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Princess-Orphelia Captain
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 Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 7:16 pm
Welcome to the Sport Trivia
~Just answer as many questions as you can.
~Feel free to use google in search of answers.
~This is meant to be fun, so don't stress if you don't know the answers, be original and create your own if you have to.
~Copy and paste each question in separate posts, along with your answer.
~This is only for the first 25 applicants, so write your name down and start it up. Each person will get 10k after completion.
~Once completed please nudge the guild mule for your reward. And state what contest you've completed.
~Please be sure to also do the other questionnaires, quizzes, and trivia around this guild. It's free and you earn gold in the process.
~Have fun.
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 7:43 pm
Sports Trivia questions
1~What sport used the term "home run" long before baseball?
2~Who was the first U.S. volleyball player to win three Olympic gold medals?
3~What was the only team to win two World Series in the 1980's?
4~What NFL team is known as the "ain'ts" when on a losing streak?
5~What NBA team plays home games in the Alamo dome?
6~What company's logo is called the "swoosh"?
7~What Red Sox catcher's erect posture earned him the clubhouse nickname "Frankenstein"?
8~What country fielded 1996 Olympic women's teams that won gold in basketball, soccer and softball?
9~What Grand Slam golf tournament has the most clubhousers sipping mint juleps?
10~Who is the only tennis player to have won each of the four grand slam events at least four times?
11~What decade saw names first appear on the backs of NFL jerseys?
12~What position must college footballers play to receive the Davey O'Brien Award?
13~What woman won five U.S. figure skating titles from 6 to 173, but never an Olympic gold medal?
14~Who was the first female jockey to win five races in one day at a New York track?
15~Which sports figure holds the record for appearing the most times on the cover of Sports Illustrated?
16~Which two countries have not missed one of the modern day Olympics?
17~Which goalie holds the record for the most wins in regular season play?
18~What is the maximum weight for a golf ball?
19~In Olympic badminton how many feathers does the bird have?
20~What professional sport did bank robber John Dillinger play?
21~Who was the only person elected to both the football and the baseball hall of fame?
22~Wayne Levi was the first golfer to win a PGA tournament using a colored ball. What color was the ball?
23~Which track and field event is banned in high schools in every state except Rhode Island?
24~Which NHL team was once called the St. Patricks?
25~What sport, other than baseball uses the word 'home run'?
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Princess-Orphelia Captain
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Princess-Orphelia Captain
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 7:59 pm
Sports trivia questions
26~What sport awards the Maurice Podoloff Trophy?
27~How many panels make up a soccer ball?
28~How many stitches are there on a baseball?
29~What is the most watched sport in the world?
30~Which sport has the largest number of participants in the world?
31~In what year did boxing become a legal sport in the US?
32~Who holds baseball's record for the most stolen bases in a single season?
33~Who holds the record for the longest hitting streak in baseball?
34~In what year was the Ice Dancing included in the World Championship?
35~What is the name of the stadium where the Houston Astros play?
36~What sport do the Houston Astros play?
37~In which sport would you use the terms reefing and furling?
38~Which sport awards the Ryder Cup?
39~How many players are on the field for each team in American football?
40~In basketball how far is the free throw line from the net?
41~How long is a football game?
42~Which country held the 2008 Olympics.
43~Which sport awards the Winston Cup?
44~In which sport did Sonny Liston participate?
45~Who had eight gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics for the swimming event?
46~What event did ever-optimistic WWF czar Vince McMahon dub the "Super Bowl of pro wrestling"?
47~What Brazilian tennis star inspires hordes of fans to scream "Gu-ga, Gu-ga"?
48~What two-sport star didn't speak in his Nike ads, thanks to a pronounced stutter?
49~What 43-year-old base baller became the oldest pitcher to hurl a no-hitter?
50~What Spanish city got fired up over an NFL Europe team called the Dragons?
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 8:18 pm
More sports trivia questions
51~What sport other than ice skating was Tara Lipinski a national champ in?
52~What boxer was presented with a gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics to replace the one he threw away years earlier?
53~What golfer led the PGA Tour in driving distance eight years during the '90s?
54~What driver won his fourth Indy 500 in 1991?
55~What 16-year-old Swiss miss became the youngest Wimbledon singles champ in 100 years?
56~Who became the first pitcher to win four consecutive Cy Young Awards?
57~Who retired as a gymnastic coach in 1996 to co-ordinate the U.S. team-building efforts?
58~What NBC sports announcer admitted keeping a 1958 Mickey Mantle baseball card in his wallet?
59~Fred Cox, former Minnesota Viking kicker, holds the patent on what athletic toy?
60~Mickey Mantle wore number 7 throughout most of his career with the New York Yankees. What number did he wear as a rookie?
61~Who holds the record as being Britain's youngest ever Formula 1 Driver?
62~How many holes are there in a ten pin bowling ball?
63~In Basketball it’s called a Tip Off, in Football a Kick off what is it called in Ice Hockey?
