*******************************************************************************
Jeopardy: Sports Edition
FAQ
Apathetic Aardvark Email:
[email protected]
All rights reserved Version .43 1/11/2005
*******************************************************************************
Index/Table of Contents
*******************************************************************************
Questions and Answers..............................................i
Credits............................................................ii
*******************************************************************************
i) Questions and Answers
*******************************************************************************
The questions are broken down by category. The * separates the answer which
will be given to you and the question you must reply with. I thank Mike Truitt
for his generous use of all of the questions he got from the Gameboy version of
the game as an emormous boost to the amount of questions in here.
As of now this list is still less than 50% complete. More coming when I find
the time.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1987
-----------
In 1987, this placekicker was the NFL's only active player-lawyer * Chris Bahr
This former Auburn forward was named NBA rookie-of-the-year in 1987 * Chuck
Person
She held every womans record between 800M and 10,000M in May * Mary Decker
Slaney
Boxing promoter Bob Arum wrestled with this promoter after the Leonard-Hagler
fight * Don King
This fell from Joe Niekro's pocket after an umpire suspected him of scuffing *
Emery Board
1988
-----------
This AL East had a 24 game home winning streak in '88 * Boston Red Sox
This AL West team finished 33 1/2 games behind the Oakland A's in '88 * Texas
Rangers
This minor league team set attendance records after a '88 movie * Duram Bulls
The NFL's highest paid running back in 1988 * Eric Dickerson
He vetoed all of George Steinbrenner's efforts to trade him in '88 * Dave
Winfield
1992
-----------
They set an AL record with 31 hits in a 9-inning game against the Blue Jays *
Milwaukee Brewers
This Boston Red Sox third baseman hit under .300 for the first time in '92 *
Wade Boggs
This MLB team won the most games during the regular season * Atlanta Braves
This governmental department spent $1 million on softballs in '92 * Department
of defense
This NL baseball team's last place finish was its first in 87 years * Los
Angeles Dodgers
1992 Olympics
-----------
The "Dream Team" played this sport in the '92 summer Olympics * Basketball
This former country saw its athletes gather as the unified team * Soviet Union
This country's baseball team beat the US twice at the Barcelona Olympics *
Japan
She became the first female US gold medalist in figure skating since Dorothy
Hamill * Kristi Yamaguchi
This nation's speed-skater Ye Qaiobo won its 1st-ever winter Olympics medal *
China
He and Patrick Ewing were the only two members of the Dream Team to foul out *
Charles Barkley
This was the home state for 25 percent of the US summer Olympic team *
California
He was the head coach of the Dream Team * Chuck Daly
This country was welcomed back into the Olympic field for the first time since
'60 * South Africa
This French skiing hero was co-president of the winter Olympics * Jean Claude
Killy
Abbreviation
-----------
XPA in football scoring summaries * Extra points attempted
GWG in Hockey * Game winning goals
FGA in basketball summaries * Field goals attempted
GBL in the standings * Games behind leader
SO in hockey statistics * Shutouts
A sign on a golf coarse reading "GUR" stands for "Ground Under..." this *
Repair
A DH is this in baseball * Designated hitter
An extra point in football is referred to as this * PAT
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is usually called this *
NASCAR
The International Race of Champions is known as this * IROC
PIM in hockey stats stands for this * Penalties in minutes
The letters BJ on an NFL Official's uniform stands for this * Back judge
The letters HL on an NFL Official's uniform * Head linesman
FTM in a basketball box score * Free throws made
SHG atop a collumn of hockey statistics * Shorthanded goals
Ages
-----------
In '87 this Houston Astros player was the oldest 2nd basemen in the major
leagues * Davey Lopes
The age of tennis whiz Steffi Graf when she turned pro * 13
The minimum age of golfers on the Senior PGA Tour * 50
Satchel Paige's age in his rookie season with the Cleveland Indians * 42
He set the 100M dash record in 9.86 seconds in '91 at the age of 30 * Carl
Lewis
Brian Piccolo's age when he died * 26
The age of a horse classified as a juvenile * 2
This baseball slugger celebrated its 100th birthday in 1984 * Louisville
Slugger
The average age of female Olympic competitors * 20
The average age of male Olympic competitors * 24
All-Star
-----------
This pitcher won 27 games for a last-place club * Steve Carlton
He had exactly 3,000 career hits * Roberto Clemente
He holds the NL record for walking the most times * Joe Morgan
He was the first member of the Montreal Expos to suit up for an All-Star game *
Rusty Staub
He hit the first grand slam home run in a major league All-Star game history in
1983 * Fred Lynn
Announcers
-----------
This sports announcer boasted "I made Muhammad Ali" * Howard Cosell
This broadcaster spoke of a team being "In the catbird seat" * Red Barber
The voice of television's "This Week in Baseball" * Mel Allen
This baseball announcer is known for asking: "How 'bout that, sports fans?" *
Mel Allen
Ralph Kiner once announced this former Mets baseball player as Gary Cooper *
Gary Carter
Auto Racing
-----------
A car that drives in front of the race cars to start a race * Pace Car
When a car takes a break from the race for servicing and refueling * Pit stop
This Allison suffered a fatal crash at the Michigan International Speedway in
'92 * Clifford Allison
The only NASCAR Winston Cup driver to have won 200 races * Richard Petty
This NHRA Winston Cup drag racer was the first to break the 300 MPH mark *
Kenny Bernstein
In '86 he became the 1st driver to average over 170 MPH at the Indianapolis 500
* Bobby Rahal
This northern US state hosts the Marlboro 500 auto race * Michigan
This US driver has won the Indianapolis 500 the most times * AJ Foyt
The length, in hours, of the Grand Prix D'Endurance * 24
Emmerson Fittipaldi drank this when he won the Indy 500 in 1993 * Orange Juice
In auto racing this pattern on a flag indicates the end of the race * Checkered
He designed the controversial STP Turban racing car * Andy Granatelli
This class of racing has all the cars at 1,290 or more pounds * Formula One
This famed french racing circuit is 8.467 miles long * LeMans
This is NASCARS premiere event * Daytona 500
Ballpark
-----------
The number of fair balls hit out of Yankee Stadium * 0
This National League ballpark was once known as Weeghman Park * Wrigley Field
This city's major league baseball field is three hours from Cleveland by
riverboat * Pittsburgh
This was the last major league stadium to have lights installed * Wrigley Field
It's "The House that Ruth Built" * Yankee Stadium
Baseball
-----------
This Cuban-Born baseball player was named manager of the Cincinnati Red in '92
* Tony Perez
Baseball honchos decided not to have his named stamped on World Series balls *
Fay Vincent
Blue Jays relief pitchers donned this gear to show support for teammate David
Cone * Coneheads
The first team to sue Fay Vincent after he realigned the National League *
Chicago Cubs
This duo became the 1st father & son to hit home runs in an All-Star game * Ken
Griffey Jr and Sr
This NY Yankee's 2130th consecutive game in '39 was also his last * Lou Gehrig
The price of admission to a Cincinnati Redstockings game in 1869 * 10 cents
He noted: I'm no different than anyone with 2 arms, 2 legs & 4,200 hits * Pete
Rose
His '83 no-hitter was the 1st for a NY Yankee since Don Larson in '56 * Dave
Righetti
Reggie Jackson was wearing this uniform when he hung up the bat it '87 *
Oakland Athletics
This baseball philosopher had the most World Series hits with 71 * Yogi Berra
He played the most games for the Yankees * Mickey Mantle
He was the first 40-40 man in baseball * Jose Canseco
He has won 363 games, the most for any left-hander * Warren Spahn
He won the first Cy Young award in 1956 * Don Newcombe
T-shirts sold outside Fenway gave this as the troubled Red Sox's magic number *
911
This catcher decided to retire in 1 at bat when he forgot the count & the score
* Johnny Bench
Nolan Ryan began pitching for the New York Mets in this decade * 1960s
This American League baseball team cap sports a "T" * Texas Rangers
Both Bob Gibson & this pitcher made Caesar Geronimo their 3,000th strikeout
victim * Nolan Ryan
This 1st baseball team to pay players an avg salary of over $700,000 * New York
Yankees
A baseball player must have 40 of each of these to be a 40-40 man * Homers &
Stolen Bases
ML pitchers committed this 416 times in the 1st 544 games of '88 * Balks
The last baseball team Tom Seaver tried to pitch for * New York Mets
The number of scoreless innings played the '87 All-Star game * 13
This Expo was the first player to steal 70 bases & drive in 70 runs in a season
* Tim Raines
This was Major League Baseball's only triple crown winner of the 1950s * Mickey
Mantle
This relief pitcher is credited with perfecting the knuckleball * Hoyt Wilhelm
The term "Billy Ball" is attribited to this manager * Billy Martin
When he hit is 100th home run, Jimmy Piersall did this backwards * Ran around
the bases
Their infield consisted of Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, Ron Cey & Bill Russell *
Los Angeles Dodgers
This brand of baseball is used in major league games * Rawlings
He lamented "It's Deja Vu all over again" * Yogi Bera
This St. Louis player won all of the NL batting titles from '20-'25 * Rogers
Hornsby
The only major league pitcher to have more than 500 wins in his career * Cy
Young
Baseball Equipment
-----------
A baseball player puts his donut on this * His bat
It was worn by catcher John Montgomery Ward for the first time in 1875 *
Catcher's mask
The Brooklyn Dodgers introduced these to the Major Leagues in 1941 * Batting
helmets
This players baseball glove can be no more than 38 inches in circumfrence *
Catcher
The tiny ball in the center of a baseball is made of this * Cork
Baseball Facts
-----------
He compiled baseball's highest lifetime batting average of .424 * Rogers
Hornsby
The direction that most baseball fields face * East
This team won the World Series the last year the had Babe Ruth, but not since *
Boston Red Sox
This NL team's 106 losses in '88 were the the most in their '53-yr history *
Atlanta Braves
He led the NL in '87 in strikeouts & ERA, but had an 8-16 record * Nolan Ryan
Baseball Firsts
-----------
The last name of the 1st father & son in ML history to play on the same team *
