first name.)
90. C
91. Bob Barker
92. Texas
93. 1999
94. O.J. Simpson, 2,003 in 1973
95. D
96. The best defenseman
97. Eddie Gaedel
98. St. Louis
99. Bill Veeck (Bonus question: Bill DeWitt Jr., Cardinals)
100. False. No player has ever collected his 3,000th hit in a Yankees uniform.
101. Baltimore Colts
102. Montreal Expos
103. Bill Mazeroski (1960) to beat the Yankees. Joe Carter (1993) to beat the Phillies.
104. 108
105. Bill Davidson
106. G
107. D
108. C
109. B
110. Louisiana State University
111. Brett Favre
112. Kenyon Martin, 2000
113. False. He led the N.L. in average in 2002, when he hit .370.
114. Richard Petty
115. 200
116. Carl Yastrzemski, 1967
117. Indiana
118. E


Score Yourself.

0-10 points: You clicked on the IQ test by mistake, didn't you?
11-20: You watch a game if it's on, and watch a lot of PBS.
21-30: You follow your home team and are aware others exist.
31-40: You know plenty about one sport; time to bone up on the others.
41-50: You're a Sporting News subscriber, aren't you?
51-60: The equivalent of a double off the wall...
61-70: ... with the bases loaded.
71-80: Look at the big brain on (insert your name)!
81-90: You're the thinking-man's sports fan.
91-100: You're the guy the thinking-man's sports fan stops to ask for directions.
101-plus: You rule!

 

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Counting the bonuses I scored 97.

49 on part I, and 48 on part II.

 

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Counting the bonuses I scored 97.

49 on part I, and 48 on part II.

OK big shot, who was the last switch hitter to win the American League MVP award?