64~Constantino Rocca plays which sport?
65~If you were playing darts and got a 'Shanghai' score of 72 with 3 darts which number have you scored on?
66~In motoring terms what does OHC stand for?
67~How many players are there in an Australian Rules football team?
68~Which footballer’s autobiography is titled The Good The Bad and the Bubbly?
69~Cross country skiing and rifle shooting make up which sport?
70~Which game can be 'lawn' or 'crown green'?
71~Which 2 continents battle it out for the Ryder Cup?
72~How many red balls are on the table at the start of a frame of snooker?
73~Larry Holmes is famous for which sport?
74~Which chess piece can only move diagonally?
75~What number shirt does David Beckham wear?
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Princess-Orphelia Captain
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Princess-Orphelia Captain
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 8:35 pm
76~How man hoops are there on a croquet pitch?
77~China has won the Swaythling cup more times than any other country. In which sport is the Swaythling cup played for?
78~In the game of Scrabble, how many letters does each player start with?
79~Which F1 Team made their Debut in Australia on March 3rd 2002?
80~What is written in big letters on the back of a cricket test umpire’s shirt?
81~Which small Norwegian town hosted the 1994 Winter Olympics?
82~In golf what name is given to the number 10 Iron?
83~Theoretically, what is the minimum number of strokes a player needs to make to win a set at tennis?
84~Who Bills himself as the 'Worlds greatest Boxing Promoter'?
85~What is Golfer Greg Norman’s nickname?
86~Who won the 2001 British Open Golf Championship?
87~Who is the only footballer to have played for Manchester United, Manchester, City, Liverpool and Everton?
88~How many 20 minute sessions are there in a game of ice hockey?
89~In baseball, how far is it between bases?
90~What term is used for the distance a golf ball travels from the tee to first bounce?
91~In snooker, how many points are scored on the black ball in a 147 break?
92~An Eskimo roll would be seen in which sport?
93~In which country was tennis player John McEnroe born?
94~By what name was world champion boxer Walker Smith better known?
95~Which American horse race is run at Churchill Downs?
96~How many laps are there in a normal speedway race - 3, 4 or 5?
97~Who was Mr Universe between 1978 and 1980?
98~Before the 2001 tournament, who were the ball boys at Wimbledon warned not to stare at?
99~Which English bowler took a hat trick in 2004 against the West Indies?
100~What’s the name for descending down sheer faces by sliding down a rope – as practiced by rock-climbers?
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 9:22 pm
101~At which ski resort would you see the Cresta Run?
102~Which word beginning with "C" is the name given to the electronic line judge at Wimbledon?
103~Brian Lara holds the world record for runs in a test match – how many did he score?
104~What name is given to a racehorse that has never won a race?
105~Who announced his retirement from the England cricket team, after playing in no fewer than 128 Tests?
106~In polo, what is used to hit the ball?
107~What is the most popular spectator sport in Spain?
108~What nationality is the Golfer Padraig Harrington?
109~What nationality is England cricket coach Duncan Fletcher?
110~Which International Rugby Union team has the shortest name?
111~In April 2002, which footballer became the youngest captain of England since Bobby Moore?
112~What color flag would a motor racing driver receive if he were disqualified?
113~Which country hosted the 1999 Rugby Union World Cup?
114~In equestrianism which event tests the horse's obedience?
115~In golf what is the American term for a bunker?
116~In cricket, what would an umpire be signalling if he bent his arm upwards and touched his nearer shoulder with the tips of his fingers?
117~Which sport uses the lightest ball?
118~What is the name of Gavin Hastings brother who also played rugby Union for Scotland?
119~What event took place in the Circus Maximus?
120~What was the final score in the 2003 England/Australia rugby world cup final?
121~In sport, what can be a maximum of 38 inches long and 4 inches wide?
122~If your balls are black & blue, what colour are your opponents balls, in Croquet?
123~In Rugby Union, who is Australia's all time record try scorer?
124~What is the famous five-word catchphrase of American boxing MC Michael Buffer?
125~What score is denoted by the term ‘bed and breakfast’ in a game of darts?
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Princess-Orphelia Captain
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 9:40 pm
126~What do Sumo wrestlers throw into the ring prior to a match?
127~Who won the 2004 British Open Golf championship?
128~In June 1906 where was the world’s first grand prix held?
129~In cycling, who has set a record by winning 6 Tours de France in succession?
130~What does the term 'king pair' mean to a cricketer?
131~The Mosconi Cup is played for in which Sport?
132~What is the most popular sport played in Nudist Camps?
133~Which golfer won the 2002 British Open Championship?
134~In 1994 the football league banned an innovation first introduced by Queen's Park Rangers in 1982, what was it?
135~In cricket how many runs are scored when the ball hits a helmet left on the ground by the fielding team?
136~There are four strokes in competitive swimming, breaststroke, backstroke, butterfly and which other?