Griffey
This NL team won the 1st World Series playe at night in '71 * Pittsburgh
Pirates
The first pitcher to strike out 300 or more batters in 3 different seasons *
Sandy Koufax
The 1st ML player in the '60s to hit 4 homers in a game * Willie Mays
This Cardinals base stealer was teh 1st player to bat in a MLB game in Canada
* Lou Brock
Baseball Hodge
-----------
They are called the firemen on the baseball team. * Relief Pitchers
This hometown provided Casey Stengel with his nickname. * Kansas City
A baseball "junkman" rarely throws this pitch. * Fastball
Baseball's Umpire-In-Chief stands behind this base * Home
This is the shape of a baseball infield * Square
His 1927 Yankees jersey garnered a record $363,000 * Lou Gehrig
This first lady threw out the first ball for her favorite Cubs * Hilary Clinton
The only MLB team whose name consists entire of non-English words * San Diego
Padres
This break in baseball action was instituted in 1880 * 7th inning stretch
When one person tosses up a ball and swings at it * Fungo
He won the American League batting title in 1992 & 1993 * Juan Gonzales
He's the only baseball player to win the MVP Award in both leagues * Frank
Robinson
The New York Yankees used to do this * New York Highlanders
In '72 he led the majors in wins with 27; in '73 he led the majors in losses
with 20 * Steve Carlton
He has an expressway named for him running by the Rangers' ballpark * Nolan
Ryan
It's "Beisuboro" to a Japanese sports fan * Baseball
A Japanese baseball umpire means this when he yells "Auto" * Out
A Japanese baseball umpire means this when he yells "Seifu" * Safe
The hand that Babe Ruth threw with * Left Hand
Willie Mays said that this street game gave him his athletic skills * Stickball
Hank Aaron played his final major league game with this team * Milwaukee
Brewers
This annual baseball game was 1st played during the '33 Chicago World's Fair *
All Star game
This baseball poem was first recited in public by Dewolf Hopper in 1888 * Casey
at the Bat
A 91-yr-old Chicago fan turned thise on for the first time in 1988 * Lights
This met had hotstuff the lab, slider, the poodles & Ferguson the cat * Tom
Seaver
Baseball Mosts
-----------
This major league pitcher won the most games in his career * Cy Young
This Cub great holds the record for the most grand slams in a season * Ernie
Banks
This pitcher had started games in 35 ML parks by the end of the '92 season *
Nolan Ryan
This Tiger set more records than anyone in MLB history * Ty Cobb
He holds the record for most strikeouts in a 9 inning game * Roger Clemens
Baseball Numbers
-----------
The number of outs in an inning * 6
The number of Major League Baseball teams who play home games in California *
Five
The number of days in baseball's All-Star break * 3
The number of baseball players aboard if "The sacks are packed" * 3
The number of major league games that inventor Abner Doubleday attended * 0
Baseball Onlys
-----------
He is the only MLB player to hit 30 or more home runs in each of 15 seasons *
Hank Aaron
They are the only AL East team with a hand-operated scoreboard * Boston Red Sox
He was the only player to play for the Boston, Milwaukee, & Atlanta Braves. *
Eddie Matthews
The only man to play 500 games with 4 teams: The Astros, Expos, Mets & Tigers *
Rusty Staub
The only major league player to serve in both World War I and World War II *
Hank Gowdy
Baseball Potpourri:
-----------
Eric Davis was the 1st NL player to do this 3 times in one month * Hit Grand
Slam Home Runs
They hit more homers than 4 ML teams in '61 * Maris & Mantle
Jim Bunning pitched his historic perfect game on this holiday * Fathers Day
This NY team nixed Charley Pride's dream of playing baseball in '64 * New York
Mets
Stan Musial became an executive with this team after retiring in '63 * St Louis
Cardinals
Baseball Records
-----------
He holds the record for most home runs hit in Tiger Stadium by a visiting
player * Babe Ruth
She holds the women's record for the longest baseball throw * Babe Didrikson
He has the best career home-run ratio, hitting one every 11.76 times at bat *
Babe Ruth
This hall of fame slugger has grounded into the most double plays * Henry Aaron
This 300-game winner holds the career AL record for home runs by a pitcher *
Warren Spahn
Baseball Rules
-----------
A batted ball not swung at, but intentionally met with the bat * Bunt
This base coach usually gives signals to the batter * 3rd
In 1973, this made its debut in baseball's American League * Designated Hitter
This baseball league was the first to adapt a helmet rule * National
Two regularly scheduled games, played in immediate succession * Double header
Baseball Teams
-----------
Their troubled players to a course in "The art of dealing with media" in '86 *
New York Mets
This AL team was purchased in '79 for $12 & '87 for $70 & '93 for $173 million
* Baltimore Orioles
This NL team had an 8 member "College of Coaches" between '61-'65 * Chicago
Cubs
The team the Yankees were playing when Roger Maris hit his 61st homer * Boston
Red Sox
This NL team won 38 of its last 49 games is in the '69 season * New York Mets
Baseball Position
-----------
This baseball position is sometimes referred to as the short field * Shortstop
This member of the baseball team is allowed to wear the longest glove * First
Basemen
The position that Geena Davis played in "A League of Their Own" * Catcher
Lou Gehrig played this position * First Base
This position was called the "Pecker" in 1830s when baseball was "Town Ball" *
Pitcher
Baseball P'pouri
-----------
This baseball position and the first baseman wear a mitt instead of a glove *
Catcher
This novelist said: "Baseball is a game played by idiots for morons" * F Scott
Fitzgerald
The number of career home runs that Hank Aaron hit * 755
He holds the AL record for home runs by a switch hitter with 536 * Mickey
Mantle
In '83 he led the majors in wins with 24; In '84 he tied for the ML lead in
losses * Lamarr Hoyt
Basketball
-----------
An NBA referee signals this by raising both arms over his head * 3 Point Goal
Bob Lanier's shoe size * 22
An NBA referee signals this with a downward pointing rotating index finger *
Basket Interference
The Golden State Warriors call this city home * Oakland
This NBA player frequently shattered the backboard with his slam dunk * Daryl
Dawkins
The number of times Wilt Chamberlain fouled out of an NBA game * 0
At 6'5" he is the shortest man to win an NBA rebounding title * Charles Barkley
This player led the NBA in rebounding five consecutive times in the 1980s *
Moses Malone
This center was named to the All-NBA team a record 15 times * Kareem Abdul
Jabbar
Red Auerbach called him "The greatest backcourt man who ever played" * Bob
Cousy
The Harlem Globetrotters regularly beat them * Washington Generals
Oscar Robertson played ball at this college * University of Cincinnati
Larry Bird played basketball at this college * Indiana State
In '50 Red Auerback passed up the chance to draft this Holy Cross star * Bob
Cousy
They posted the worst record in NBA history with only nine wins * Philadelphia
76ers
Basketball Firsts
-----------
He was the NBA's first black coach * Bill Russell
This Kentucky school's team was the first to win NAIA, NIT & NCAA tournaments *
Louisville
Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton left this team to be the NBA's 1st black player. *
Harlem Globetrotters
The first NBA player to have over 200 steals & 100 blocked shots in a season *
Michael Jordan
The first non-guard to lead the NBA in assists * Wilt Chamberlain
This '60s and '70s great has the record for consecutive missed free throws with
10 * Wilt Chamberlain
The NBA term for 10 points, rebounds & assists in one game * Triple Double
The number of goals scored in the first basketball game ever played * 1
This NBA team had to cancel a home game due to rioting in '89 * Miami Heat
This NBA team has the record for most consecutive losses to start a season *
Miami Heat
Basketball History
-----------
This colorful coach holds the record for most NBA career victories * Red
Auerbach
This player scored 100 points in an NBA game * Wilt Chamberlain
Balls from this sport were first used to play basketball * Soccer
In '84 he became the first black to coach an NCAA basketball champion * John
Thompson
This NBA team scored and gave up 100 pts in every game in the '81-'82 season *
Denver Nuggets
Basketball Hodge
-----------
He was the NBA MVP in '81-'82 with Houston then traded, & won the award in
'82-'83 * Moses Malone
He holds the record with most unsuccessful free throws in a game with 10 * Wilt
Chamberlain
This team's world championship video was called "Untoucha-Bulls" * Chicago
Bulls
This basketball player had a role in the movie "Airplane" * Kareem Abdul Jabbar
The number of seconds a pro basketball shot clock runs * 24
Basketball Moments
-----------
The only basketball player to lead the NCAA, ABA & NBA in scoring * Rick Barry
This Bucks guard was called for delay of game in '88 at the free throw line *
Ricky Pierce
The only NBA Rookie of the Year to become an NBA Coach of the Year * Tommy
Heinsohn
The only NBA player to average double figures in points, rebounds & assists *
Oscar Robertson
These 2 players surprised fans at the '88 NBA finals with pre-game smooches *
Johnson & Thomas
Basketball Nickname
-----------
He's called "The Mailman" * Karl Malone
They call him "The Dream" * Hakeem Olajuwon
He's also called "Air" * Michael Jordan
You can address him as "Sir Charles" * Charles Barkley
He's been called "Magic" more than his real name * Earvin Magic Johnson
The Los Angeles Lakers called this substitute Clark Kent * Kurt Rambis
This college basketball team is nicknamed The Tar Heels * North Carolina
This basketball player is referred to as DJ * Dennis Johnson
He's "Tark the Shark" * Jerry Tarkanian
This Boston Celtic was nicknamed "Secratary of the Defense" * Bill Russell
Basketball Numbers
-----------
The number of basketballs available to each team for pre-game warmups * 6
An NBA player is kicked out of the game after he has commited this many fouls *
6
The number of blacks that held down jobs on NBA rosters in the 1949-50 season *
0
The number of years that Larry Bird played in the NBA * 13
The number of times the Celtics won their division during Larry Bird's tenure *
10
Basketball P'pourri
-----------
It's former NBA superstar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's favorite shot * Skyhook
The NBA's Houston Rockets play their game in this arena * Summit
The number of square feet an NBA backboard measures * 24
His number-one recreational-sports video was title "Always Showtime" * Magic
Johnson
This NBA team hired Jerry Tarkanian as coach * San Antonio Spurs
This part of Larry Bird's anatomy caused him to quit basketball * His Back
The NBA Coach of the Year is named after this Boston Celtics fixture * Red
Auerbach
