Sports Trivia Questions XII

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Starting a Victory Lane tradition, what did Louis Meyer guzzle after winning the 1936 Indianapolis 500?

       a. Gatorade
       b. Orange juice
       c. Buttermilk
       d. Ginger beer


In 1945, Billy Sianis of the Billy Goat Tavern cursed what team to eternal defeat after he was kicked out of Wrigley Field for bringing his smelly billy goat to Game 4 of the World Series?

       a. Boston Red Sox
       b. Chicago White Sox
       c. Chicago Cubs
       d. Boston Braves


Jack Norworth didn't go to his first baseball game until 1942, even though he'd written what famous song in 1908?

       a. Take Me Out to the Ball Game
       b. Casey at the Bat
       c. Who's on First
       d. Swing, Batter Batter


During Super Bowl XXVI, who missed the first play because he couldn't find his helmet?

       a. Mark Rypien
       b. Thurman Thomas
       c. Ottis Anderson
       d. Troy Aikman


In 1940, its arena burned its mortgage papers in the Stanley Cup. The resulting curse was only broken with Mark Messier's help 54 years later. What team is this?

       a. Chicago Black Hawks
       b. New York Rangers
       c. Boston Bruins
       d. Toronto Maple Leafs


In 1992, I tried to be the first person to play in two different major leagues in the same day. Who am I?

       a. Jim Thorpe
       b. Deion Sanders
       c. Bo Jackson
       d. Dave DeBusschere


Although he would have preferred to go in as a Met, who was the first person to enter the Baseball Hall of Fame as a Montreal Expo?

       a. Gary Carter
       b. Andre Dawson
       c. Tim Raines
       d. Larry Parrish


Pregame before Super Bowl XIII, Cowboys linebacker Hollywood Henderson said this quarterback "couldn't spell cat if you spotted him the 'c' and the 't'." Who?

       a. Mean Joe Greene
       b. Joe Namath
       c. Terry Bradshaw
       d. Franco Harris


Chuck Cooper was the first black player to be drafted by this league. But Nat Clifton was the first to be signed. But Earl Lloyd was the first to actually play. What league is this?

       a. American League
       b. National Basketball Association
       c. National League
       d. National Football League


Albuquerque named its minor league baseball team in honor of a Simpson's episode, in which Springfield's team threatens to move to New Mexico. What is this team called?

       a. Banana Slugs
       b. Isotopes
       c. Mud Hens
       d. Beerhalls


With the score tied and the bases loaded in the bottom of the 15th inning in the 1999 NL Championship Series, this Met hit a homer, but after the man on third scored, the game disintegrated. So he was credited with a "grand slam single" instead of a homer. Who was this?

       a. Roger Cedeno
       b. Robin Ventura
       c. Todd Pratt
       d. Mike Piazza


Linebacker Chuck Howley, the first defensive player named Super Bowl MVP, is also (as of 2008) the only MVP from a losing team. Which one?

       a. Kansas City Chiefs
       b. Buffalo Bills
       c. Dallas Cowboys
       d. Oakland Raiders


He coached Georgia Tech to a 222-0 win over Cumberland College in 1916. No wonder he has a trophy named for him. Who?

       a. Lord Stanley
       b. John Heisman
       c. Vince Lombardi
       d. Maurice Podoloff


Who was the first athlete to be named an all-star in major league baseball and to also play in an NFL Pro Bowl?

       a. Bo Jackson
       b. Jim Thorpe
       c. Deion Sanders
       d. Barry Bonds


Who was drafted by the NBA's Atlanta Hawks, the NFL's Minnesota Vikings and the MLB's San Diego Padres, the last of which jumped him past the minors and straight to the major leagues?

       a. Dave Winfield
       b. Rickey Henderson
       c. Tony Gwynn
       d. Don Mattingly




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