137~In which sport are competitors required to change lanes after every lap?
138~What game is played on a Diamond?
139~How many lanes does an Olympic swimming pools have?
140~Which famous golf course is located at Virginia Water, Surrey, England?
141~Which baseball fielding position is behind home plate?
142~What is the name of the West Indies cricket Coach?
143~How long is a Pole used in Pole vaulting?
144~In 10-pin bowling, a strike is when you get all pins down with 1 ball - what term is used for getting them down with 2?
145~It's played over four periods of 15 minutes and only two of the seven players can score, which sport?
146~Which soccer team did Ian Botham play for?
147~Which famous sports person married his fiancé Elin Nordegren in Barbados in October 2004?
148~Whose long jump record in the 1968 Olympics lasted for 24 years?
149~Who was the first Black soccer captain for England?
150~What takes place in Happy Valley in Hong Kong?
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 10:00 pm
151~Who won a 'Golden Slam' in 1988 by winning the singles titles at the Australian, French, Wimbledon and United states tennis championships and the Olympic games?
152~Who reached a milestone in 2001 of being the 1st player to score 1000 points in International Rugby Union?
153~What sport was originally played at the All England Club, Wimbledon?
154~In Rugby Union which position usually wears the No 9 Shirt?
155~Who is the youngest ever winner of the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship?
156~Which family owns the American wrestling federation, the WWF?
157~In Gladiatorial combat, the Retiarius would be armed with a net and which weapon?
158~As at March 2006, how many teams have won the English Premiership?
159~Which Wimbledon court is known as “The Graveyard of Champions”?
160~In cricket, who is the fielder who patrols the boundary behind the slips?
161~Which golfer is nicknamed El Nino?
162~How many points is a touchdown worth in American Football?
163~What do cricketers call a ball that flies over the batsman's head without bouncing?
164~Who in April 2001 became England's Rugby Union leading points scorer of all time?
165~Who were the defending champions at the 1966 World Cup?
166~Had Charles Dempsey voted as instructed, which country would have won the vote to host the 2006 FIFA World Cup?
167~What is the nickname of the basketball player Earvin Johnson?
168~In golf what is the opposite of a slice?
169~Which sport takes place in a Velodrome?
170~In 1987, which golfer became the first British winner of the US Masters?
171~The winner of which sporting event is awarded the 'Venus Rose Water Dish'?
172~Brazil have won the World Cup most times, which country did they beat to win it the 1st time?
173~In which city is the San Siro stadium?
174~In golf, how many stokes would you have to take at a par 4 hole to get an albatross?
175~What was the first Australian city to host the Olympic games?
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Princess-Orphelia Captain
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 10:17 pm
176~How many hurdles in a 110m and 400m race?
177~In what ball sport is 'boasting' part of the game?
178~What is the official diameter of the centre circle on a soccer pitch?
179~In tennis, what is the woman's equivalent of the Davis Cup?
180~The Pasedena Rose Bowl hosted which famous event in 1994?
181~How many rounds are there in an amateur boxing match?
182~How many minutes duration is a normal men's fencing bout?
183~Who was the first footballer to be knighted?
184~Where were the 2006 Winter Olympics held?
185~Who was Britain's first million pound footballer?
186~How is the sport of tauromancy better known?
187~In which sport would you go to a basho?
188~What colour is the centre scoring zone on an archery target?
189~Which company sponsors both Manchester United and the England Cricket team?
190~If an American base ball player manages to run round all four bases with only one strike of the ball what is this score called?
191~In 1948, who was out for a duck in his last cricket Test match when four runs would have given him a batting average of 100?
192~The US open tennis tournament is held in New York City, but what is the name of the venue?
193~Which golfer scored the most points for Europe in their 2002 Ryder Cup victory over USA?
194~Which country does the Puma's rugby union team represent?
195~Which boxer was the first to win the Olympic heavyweight title and then go on to win the World Heavyweight title?
196~Vince The Lombardi Trophy is given to the team winning which competition?
197~Of the five coloured Olympic rings, which colour represents Europe?
198~Who did Goran Ivanisevic beat in the men's singles final at Wimbledon in 2001?
199~In which city is the Maracana, reputedly the world's largest football stadium?
200~Which sportsman was nicknamed 'Pistol Pete'?
201~Congratulations you've completed the sports trivia. Just shoot a pm to the guild mule and wait for your reward. Also please be sure to check out the other trivia's that are around this guild.
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 10:20 pm
The Participants.
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 10:21 pm
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Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 10:53 am
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Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 10:56 am
1. What sport used the term "home run" long before baseball?
Danish/Swedish bat-and-ball game. Term also known as "Longball"
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Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 10:59 am
2. Who was the first U.S. volleyball player to win three Olympic gold medals?
Karch Kiraly
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Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 11:02 am
3. What was the only team to win two World Series in the 1980's?
Los Angeles Dodgers
I gotta hand it to you, Orphie, these trivias are mighty fun
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