This Lakers guard broke the NBA record for career assist in April '91 * Earvin
Magic Johnson
The name of Orlando's NBA Franchise * Magic
Abe Saperstein's heirs sold this sports team for over $3 million * Harlem
Globetrotters
This NBA team won 33 consecutive games in the early '70s * Los Angeles Lakers
This court's standard dimentions are 94 feet by 50 feet * Basketball court
This man played on championship teams in Milwaukee and Los Angeles * Kareem
Abdul Jabbar
Mike Krzyzewski coaches this eastern schools basketball team * Duke
He struck down and seriously injured Rudy Tomjanovich of the Houston Rockets *
Kermit Washington
Basketball Teams
-----------
This NBA team went 40-1 at home during the '85-'86 season * Boston Celtics
They play their home games at Omni * Atlanta Hawks
This state's ABA team was the Muskies * Minnesota
This team became the second NBA squad to win 5 titles in a decade * Los Angeles
Lakers
This west coast NBA team only won 12 games in the '86-'87 season * Los Angeles
Clippers
Birthplaces
-----------
He's the most famous boxer born in Louisville * Muhammad Ali
This Pennsylvania town is the birthplace of professional football * Latrobe
Jose Canseco was born in this Caribbean country * Cuba
This state gave birth to over half the players of the '80 US hockey team *
Minnesota
Patrick Ewing was born on this island * Jamaica
Bo Jackson
-----------
In 1990, Bo hit a ground ball and busted the lip of this famous pitcher * Nolan
Ryan
This White Sox teammate blocked for Bo in college * Frank Thomas
Bo attended this Alabama university * Auburn
Bo won this award his senior year in college * Heisman Trophy
Bo played baseball for the Royals while playing for this NFL team * Los Angeles
Raiders
Books
-----------
He wrote the book "Mr. Clutch" telling of his years with the Lakers * Jerry
West
He told all in "The Umpire Strikes Back" * Ron Luciano
This famous race car wrote a book titled "They call me Mr. 500" * Andy
Granatelli
This NBA superstar told his story in "Giant Steps" * Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
He knocked out "How to Hit a Golf Ball" in '40 & "Golf Begins at 40" in '78 *
Sam Snead
Bowling
What a right-handed bowler calls a strike made by catching the head pin's left
side * Brooklyn
This score is a CC in ten pin bowling * 200
In ten pin bowling, this pin is nicknamed "The Widow" * Ten pin
On a bowling alley, this is 60 feet from the foul line * Head Pin
The number of rows of pins in ten pin bowling * 4
The number of strikes in a perfect game of bowling * 12
The steps that are taken before releasing a bowling ball are called this *
Approach
The highest bowling score possible without throwing any strikes * 190
Avid bowlers refer to this pin as "Mother-in-law" * 7
When this pin and the 7 are left standing they are referred to as "Mule Ears" *
10
Boxers
-----------
This boxer called it quits in 1955 with a 49-0 record * Rocky Marciano
He had not fought for 5 years when he upset Marvin Hagler in '87 * Sugar Ray
Leonard
The first fighter to knock out Roberto Duran * Thomas Hearns
His wife was planning his 46th birthday party when his plane crashed * Rocky
Marciano
During his pro career, he was knocked down only by Kevin Anthe Spoileron Howard
* Sugar Ray Leonard
In '57 he lost his title to Gene Fullmer, regained it & lost it to Carmen
Basilio * Sugar Ray Robinson
In '21 this heavyweight fought George Carpentier in the 1st $1 million gate *
Jack Dempsey
Joe Lewis defeated him to win is first heavyweight title * Jim Braddock
An injured rib cage forced him out of a fight against Evander Holyfield in '91
* Mike Tyson
This boxer was tried and acquitted of draft evasion in 1920 * Jack Dempsey
This boxer boasted manos de pierdra or hands of stone * Roberto Duran
In 1980, this boxer told Martin Scorsese "You've made me champ again" * Jake
Lamotta
He broke Muhammad Ali's jaw * Ken Norton
He fought Muhammad Ali in Zaire * George Foreman
This boxer was a paratrooper in Hitler's army * Max Schmelling
Boxing
-----------
This boxer retired with the all time best winning percentage * Rocky Marciano
The weight class that Cassius Clay fought in as an Olympian * Light heavyweight
He lost his title because of resistance to the draft * Muhammad Ali
The only boxer to have held the Heavy, Light-heavy & Middleweight titles * Bob
Fitzsimmons
He beat Jack Dempsey twice * Gene Tunney
Boxing Champs
-----------
This heavyweight boxing champ had the longest reign * Joe Louis
He defeated Jersey Joe Walcott to become the heavyweight boxing champ * Rocky
Marciano
This boxing great was the second black to become world heavyweight champ * Joe
Louis
He was the only boxer to win a world title five times at one weight * Sugar Ray
Robinson
He won the first heavyweight title fight * Gentlemen Jim Corbett
Boxing Hodge
-----------
He was the first boxer to defeat Muhammad Ali in a professional bout * Joe
Frazier
He won the first million-dollar boxing championship * Jack Dempsey
The 1st boxer to hit his way to to titles in 4 weight categories * Tommy Hearns
He spoiled Joe Louis' boxing comeback bid in 1951 * Rocky Marciano
Cassius Clay's poems predicted this * Knockouts
John L. Sullivan knocked out most of his opponents with this hand * His right
Boxer Leon Spinks gained fame for driving without this * His licence
Boxer Kid McCoy inspired this term meaning "The genuine article" * Real McCoy
Muhammad Ali KO'ed Sonny Liston in this round * 1st
He reigned as heavyweight champ for 258 days in '90 * James Buster Douglas
Boxing Nicknames
-----------
Featherweight boxing great known as "The Will o' the Wisp" * Willie Pep
This boxer was known as "The Brown Bomber" * Joe Louis
This boxer is also known as "The Louisville Lip" * Muhammad Ali
This '80s boxing champ was nicknamed "Marvelous" * Marvin Hagler
He was boxing's first "Great White Hope" * Jim Jeffries
This future heavyweight champion entered the ring at age 18 as Kid Blackie *
Jack Dempsey
Rocky Barbella became this name for his ring career * Rocky Graziano
He was Smokin' Joe * Joe Frazier
This heavyweight boxer has been dubbed Neon * Leon Spinks
This heavyweight boxing hopeful was dubbed Gentleman Gerry * Gerry Cooney
The pride of German pugilism was dubbed the Black Uhlan * Max Schmeling
The nickname of boxer Ray Mancini * Boom Boom
This storied boxer was dubbed "The Bronx Bull" * Jake Lamotta
Muhhammad Ali dubbed this bald boxer "The Acorn" * Earnie Shavers
This former heavyweight boxing champion's CB handle is The Big Bopper *
Muhammad Ali
Broken Records
-----------
He hauled in 55 rebounds in November '60 to break Bill Russell's record * Wilt
Chamberlain
This Orioles Junior passed Stan Musial is consecutive games played in '87 * Cal
Ripken Jr
Cardinal Bob Gibson broke his record in '68 when he posted a 1.12 ERA * Grover
Cleveland Alexander
Maury Wills broke his base stealing record when he swiped 104 in '62 * Ty Cobb
Wilt Chamberlain broke this St Louis Hawk's career scoring record * Bob Pettit
Rickey Henderson broke his stolen-base record * Lou Brock
He broke Babe Ruth's single-season home run record * Roger Maris
He broke Don Drysdale's 58-inning scoreless streak with 59 * Orel Hershiser
He broke Gordie Howe's NHL career scoring record in his 11th season * Wayne
Gretzky
In 7 yrs he broke the QB career rushing record that Fran Tarkenton set in 18
yrs * Randall Cunningham
Bumps and Bruises
-----------
Sandy Koufax was afflicted with this and quit baseball at the age of 31 *
Arthritis
This gave rise to the football injury "Turf Toe" * Artificial Turf
A "Banjoed" soccer player has been kicked here * Groin
Dizzy Dean injured this during an All-Star game * His big toe
This hall of fame jockey was paralized in a '91 traffic accident * Wilie
Shoemaker
This US skier broke a leg during a '74 avalanche & on a slide in '75 * Phil
Mahre
This sport is the greatest cause of eye injuries in the US * Baseball
This hurdler competed at the '88 Olympic trials despite a broken arm * Greg
Foster
Over 175,000 softball players were doing this when they were injured in '87 *
Sliding
He bounced his head off of the diving board in the '88 Olympics * Greg Louganis
CFL Cities
-----------
The Rough Riders are from this city * Ottawa
The Eskimos hail from here * Edmonton
This city is represented by the Argonauts * Toronto
The Blue Bombers are from this city * Winnepeg
The Tigercats represent this city * Hamilton
Championships
-----------
Since World War II, this college has won the most team championships *
University of Houston
This sport is contested in the ATP Championships * Tennis
The only team besides the Yankees to win an AL pennant between '49 & '58 *
Cleveland Indians
She was the US Women's figure skating champion in 1976 * Peggy Fleming
She was the US Women's figure skating champion in 1980 * Dorothy Hamill
Changed Names
-----------
This tennis player's original name was Richard Raskind * Renee Richards
Lloyd Free was known as this after he went global * World B Free
This boxer changed his name to Marvelous in 1982 * Marvin Hagler
Cassius Clay changed his name to this before he changed it to Muhammad Ali *
Cassius X
This Los Angeles Laker legally changed the spelling of his first name * Mychal
Thompson
Cities
-----------
Rocky Balboa trained in this city * Philadelphia
This city's NHL team is nicknamed the Penguins * Pittsburgh
Minneapolis and this, its twin city, love the Minnesota Twins * St Paul
They lost an NL team in '66 & got an AL team when the Seattle Pilots moved east
* Milwaukee
This city opened the $100 million Alamodome in 1993 * San Antonio
The 500 stock car race called the "Granddaddy of 'em all" is held here *
Darlington South Carolina
Their fans cheered for the Pilgrims during the 1903 World Series * Boston
This city's symphony played the wedding march at Wayne Gretzky's wedding *
Edmonton
This eastern US city made a pitch to the NCAA to host the "Crab Bowl" *
Baltimore
This Alabama city hosts the All-American Bowl * Birmingham
Coaches
-----------
This renowned college coach was named for an ancient American king * Ara
Parseghian
This former NFL coach took to pacing the sidelines in a 7-1/4 inch long oval
hat. * Tom Landry
He says that he bleeds Dodger blue * Tommy LaSorda
He coached Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci & American Mary Lou Retton * Bela
Karolyi
Paul Brown, Weeb Eubank & Bo Schembechler played for this Ohio college * Miami
of Ohio
College Coaches
-----------
He was the head coach of the Notre Dame football team in 1918 * Knute Rockne
Joe Paterno tied this record in '86 with his sixth undefeated regular season *
Paul Bear Bryant
This Tennessee football coach resigned in '92 after 16 years at the helm *
Johnny Majors
This 3-time Super Bowl winner decided to become Stanford's head coach * Bill
Walsh
This Notre Dame coach died in a plane crash in 1931 * Knute Rockne
College Conference
-----------
The college football conference that Missouri plays in * Big Eight
