Sports Trivia Questions X

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In 1919, what appropriately named horse became the only one to ever beat Man O' War, doing so at the Sanford Stakes at Saratoga?

       a. Upset
       b. Seabiscuit
       c. Sir Barton
       d. War Admiral


What Rams defensive lineman, variety show host and future Republican minister wrote a book called "Needlepoint for Men"?

       a. Merlin Olsen
       b. Mean Joe Greene
       c. Rosey Grier
       d. Deacon Jones


In 1963, he became the youngest person ever to win the Masters. In 1986, he became the oldest. Who is he?

       a. Arnold Palmer
       b. Jack Nicklaus
       c. Gary Player
       d. Ben Hogan


When Jake LaMotta got married in 1986, the best man had beaten the groom five of the six times they fought. Who was he?

       a. Sonny Liston
       b. Ken Norton
       c. Sugar Ray Robinson
       d. Joey Maxim


If Bugs Bunny goes ballistic and hits Elmer Fudd with a rabbit punch, where will that punch land?

       a. Below the belt
       b. Kidneys
       c. Back of the neck
       d. Nose


He earned a BSc in physics and an MBA, and from August 1977 until May 1987, he amassed 122 straight victories in the hurdles. Who?

       a. Carl Lewis
       b. Michael Johnson
       c. Edwin Moses
       d. Florence Griffith Joyner


What Montreal Canadiens legend coached the WHA's Quebec Nordiques in their very first game, which they lost, and then quit?

       a. Jean Belliveau
       b. Guy Lafleur
       c. Maurice Richard
       d. Ken Dryden


Mario Lemieux was born in Quebec on October 5, 1965. So was what famously superstitious goalie?

       a. Patrick Roy
       b. Grant Fuhr
       c. Ed Belfour
       d. Martin Brodeur


Also known as the Dream, what basketball player's last name in Arabic for "always on top"?

       a. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
       b. Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf
       c. Hakeem Olajuwon
       d. Shaquille Rashan O'Neal


Whose #13 became the first number retired by the Harlem Globetrotters?

       a. Meadowlark Lemon
       b. Reece "Goose" Tatum
       c. Wilt Chamberlain
       d. Marques Haynes


When he KO'd Bert Cooper in 1992, who became the first left-handed world heavyweight champion?

       a. Mike Tyson
       b. Michael Moorer
       c. Evander Holyfield
       d. Riddick Bowe


In June 2004, what two teams, both owned by Bill Davidson, won their league championships?

       a. LA Lakers and Tampa Bay Lightning
       b. Calgary Flames and LA Lakers
       c. Tampa Bay Lightning and Detroit Pistons
       d. Detroit Pistons and Calgary Flames


As of 2003, Bobby Richardson is the only player from a losing team to be World Series MVP, and he's one of the few to do it playing what position?

       a. Second base
       b. Catcher
       c. Shortstop
       d. Pitcher




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