This college football conference used to be called the Eastern League * Ivy
League
Michigan, Indiana & this state represent the Big Ten * Illinois
Arkansas & South Carolina defected to this football conference * Southeastern
It included Arizona, Arizona State, Utah, BYU & New Mexico in '62 * WAC
Colleges
-----------
This college coach said "A tie is like kissing your sister" * Paul Bear Bryant
The first college player to gain 6000 yards rushing * Tony Dorsett
Quarterback Jim Plunkett played college ball here * Stanford
The nickname of South Carolina's football squad * Gamecocks
The nickname of Big 10 back Howard Cassady * Hopalong
Colors
-----------
This NBA club lists its colors as blue and green * Dallas Mavericks
This NBA club colors are wine and gold * Cleveland Cavaliers
Other than white, this is the most popular color on NBA uniforms * Red
This NBA club's colors are purple, orange, copper & white * Phoenix Suns
The color of a first place ribbon in a horse show * Blue
This color stripe crosses a red flag to indicate that SCUBA divers are below *
White
This color armband distinguishes the speed skater in the outer lane * Red
The overall leader of the Tour De France wears this color jersey * Yellow
These colors are direction markers on a downhill ski course * Green & Red
The hitting surface of gloved used in international amateur boxing is this
color * White
The official lacrosse ball can only be orange or this color * White
This color of shirt is prohibited in official table tennis competition * White
The color of a bull's-eye in a competition archery target * Yellow
The color of most racquetballs * Blue
The color of the hull of the "Stars and Stripes" * Blue
Commissioners
-----------
He was a descendent of Alamo defender Jim Bowie * Bowie Kuhn
He replaced Peter Uberroth as commissioner of baseball * A Bartlett Giamatti
This former sports commissioner's real first name is Alvin * Pete Rozelle
William Eckert replaced him as commissioner of baseball * Ford Frick
This Wall Street layer was named commissioner of baseball in '69 * Bowie Kuhn
Country
-----------
This country has won tennis' Davis Cup the most times * United States
Chi Chi Rodriguez played for this country in golf's 1987 Chrysler Cup * United
States
This country hosted the '44 football game dubbed the "Potato Bowl" * Ireland
Their female caddies wore helmets after 500 were hit in the head * Japan
This country's skiers have included Anton Steiner, Fran Gruber & Hans Enn *
Austria
This alpine country was the birthplace of bobsledding * Switzerland
This country's international yachting designation is KC * Canada
This country boasted more than 600 professional table tennis players in 1985 *
China
This defunct country won the most world hockey championships * The Soviet Union
/ USSR
This country has mounted the most challenges for the America's Cup * Great
Britain / England
Defeats
-----------
This man lost two Masters playoffs * Ben Hogan
He threw 42 interceptions while quarterbacking in Houston Oilers in 1962 *
George Blanda
This team lost the coin toss that allowed Houston to draft Ralph Sampson *
Indiana Pacers
The LA Lakers lost to this team 6 times in the NBA Finals in the '60s * Boston
Celtics
The Redskins beat this southern team to win their 1st Super Bowl * Miami
Dolphins
Dominant Athletes:
-----------
This favorite British sport was dominated in the '80s by Eric Bristow * Darts
This golfer won his eight Masters tournaments between '46 & '53 * Ben Hogan
The first golfer to amass $8 million in career earnings * Tom Kite
The PGA named him golfer of the century in 1988 * Jack Nicklaus
The country's women's gymnastics team were the only ones to win gold '52-'80 *
The Soviet Union
Draft Picks
-----------
This '92 NBA #1 draft pick's age was less than his size 21 shoes * Shaquille
ONeal
This Bull was chosen after Hakeem Olajuwon & Sam Bowie in the '84 NBA draft *
Michael Jordan
He was the New York Giants' first choice in the '81 NFL draft * Lawrence Taylor
The first player ever selected in a AFL collegiate draft in '59 * Don Meredith
This Pittsburgh Penguin was the #1 draft choice in '84 * Mario Lemieux
Dual Sports
-----------
He's been called "The best running back in Major League Baseball" * Bo Jackson
This pro football team drafted Jack Havlicek * Cleveland Browns
This NFL QB struggled for 7 yrs before winning a pro tournament on the Seniors
Tour * John Brodie
This former heavyweight ran the '83 NY City Marathon in 3-1/2 hours * Floyd
Patterson
This sprinter and future Cowboy great only lost 2 races in his career * Bob
Hayes
Endorsements
-----------
She dashed into a 7-Up commercial after her '88 Olympics win * Florence
Griffith Joyner
This aquatic athlete was pictured in a loincloth in American Express ads * Greg
Louganis
NBA hoopster "Slick" Watts shaved his head with this brand of shaving gel *
Edge
This yachtman had '87 contracts with Ray-Ban, Wrigley's & Topsider * Dennis
Conner
This boxer was pictured in '88 ads for Right Guard "Sports Stick" * Marvelous
Marvin Hagler
This NBA star felt better with Ben-Gay rub before each game * Larry Bird
The brand of footwear that John McEnroe stomped through temper tantrums in *
Nike
Magic Johnson performed his tricks in this brand of shoes * Converse
This athlete's drink claims that it "Gives your body what it's thirsting for."
* Gatorade
This product lends its name to an award for relief pitchers * Rolaids
Equipment
-----------
This piece of gymnastics equipment has a top bar, low bar, and guy brace *
Uneven parallel bars
A gymnast is on this apparatus is he performs a crucifix * Rings
This sport uses a side horse * Gymnastics
It's what the ball used in Jai Alai is called * Pelota
Basket-like container used in Jai Alai * Cesta
Of a soccer ball or a volleyball, this one is heavier * Soccer ball
This popular American sport uses a prolate spheroid * Football
This sport's bat has a maximum length of 34 inches * Softball
This ball has 108 stitches * Baseball
This sport provides a machine to pick up what competitors knock over * Bowling
This pro sport uses a ball with fake seams * Basketball
This part of a football field has a gooseneck and a crossbar * Goalpost
Kareem Abdul Jabbar & James Worthy sported these on the court in '88 * Goggles
Martha Cruce made these for Kirk Gibson & Jose Canseco * Their bats
A Swedish player hit Canada's coach over the head with this at the '64 Olympics
* Hockey stick
This sport's balls were originally stuffed with boiled feathers * Golf
This piece of equipment for a field event is 8'3" long and weighs 1-3/4 pounds
* Javelin
This piece of track & field equipment is 8-5/8" in diameter * Discus
The part of the fencing's foil referred to as the button * Point
This Olympic projectile weighs 4 pounds, 6-1/2 ounces * Discus
This sport boasts a racket with outward pointing pimples * Table Tennis
This stationary aid to sprinters was invented in 1927 * Starting block
Of a field hockey ball or a baseball, this one is smaller * Baseball
This US professional sport's ball weighs a maximum of 15 ounces * Football
Of baseball or softball, this one boasts the wider bat * Baseball
Fan Clusters
-----------
This baseball team's fans used to be known as "The flatbush faithful" *
Brooklyn Dodgers
This sports star's fans have been dubbed "McHale's Army" * Kevin McHale
This former east coast team's fans were called the "Bleacher Bums" * Brooklyn
Dodgers
The Cleveland Browns' legion of fans are called this * Dawg Pound
This NY Mets pitcher has fans gathered in the K corner * Dwight Gooden
Female Athletes
-----------
This female tennis player won the most consecutive matches with 74. * Martina
Mavratalova
The 1st to win a major stables race, she later married an old "hoofer." * Robyn
Smith
She played basketball in the Olympics and with the Harlem Globetrotters *
Lynnette Woodward
The AP named her the "Athlete of the half century" in 1950 * Babe Didkirson
The track star was the first to receive the Jesse Owens award in '82 * Mary
Decker
Football
-----------
If a blocked punt is recovered by the receiving team in the endzone. *
Touchdown
If the ballcarrier is tackled by the other team in his endzone. * Safety
Players in the defensive backfield are called this. * Secondary
The formation in which the quarterback takes a long snap 5-7 yards behind the
ball. * Shotgun
Prior to Phoenix and St. Louis, the Cardinals played in this city. * Chicago
The hand that Boomer Esiason throws footballs with * His left
This legendary coach died 17 days after retiring * Paul Bear Bryant
This wire service now waits until after the bowls to name their champ * AP
This college football team's fans created the warcry "Sooiee!" * Arkansas
Razorback / Arkansas
This QB was named "Player of the Decade" in '69 * Johnny Unitas
Garo Yepremian is from this country * Cyprus
The number of points given for a field goal * 3
He once scored 40 points in a single NFL game with dropkicks * Earnie Nevers
The longest field goal in NFL history * 63 yards
This Steelers' "Immaculate Reception" in '72 was made in his 1st playoff game *
Franco Harris
These were first added to a football field for a Harvard & McGill game in 1874
* Goal posts
This football player scored 25 touchdowns in 1912 for Carlisle Indian School *
Jim Thorpe
The Beach Boys called this QB to the stage of Tampa Bay Stadium to sing backup
* Vinny Testaverde
The only kind of foul that can get an NFL player tossed out of a game *
Personal foul
Pro football quarterback Joe Ferguson had only one of these in the 1976 season
* Interception
Of 16, 36 or 56, the avg number of cleat-dents made per sq ft of turn in a game
* 56
Twenty-one of Agent Leigh Steinberg's clients play this NFL position * QB
This president advised the Redskins coach which play to run in the Super Bowl *
Richard Nixon
This Michigan heisman trophy winner was shot down 3 times during WWII * Tom
Harmon
The only part of a football field to have protective padding * Goalposts
This Dallas Cowboys QB popularized the shotgun formation in '76 * Roger
Staubach
They won 3 NCAA football championships between '83 & '89 * Miami University
Alan, Joaquin, Luis, Max & Tony Zendejas played this position in the NFL *
Placekicker
He won teh Butkus Awared & was 1st team Academic All-American the same year *
Brian Bosworth
Vance Johnson wrote these 2 words on the back of his shoes for defenders * Bye
Bye
He said "There are 3 important things in life, Family, religion & The Packers"
* Vince Lombardi
They have won Superbowls over Miami, Denver and Buffalo * Washington Redskins
During World War II, the Eagles merged with this other NFL team to form the
Steagles * Steelers
Football Coaches
-----------
He coached the Redskins' first winning season in 14 years in '69 * Vince
Lombardi
He assumed command of Notre Dame's football team in '64 * Ara Parseghian
The first NFL coach to utilize films of opponents' games for study * George
Halas
The first coach of the Minnesota Vikings * Norm Van Brocklin
He had his team witness a castration before their game with the longhorns *
Jackie Sherrill
He coached Notre Dame for 13 years posting a 105-12-5 record * Knute Rockne
The Georgia head coach who shed a tear when Herschel Walker turned pro * Vince
Dooley
He succeeded John Madden as head coach of the Oakland Raiders * Tom Flores
He coached the Chicago Bears for 40 seasons * George Halas
He gave the famous "Win one for the Gipper" speech * Knute Rockne
This Ohio State coach threw a punch at Clemson's Charlie Wiliams * Woody Hayes
He was the first head football coach to win an NCAA championship & a Super Bowl
* Jimmy Johnson
This NFL head coach went to high school with Janis Joplin * Jimmy Johnson
He coached the team that won the first Super Bowl in '67 * Vince Lombardi
He succeeded Tom Flores as coach of the Los Angeles Raiders * Mike Shanahan
Football Equipment
-----------
The number of cleats in a standard football shoe for grass * 7
This piece of equipment became obligatory in the NFL in 1954 * Face mask
These were eliminated from all NFL balls in 1976 * Stripes
The NFL made this piece of equipment mandatory in 1943 * Helmet
This Lions' & Steelers' QB was the was the last NFL player to refuse to wear a
face mask * Bobby Layne
Football Firsts
-----------
This team won the first AFL Championship * Houston Oilers
The first NFL club to televise all of its games * Los Angeles Rams
The first indoor football game was held here * Madison Square Garden
He was the first black NFL head coach * Art Shell
This team won the 1st National College football championship * Yale
He was the first football player to rush a mile in a season * Jim Brown
In '78 he became the first black QB picked in the first round of the NFL draft
* Doug Williams
This team played Army in the first televised college football game * NAVY
This was the first US university to build a football stadium * Harvard
This southern school's coach was the 1st to take a team to all 4 major college
bowls * Georgia Tech
He was the first black to win the Heisman trophy * Earnie Davis
He was the first Olympian to play pro football * Jim Thorpe
This NFL team was the first to play its games in a domed stadium * Houston
Oilers
He scrambled to become the first quarterback to score a Super Bowl touchdown *
Frank Tarkenton
He was the first quaterback to guide his team to three Super Bowl victories *
Terry Bradshaw
In '75 they became the first wildcard team to reach the finals * Dallas Cowboys
This substitute split end scored the first Super Bowl TD * Max McGee
The first Navy midshipman to score 3 touchdowns against Army * Joe Bellino
This team won the 1st National College Football Championship * Yale
He was the first black NFL coach * Art Shell
Football Hodge
-----------
"Bear" Bryant's given name * Paul
This pro football team is named after a mode of travel * New York Jets
This onetime Oakland Raiders coach penned "One size doesn't fit all" * John
Madden
This part of Lou Groza was cast in bronze for the football hall of fame in '66
* His toe
The were termed the "Team of the 70's" * Pittsburgh Steelers
Football Infract
-----------
The penalty of a football official has just called if he stands with arms
akimbo * Offsides
An NFL referee is signalling this when he both hands to his shoulders * Loss of
down
An NFL team is penalized this number of yards for Delay of Game * 5
The penalty if the official waves on hand behind his back * Illegal forward
pass
The penalty if an interior lineman moves after assuming a 3-point stance *
False start
Football Initial
-----------
The initials "NT" represent this position * Nose Tackle
The initials "HB" represent this position * Halfback
The initials "FL" represent this position * Flanker
The initials "DB" represent this position * Defensive back
The initials "MG" represent this position * Middle guard
Football Mosts
-----------
This NFL team holds the record for most consecutive losses * Tampa Bay
Buccaneers
He has the record for most seasons with 1,00 or more yards rushing * Walter
Payton
He holds the NFL career record for touchdowns scored * Jim Brown
He spent his 19 yr career as a Viking, the most anyone has been with 1 team *
Jim Marshall
This Brown had 308 consecutive pass attempts without an interception * Bernie
Kosar
Football Nicknames
-----------
It was Red Grange's haunting nickname * Galloping Ghost
Grantland Rice nicknamed their 1924 backfield The Four Horsemen * Notre Dame
This NFL team boasted the no-name defense * Miami Dolphins
This New York Giants linebacker is known simply as LT * Lawrence Taylor
This Cornell rushing great was dubbed the Big M * Ed Marinaro
Dallas Cowboy's star quarterback Roger Staubach's nickname * Dodger
This NFL quarterback was dubbed "The Snake" * Ken Stabler
New York Jets wide reciever Johnny Jones is better known as this * Lam Jones
This storied New York Giants quarterback was dubbed "The Bald Eagle" * Y A
Tittle
This Chicago Bear was called "The Whirlwind of the Plains" * Gayle Sayers
Football Numbers
-----------
The number of footballs the home team supplies for an NFL game * 24
The number of time outs an NFL team can call per half * 3
The number of points an NFL team scored if a referee high-fives himself * 2
The number of two-minute warnings given in a regulation NFL game * 2
The number of fingers Terry Bradshaw needs for his Super Bowl rings * 4
Football P'pourri
-----------
This is the only NFL team to go undefeated in an NFL season * Miami Dolphins
Until '89 he was the only coach the Dallas Cowboys ever had * Tom Landry
The number of NFL games played in the strike-shortened season of 1982 * 9
He QBed the first AFL team to a Super Bowl & '85 he made the Hall of Fame * Joe
Namath
In '48 Fred Gehrke painted the first helmet logos for this NFL team * Los
Angeles Rams
In the 1960's, NFL linebacker Mike Henry portrayed this swinging screen
character * Tarzan
This NFL quarterback made Richard Nixon's White House enemies list * Joe Namath
The completion of the football adage: "A punt, a pass and ..." * Prayer
This entertainer annual presents the All-American team * Bob Hope
This onetime Oakland football coach penned, "Hey, Wait a Minute" * John Madden
Pop Warner and Jim Thorpe put this school on the football map * Carlisle Indian
School
This former Nebraska player sued his lawyer to try to regain his Heisman trophy
* Johnny Rodgers
Former Boston College QB who sounds like a musical instrument * Doug Flutie
This American Football League franchise was dubbed the Titans in '61 * New York
This Steelers QB was voted MVP of the Super Bowl * Terry Bradshaw
Football Teams
-----------
This NFL football team won 17 consecutive opening day games between 1965 and
1981 * Dallas Cowboys
The Jills Jingle for this NFL team * Buffalo Bills
This NFL team's defensive line was once known as the Purple People Eaters *
Minnesota Vikings
The Sea-Gals cheer for this NFL team * Seattle Seahawks
The Derrick Dolls cheer for this NFL team * Houston Oilers
Football Terms
-----------
The term for a quarterbacks change of play called over center * Audible
The area behind the offensive linemen where the QB stands to pass * Pocket
This NFL coach first coined the phrase "Game Plan" * Vince Lombardi
This NFL term was coined in '62 to define a defensive halfback * Cornerback
A kick that intentionally kicked low & makes the ball difficult to handle *
Squib Kick
The touching of a loose ball in an unsuccessful attempt to obtain possession *
Muff
The side of the offensive formation without the tight end * Weak Side
The term used to describe a player with at least one year of experience *
Veteran
The long, underhanded toss, usually from a QB to a running back * Pitchout
Illegal grabbing or grasping of another player * Holding
Franchise Firsts
-----------
They were the first team to sweep the NBA finals * Boston Celtics
This NFL team made the playoffs for the 1st time in their 21-yr history in '87
* New Orleans Saints
This pro football team had its first losing season in 22 years in '87 * Dallas
Cowboys
The first batter at Wrigley Field's first night game did this * Home run
The 1st Cub to hit a homer during a night game at Wrigley Field * Ryne Sandberg
Golf
-----------
In which major tournament is only one course ever used * Masters
The Amen Corner is located on this golf course * Augusta National
This golf course has the famous Road Hole as its 17th * St. Andrews
This golfer has played in the Masters 44 times, more than anyone else * Sam
Snead
He holds the PGA Tour record for career wins with 84 * Sam Snead
This amateur won the most British Opens * Bobby Jones
The lowest score ever shot over 18 holes by a golfer in PGA Tournament * 59
The first golfer to win the Masters two years in a row * Jack Nicklaus
Golf great Jack Nicklaus studied this in college * Pharmacy
Golfers are asked to replace these * Divots
This is the third grand slam event on golf's calendar * British Open
This feature on a golf course is referred to as Egyption Bermuda * Sand trap
He was six titles in a row on the international golf circuit in 1986 * Greg
Norman
This golfer has won the most U.S. Tour events * Sam Snead
The number of holes in a round of golf * 18
Golfers
-----------
This British golfer won his third British Open in '92 * Nick Faldo
This golfer was the PGA Tour's leading money winner five times in the 1970s *
Jack Nicklaus
He defeated Arnold Palmer in a playoff in his 1st major tournament in '62 *
Jack Nicklaus
He was the leading money winner on the PGA Tour 5 times durng the '40s * Ben
Hogan
This colorful golfer wore red socks while winning the '68 US Open * Lee Trevino
Golf Clubs
-----------
This golf club is used to hit the first shot on a long hole * Driver
This golf club is used on the green * Putter
This golf club was once called a "niblick" * 9 Iron
Gene Sarazen invented this golf club in 1930 * Sand Wedge
Golfer Ben Crenshaw refers to this club as "Little Ben" * His putter
The most used club in golf * Putter
This company manufactures Pro Staff golf clubs * Wilson
This club is used by a golfer to "Hit the Nickel" * Five Iron
Of a Four wood and One iron, this golf club has a greater angle of loft * Four
wood
This golf club is called a Texas Wedge when used in an unusual situation *
Putter
This golf club was once referred to as a Mashie * 5 Iron
This golf club is called a driving iron * 1 Iron
This club was once referred to as a spoon * 3 Wood
This is called a driver * 1 Wood
This club was once referred to as a baffy * 5 Wood
This golf club was once referred to as a brassie * 2 Wood
This was once referred to as a cleek * 4 Wood
This club is called a lofter * 8 Iron
This club is a jigger * 4 Iron
This golf iron was once referred to as a mid-mashie * 3 Iron
Golf Firsts
-----------
He was the first to shoot a score lower than his age in a PGA tournament round.
* Sam Snead
She was the first woman to make $1 million on the LPGA Tour during her career.
* Kathy Witworth
He was the first man to win both the US Open and Senior Open * Arnold Palmer
In 1961 he became the first foreign-born player to win the Masters * Gary
Player
In 1979, he won the first sudden-death playoff in Masters history * Fuzzy
Zoeller
Golf Greats
-----------
In 1960, this player birdied six of the last seven holes to win at Cherry Hills
* Arnold Palmer
He holds the record for most tournaments won in a year with 18 * Byron Nelson
This golfer has appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated most frequently *
Jack Nicklaus
He was the first man to make $1 million on the PGA Tour during his career *
Arnold Palmer
He was the first man to make $5 million on the PGA Tour during his career *
Jack Nicklaus
Golf History
-----------
He became the first native of Augusta, Georgia to win the Masters Golf
Tournament * Larry Mize
This former President's father was president of the US Golf Association *
George Bush
The first PGA championship was held in this year * 1916
The first Masters was held in this year * 1934
Before the invention of wooden tees, golfers used this to tee up a ball * Sand
Golf Hodge
-----------
This golfer won eleven consecutive tournaments * Byron Nelson
This is Jack Nicklaus' nickname * Golden Bear
He has a PGA Tour even named after him & authored "Confessions of a Hooker" *
Bob Hope
Rudyard Kipling painted his golf balls this color to play winter golf * Red
Golf's early birds are called "Dew-..." what * Sweepers
Golf Location
-----------
The Masters golf tournament is played in this city * Augusta Georgia
More British Opens have been held at this course than anywhere else * St
Andrews
This US state has the fewest golf courses * Alaska
The US state that is home to the Baltusrol Country Club * New Jersey
This Texas city hosts golf's Colonial Invitational * Fort Worth
Golf Nations
-----------
Seve Ballesteros was born in this country * Spain
Nick Faldo was born in this country * England
Bernhard Langer was born in this country * Germany
Sandy Lyle was born in this country * Scotland
Greg Norman was born in this country * Australia
Golf Nickname
-----------
He is known as "The Walrus" * Craig Stadler
He's "The White Shark" * Greg Norman
They call him "The Merry Mex" * Lee Travino
He's known as "Slammin'" * Sam Snead
He's called "The Hawk" * Ben Hogan
Golf Numbers
-----------
The maximum number of clubs you are allowed to carry in a golf match * 14
The number of Masters jackets won by Arnold Palmer * 4
The number of tee boxes traditionally in each golf hole * 3
The number of golfers on each team in Walker Cup play * 10
The number of strokes a golfer is penalized for grounding his club in a hazard
* 2
Golf Scoring
-----------
Scoring one over par on a hole * Bogey
Scoring two under par on a hole * Eagle
Scoring one under par on a hole is called this * Birdie
Scoring three under par on a hole * Albatross
This score is a birdie on a par-4 golf hole * 3
Governing Bodies
-----------
This popular sport's international governing body is known as FIFA * Soccer
The Maryland Cricket Club governed the rules of this racket sport in 1880 *
Tennis
These Olympic athletes have to abide by the rules of the FIG * Gymnasts
In this sport the Union Internationale de Tir calls the shots * Shooting
The Federation Internationale de tir a L'arc is the governing body for this
sport * Archery
Hall of Fame
-----------
The basketball hall of fame is located here * Springfield Massachusetts
The pro hockey hall of fame is located here * Toronto Ontario Canada
The college football hall of fame is located here * Kings Mill Ohio
This hall of fame pitcher played his entire career with the Yankees * Whitey
Ford
This game boasts the oldest hall of fame in the US * Baseball
He was the first jewish baseball hall of famer * Hank Greenberg
The only tight end in the pro hall of fame * Mike Ditka
The first black player elected to the baseball hall of fame in Cooperstown *
Jackie Robinson
She was the first gymnast elected to the Olympic hall of fame * Mary Lou Retton
The 1st latin player elected to the hall of fame in Cooperstown * Roberto
Clemente
Heisman Winners
-----------
This quarterback was Navy's second Heisman trophy winner * Roger Staubach
He first played college ball at San Francisco Junior College * OJ Simpson
This Notre Dame QB won despite playing only 50 min his first two years * John
Haurte
This RB's wife gave birth the night before he won the Heisman trophy * OJ
Simpson
This Oregon State winner was on the President's Commission of Campus Unrest *
Terry Baker
Hit Men
-----------
He's the only player to get five hits in a World Series game * Paul Molitor
He's the only player to hit 20 or more pinch-hit homers * Cliff Johnson
He has more pinch hits than any other player * Manny Mota
He collected his 3000th -- and last -- career base hit on Sept. 30, 1972 *
Roberto Clemente
Jim Frey said that this Kansas City Royal "Could hit buckshot with barbed
wire" * George Brett
Hockey
-----------
He coached the 1980 US Olympic hockey team to the gold. * Herb Brooks
He is the only goalie in the NHL whose name includes all five vowels. * John
Vanbiesbrouck
The only US player on a gold medal & Stanley Cup team in the same year. * Ken
Morrow
This hockey essential is made of vulcanized rubber * Puck
Toe Blake won the Stanley Cup this many times in his first 5 years with the
Canadians. * 5
This NHL club won the season title each year from 1949 through 1955 * Detroit
Red Wings
The only player to win the Hart, Lady Byng & Art Ross trophies in the same year
* Stan Mikita
Referees in professional hockey used these before whistles * Bells
This hockey team holds the record for most minutes of penalties * Philadelphia
Flyers
The number of goals that one player must score in one game to have a "Hat
Trick" * 3
This NHL player scored the most points in a season * Wayne Gretzky
He was the first marksman to win four consecutive NHL scoring championships *
Gordie Howe
This is done to NHL pucks before a game * Frozen
The number of NHL teams to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs * 16
The number of games in an NHL regular season * 80
The number of officials during a hockey game * 3
This hockey player was called the "Golden Jet" * Bobby Hull
Bobby Orr ended his career as a part of this team * Chicago Black Hawks
Credited to the 1 or 2 players who touch the puck before a 3rd player scores *
Assist
The first female to get a tryout with an NHL team, tried out for this position
* Goalie
This caused play to halt 5 times in the 2nd period of an '88 Stanley Cup Final
* Fog
The only US-based team to win the Stanley Cup in the '60s * Chicago Black Hawks
Goalie Jacques Plante was the first to don this protective gear * Mask
This team won 4 consecutive Stanley Cups from '80-'83 * New York Islanders
This NHL team has appeared in 31 Stanley Cup championships * Montreal Canadiens
Hockey Hodge
-----------
This NHL player won eight straight MVP awards * Wayne Gretzky
The number of minutes in a perion in professional hockey * 20
During the 1981-82 NHL season they went 33-3-4 in Nassau Coliseum * New York
Islanders
This cartoonist was inducted into the US Hockey Hall of Fame in '93 * Charles
Schulz
Guy Lafleur came back with this NY NHL team after a 4 yr retirement * New York
Rangers
Hockey Terms
-----------
The red line that goes from board to board at each end of a hockey ring * Goal
Line
Also called the biscuit on a hockey rink * Puck
When one hockey team has more players on the ice than the other team * Power
play
To block the opponent into the boards or onto the ice * Check
When the referee drops the puck between two players to start play * Face Off
Hodgepodge
-----------
Of baseball and football, this sports strike lasted longer * Football
This city is home to Churchill Downs * Louisville
This sports venue is located atop the Pennsylvania Railroad station * Madison
Square Garden
A badminton shuttlecock is named after this animal. * Bird
He was convicted of making illegal contributions for Nixon's re-election in
'74. * George Steinbrenner
The first US vs Canada curling match was held on this great lake * Lake Erie
She became the first black world women's figure skating champoin in '86 * Debi
Thomas
The Philadelphia Atoms and the Dallas Tornado played this sport in the '70s *
Soccer
This sport causes 18,000 facial injuries each year in the US kids aged 5 to 14
* Baseball
This league suffered the longest player strike in pro sports history * NFL
This British skating duo's first name are Jayne and Christopher * Torvill &
Dean
The number of points needed to win a game of table tennis * 21
This sport allows a player to "Lift, Clean & Place" * Golf
A lifesaver should use this swimming stroke during a hair or chin carry *
Sidestroke
This royal equestrienne was Britain's BBC Sports personality of the year in '71
* Princess Anne
The Florida Citrus Bowl football game was previously named for this fruit *
Tangerine
Water-loving competitors in Australia's moomba masters sport these on their
feet * Water skis
Oliver Cromwell was denounced for playing this "Disreputable game" * Cricket
The color ribbon usually awarded for second place * Red
This type of Olympic swimming races start in the water * Backstroke races
Japan's Mrs. Junko Tabei was the first woman to climb this * Mount Everest
The two major types of competitive ice skating * Figure and speed
The 3 basic bets in horse racing, in order * Win Place Show
The device that holds the ski boot to the ski * Binding
The number of skaters needed for a roller derby team * 5
The number of bowling pins that face you when you've left a "Bread Line" * 4
These are raced in Alaska's iditarod * Dogs
Mathew Webb was the first to swim this european body of water in 1875 * English
Channel
The number of approach steps usually taken before a bowling ball is delivered *
4
The color of felt on most pool tables * Green
This U.S. yacht won the Hundred Guineas Cup in 1851 * America
In the mid-1960's, 3.5 million Americans were racing this type of car * Slot
car
This is held on the second Saturday of August at Derby Downs in Akron, Ohio *
Soap Box Derby
This country's soccer team scored its first goal against Italy in 58 years in
'92 * US
The 1st to say it's "Not that you won or lost but how you played the game" *
Grantland Rice
Of men or women, they have more players on a lacrosse team * Women
This Japanese art features contestants in protective armor wielding bamboo
swords * Kendo
Roman emperor Theodosius I banned these competitions * Olympic Games
This US cyclist became the first non-European to win the Tour de France * Greg
Lemond
Bill Russell coached this NBA team * Seattle Supersonics
Home Games
-----------
This pro football team plays games in the Joe Robbie stadium * Dolphins
This college basketball team plays its home games in the Rosemont Horizon *
Depaul
The Milwaukee Brewers play their home games in this stadium * Milwaukee County
Stadium
This NFL team plays its home games in the world's largest indoor stadium * New
Orleans Saints
This NBA team started playing home games in the Delta Center in 1991 * Utah
Jazz
The California Angels play their home games in this county * Orange County
The Texas Rangers play their home games in this city * Arlington Texas
This baseball team plays their home games in Municipal Stadium * Cleveland
Indians
This NFL team plays home games at Soldier Field * Chicago Bears
This NFL team plays home games in the Kingdome * Seattle Seahawks
This Major League Baseball team plays its home games in Flushing * New York
Mets
This NBA team plays home games at the Hemisfair Arena * San Antonio Spurs
This NBA team plays home games in the Salt Palace * Utah Jazz
This NFL team plays its home games in Riverfront Stadium * Cincinnati Bengals
This team's home court was the venue for the first NBA All-Star game in 1951 *
Boston Celtics
Horse Racing
-----------
Of Pacers and Trotters, they normally run faster. * Pacers
This kind of harness racing horses move both right legs forward at the same
time. * Pacers
In '72 this was the first 2 year old named horse of the year. * Secratariat
These racing horses wear hopples. * Pacers
The first horse to win the triple crown * Sir Barton
This was the only race that Broker's Tip ever won * Kentucky Derby
This was the only undefeated horse to win the Kentucky Derby * Seattle Slew
The Preakness, Kentucky Derby & Belmont Stakes comprise this * Triple Crown
The term for a thoroughbred's daddy * Sire
On May 2, 1970 Dianne Crump was the first female to compete is this race *
Kentucky Derby
This famed English race course was founded by Queen Anne in 1711 * Ascot
The term "Quarter" in quarterhorse is short for this * Quarter mile
A racehorse's official birthday is this date * January 1
This racehorse won the triple crown the year after Seattle Slew * Affirmed
The fastest gait of a horse * Gallop
Jersey Numbers
-----------
Larry Bird's number * 33
Willey McCovey, John Riggins and Hank Aaron all wore this number * 44
Elston Howard, Sandy Koufax, Jim Brown and Gale Sayers all wore this number *
32
New York Mets pitcher Sid Fernandez wore this number in honor of his native
Hawaii * 50
He wore #2 at home, #4 on the road for the Rocketsbecause number #24 was issued
* Rick Barry
This was Wilt Chamberlain's jersey number * 13
This was Oscar Robertson's jersey number * 1
This was Magic Johnson's jersey number * 32
The number bruising NFL runner Earl Campbell wore * 34
The number Michael Jordan wore * 23
Jockeys
-----------
He rode Alysheba to Derby and Preakness wins in 1987 * Chris McCarron
This jocky won 17 triple crowns * Edie Arcaro
He rode Sunday Silence to Derby and Preakness wins in 1989 * Pat Valenzuela
This teenager rode King of Swat to a last place finish in his first race *
Steve Cauthen
He notched his 4th Kentucky Derby win Abroad Ferdinand * Willie Shoemaker
Leagues
-----------
This sports league signed a five-year, $2 billion contract in 1982 * National
Football League
Norris, Patrick, Adams & Smythe make up the four divisions in this league. *
National Hockey League
Campbell and Wales are conferences in this league * National Hockey League
This league once had the Providence Steam Rollers & Duluth Eskimos * NFL
This pro sports league competes every year for the Larry O'Brien trophy * NBA
This league signed a $3.64 billion deal over 4 yrs with 5 networks in '90 * NFL
The only major US sports league to hold the All-Star game after the season *
NFL
Their original teams included Hartford, Philadelphia, Boston, Houston, St Louis
& New York * NHL
The Pittsburgh Pipers played in this pro sports league * American Basketball
Association
This pro football league challenged the AFL and the NFL in '66 * Continental
Football League
Letters
-----------
This letter indicates a strikeout on a baseball scorecard * K
This letter denotes the least-skilled classification in racquetball tournament
play. * C
This letter adorns the front of the Detroit Tiger's home baseball Uniforms. * D
This football formation aligns the RBS in single formation behind the QB. * I
Formation
The Draft Classification of the entire St. Louis Browns in '44 * 4F
Logos
-----------
This is the only NFL team without a logo on its helmet * Browns
It is the name of the emblem on the New Orleans Saints' helmets * Fleur de Lis
He was used as a model for the official NBA logo * Jerry West
This sits atop the bat on the New York Yankee's crest * Tophat
This NFL team's helmets feature three hypocycloids in the logo * Steelers
The Indianapolis Colts have this on the side of their helmets * Horseshoes
The wing in the Detroit Redwings' NHL crest emanates from this * Wheel
The color of the maple leaf on the Toronto Blue Jays' caps * Red
These appear on the Minnesota Vikings helmet * Horns
It's worn over the Raiders' warrior's right eye on the team's helmets * Patch
Longevity
-----------
This football player's career encompassed parts of four decades * George Blanda
This pro hockey players career spanned five decades * Gordie Howe
He announced that he would play in '93 for a ML record 27th season * Nolan Ryan
He began his 50th season as Grambling's football coach in '92 * Eddie Robinson
He played in his 36th US Open in '92 * Jack Nicklaus
Managers
-----------
This baseball legend was the first manager of the Texas Rangers * Ted Williams
The first major league team Billy Martin managed * Minnesota Twins
This baseball manager won a $100 bet by eating an 84-pound watermelon * Tommy
Lasorta
He became the first manager of the Colorado Rockies * Don Baylor
He submitted a lineup with Lou Gehrig and Ted Williams for the Brewers in '87 *
Tom Trebelhorm
This future manager-of-the-year lost 24 games as a pitcher for the Mets in '62
* Roger Craig
This managerial genius slugged Dave Boswell, one of his own pitchers, in '69 *
Billy Martin
He managed major league baseball player Cal Ripken Jr from 1987 to 1992 * Cal
Ripkin Sr
He managed the first baseball team to win five consecutive pennants * Casey
Stengel
He was the first manager of the New York Mets * Casey Stengel
Manufacturers
-----------
This company makes the official Major League Baseballs * Rawlings
This brand of balls is used by more PGA Tour pros than any other * Titleist
This company makes Dot golf balls * Spalding
This company makes Top-Flight golf balls * Spalding
This company makes Maxfli golf balls * Dunlop
Martial Arts
-----------
This martial art's name means "Empty hand" in English * Karate
The color worn by a beginner in Judo * White
In Judo, this is the color belt above brown * Blue
It is the color belt between orange and blue in North American judo * Green
This Chinese art of self-defense * Kung Fu
Mascots
-----------
This ferocious animal is the most popular nickname for college football teams *
Tiger
Judge, the mascot of Baylor's football team, is this kind of animal * Bear
This professional team's mascot is a chicken * Padres
Ted Giannoulas portrays this famous "mascot" * San Diego Chicken
This mythical creature is the mascot for the University of Kansas * Jayhawk
Mem. Trades
-----------
They traded a minor league catcher to the Atlanta Crackers for an announcer in
'48 * Brooklyn Dodgers
In '89 the Dallas Cowboys traded this running back for up to 12 players *
Herschel Walker
He was traded from the Cubs to the Tigers & back in the '87 season * Dickie
Noles
Charles Barkley left this NBA team for the Phoenix Suns * 76ers
His NBA trade inspired the Philadelphia headline: "The mouth goes south" *
Charles Barkley
Most In A Season
-----------
This Redskin had the most receptions in a single season with 106 in '84 * Art
Monk
This Giant kicked the most field goals in a season with 35 in '83 * Ali Haji
Sheikh
He had the most sacks in a season with 22 as a Jet in '84 * Mark Gastineau
He completed the most passes in a season with 404 as an Oiler in 1991 * Warren
Moon
This Ram caught the most interceptions in a season with 14 in '52 * Dick Night
Train Lane
This Oiler QB had the most pass attempts in a single season with 665 in '91 *
Warren Moon
This Packer scored the most points in a single season with 176 in '60 * Paul
Hornung
This Redskin had the most touchdowns in a single season with 24 in '83 * John
Riggins
He gained the most yards rushing in a season with 2,105 as a Ram in '84 * Eric
Dickerson
This Dolphin passed for most yards in a season with 5,084 in '84 * Dan Marino
Movies
-----------
This boxer was originally slated to oppose Sylvester Stalone in "Rocky" * Joe
Frasier
The gridiron warrior who was the subject of the movie "Fighting Back" * Rocky
Bleier
He portrayed Alex Karras in the movie "Paper Lion" * Alex Karras
This movie was set against Super Bowl X * Black Sunday
Tom Cruise tried to win a scholarship to escape his small town in this '83
movies * All the Right Moves
Wareen Beatty played a pro football player for this team in "Heaven can Wait" *
Los Angeles Rams
Dr. J & Kareem Abdul Jabbar appeard in "The Fish That Saved" this city *
Pittsburgh
Gene Hackman is the coach of an Indiana school up against unbelievable odds *
Hoosiers
They are Wayne and Garth's favorite hockey team in "Wayne's World" * Chicago
Black Hawks
This '51 movie with Janet Leigh had angels here * Outfield
In this movie, Kevin Costner was told "If you build it, they will come" * Field
of Dreams
Glenn Ford played this golf legend in "Follow the Sun" in 1951 * Ben Hogan
Alan Alda portrayed George Plimpton in this movie * Paper Lion
This actor played Rocky Balboa's trainer * Burgess Meredith
He played the title role in "Knute Rockne, All American" * Pat OBrien
Multi-team Cities
-----------
This city is home to the Mariners, Seahawks and Supersonics * Seattle
This city is home to the Heat, the Hurricanes and the Marlins * Miami
This city has the Bears, the White Sox and the Cubs * Chicago
This city has the Rockets, the Owls, the Cougars and the Astros * Houston
This city has the Hawks, the Falcons and the Braves * Atlanta
Music
-----------
Ice dancers Torville & Dean skated to this ravel work at the '84 Olympic games
* Bolero
The New York Mets announcer Ralph Kiner once called this song the "New York
Anthem" * Star Spangled Banner
ABC used this Jerry Lee Lewis song on its closing highlights for pro bowling *
Great Balls of Fire
The Tigers forced Jack Morris to turn off this Russian composer * Tchaikovsky
Katarina Witt & Debi Thomas skated to this bizet opera's music in '88 * Carmen
Musical Names
-----------
Texas Rangers' pitcher and pop-country star * Kenny Rogers
Journeyman infielder and Doors lead singer * Jim Morrison
Georgetown basketball guard, Seahawk linebacker & single-gloved-mega-star *
Michael Jackson
Sports Announcer and "The hardest working man in show business." * James Brown
Shoeless baseball legend and British singer * Joe Jackson
MVPs
-----------
This St. Louis Cardinal baseball player earned MVP honors in '43, '46 & '48 *
Stan Musial
He was the MVP of the 1988 World Series * Orel Hershiser
Of the first 6 Super Bowl MVP awards, this number went to QBs * 5
This Florida QB was the 1st Sugar Bowl MVP from a losing team * Steve Spurrier
This linebacker is the only member of a losing team to be Super Bowl MVP *
Chuck Howley
Name the Sport
-----------
This racket sport holds an annual singles championship for players over 80 *
Squash
This sport's matches are divided into chukkers * Polo
This sport had the most on Sport Magazine's 9 highest paid athletes of '90 *
Boxing
This sport is played in Budweiser's three-on-three challenge * Basketball
In '61 this sport became the first to benefit from instant replay * Football
This sport has been described as "lawn bowling on ice" * Curling
This sport's races include the Tour of Italy, the Tour of Spain and the Milk
Race * Cycling
This sport's female professionals compete on the LPBT Tour * Bowling
This event gives picadores & banderilleros the chance to do their thing *
Bullfighting
School or compulsory figures are used in this sport. * Ice skating
The Magazine "Bird Chatter" is devoted to this sport * Badminton
Cycling, Running & Swimming make up this type of competition * Triathlon
This type of court boasts a Cut Line, Service Box & Tell Tale * Squash
This sport lifted its skirts for the 1983 season * Formula one racing
These sportsmen wear chest protecting plastrons under a jacket * Fencers
Scott Hamilton is noted for this sport * Ice Skating
It's the sport of descending a rock surface * Rapelling
Eskimo rolls are performed in this sport * Kayaking
Mary Decer, Evelyn Ashford & Renaldo Nehemiah are known for this sport *
Running
This sport was banned in Florida after a Michigan man fell to his death *
Bungee Jumping
This sport is central in the 1970 movie "The Endless Summer" * Surfing
This is sometimes known as sidewalk surfing * Skateboarding
This sport is the "Spiritual Parent" of skateboarding & snowboarding * Surfing
This sport's hall of fame is located in Newport, Rhode Island * Tennis
This sport attracts the largest number of paying customers in the US * Horse
Racing
Names
-----------
On the reservation back in Oklahoma he is known as Drag-His-Root * Jim Thorpe
This boxers name is translated as "Praiseworthy, the most high" * Muhammad Ali
The unofficial name of the '66 season's NFL - AFL championship game * Super
Bowl
The most common name for players selected for the NFL Pro Bowl * Green
This 1966 Heisman trophy winner's initials are S.O.S. * Steven Orr Spurrier
Nickname
-----------
Juan Rodriguez is better known as this * Chi Chi Rodriguez
The NFL coach was dubbed the reverend TL by his congregation of athletes * Tom
Landry
This race driver is known as the king of stockers * Richard Petty
Swiss sensation Clarence Crabble answered to this nickname * Buster
Basketball sharpshooter Pete Maravich's nickname * Pistol Pete
Nolan Ryan
-----------
Nolan Ryan's 300th win was against this team * Milwaukee Brewers
He was Nolan Ryan's 5,000th strikeout * Rickey Henderson
He holds the record for most consecutive starts without this * Relief
He has hit the most homers off of Nolan with 6 * Will Clark
He charged Nolan after being hit by a pitch in 1993 * Robin Ventura
No Hitters
-----------
He was the first pitcher to throw an Opening Day no-hitter * Bob Feller
He threw the first no-hitter in World Series history * Don Larson
He pitched a no-hitter to clinch the '86 NL West title for the Houston Astros *
Mike Scott
This one-armed pitcher threw a no-hitter in 1883 * Hugh Daily
This one-handed pitcher threw a no-hitter for the Yankees in '93 * Jim Abbott
Numbers
-----------
The number of Major League Baseball, NFL & NBA teams that play at home in Texas
* 7
A doubles court is this many feet wider than a singles tennis court. * 9
This score in darts is dubbed sunset trip * 77
Of 16, 20 & 24, this number makes up the maximum Kentucky Derby field * 20
The number of attempts each cabber-tosser makes to determine his best distance
* 3
The number of races run per year at the Indianapolis Speedway * 1
The number of times St. Louis pitcher Bob Gibson was World Series MVP * 2
The number of darts thrown by each side in a turn of tournament darts * 3
The highest possible score in figure skating * 6
The number of stumps that a cricket wicket has * 3
The number of strikes each player gets in a turn in a game of conkers * 3
The number of points a leaner is worth in horseshoe pitching * 1
The number of white balls used in pocket billiards * 1
The number of times the baton is passed by a relay team with four runners * 3
The number of individual events in a heptathlon * 7
The number of walls that a good serve can hit before bouncing in racquetball *
2
The number of officials in a volleyball match * 1
The number of games that must be won in a regulation set in tennis * 6
As of '93 the number of triple crown winners in horse racing * 11
The number of states that are home to more than one NFL football team * 6
Number of Players
-----------
The number of players on a rugby team * 15
The number of players on a soccer team * 11
The number of players on a lacrosse team * 10
The number of players on a volleyball team * 6
The number of players on a hockey team * 6
Number of Teams
-----------
The number of NHL teams in the league as of the 1993 season * 26
The number of teams in the NBA in 1993 * 27
The number of teams in the NFL in the 1993 season * 28
The number of Major League Baseball teams in the 1993 season * 26
The number of teams the American Football League had in its 1st season * 8
Olympics
-----------
These Olympic contests used to be called the heel-and-toe events * Walks
The music that Olympic ice skaters skate to may not contain these * Vocals
The number of false starts that will disqualify an Olympic runner * 2
After the result of an Olympic boxing contest, "RSC" is "Referee stops ..." *
Contest
The month that the '88 summer Olympics started * September
The number of gold medals Carl Lewis won in the 1984 summer Olympics * 4
This city's opening Olympic game ceremonies used 80 grand pianos * Los Angeles
This former Celtics player and coach was also a member of the '56 US basketball
team * K C Jones
This Olympic sport includes events in soling, star & tornado classes * Yachting
He was the first president of the American Professional Football Association in
'20 * Jim Thorpe
Olympic Abbrev.
-----------
This country's official Olympic abbreviation was URS * Soviet Union
This country's official Olympic abbreviation is ESP * Spain
This country's official Olympic abbreviation is BAR * Barbados
This country's official Olympic abbreviation is CAN * Canada
This country's official Olympic abbreviation is ISL * Iceland
Olympic Cities
-----------
The '56 summer games were held November 22 to December 8 in this city *
Melbourne
The winter Olympics were held at this Tyrolean Venue in '64 & '76 * Innsbruck
The Unites States boycotted the '80 summer games held here * Moscow
The Soviet Union boycotted the '84 summer games held here * Los Angeles
In '25 this city was retroactively called "The Olympic winter games" * Chamonix
Olympic Colors
-----------
The number of colors on an Olympic flag * 6
The upper left Olympic ring is this color * Blue
The color of the middle Olympic ring * Black
The color flag that signifies an Olympic walker has been disqualified * Red
The color of Carl Lewis' shoes when sprinting to victory at the '84 Olympics *
White
Olympic Country
-----------
The only country to participate in every modern summer & winter Olympics *
England
The only non-communist nation to finish in the '80 summer top 8 medal count *
Italy
This country's '88 basketball squad was mummified by the US 102-35 * Egypt
The US men's squad upset this country's top rated gymnastics team in '84 *
China
This country's basketball team won the gold medal in '80 in Moscow * Yugoslavia
This country's Olympic abbreviation is "SUI" * Switzerlan
This country's Olympic abbreviation is "ARS" * Soudi Arabia
The second eastern bloc country to boycott the '84 summer Olympics * Bulgaria
Lasse Viron winner of the 5000M & 10000M in '72 & '76 competed for this country
* Finland
This country's team has won the Olympic water polo tournament the most *
Hungary
Olympic Events
-----------
This Olympic sport has been called "ballet in water" * Synchronized swimming
Considered the most physically demanding Olympic sport * Decathlon
This event and swimming require competitors to travel backwards to win * Rowing
This sport boasts the Olympic event held over the longest distance * Cycling
This men's athletic even was won at the 1984 Olympics with a result of 2.35
meters * High jump
Greco-Roman is a type of this Olympic sport * Wrestling
Platform and springboard are two types of competition in this Olympic sport *
Diving
Bonnie Blair won two gold medals for this sport * Speed skating
This event won Trent Dimas an Olympic gold medal * High bar
Wyoma Tyus won unprecedented back to back victories in this event * 100 yard
dash
These 2 single-event athletic competitions measure vertical distance * Hi Jump
& Pole Vault
This Olympic skiing even must be held of two different courses * Slalom
Jim Thorpe won gold medals in the 1912 Olympics for the pentathlon and this *
Decathlon
This type of handball is an Olympic event * Field handball
This Olympic event includes riding, fencing, shooting, swimming & running *
Modern pentahlon
Olympic Firsts
-----------
She was the first gymnast to awarded a score of 10 in the Olympics * Nadia
Comaneci
This made the firsts appearance at the 1912 Olympics * Women's athletics
The first verified Olympics in 776 BC were dedicated to this god * Zeus
She became the first woman to reach the finals in all 4 Olympic gymnastic
events * Mary Lou Retton
He was the first US figure skater to win the gold medal * Dick Button
Olympic Location
-----------
It's the smallest country to have hosted the summer Olympics * Finland
This country hosted the Olympic games held at Garmischpartenkirchen * Germany
This country hosted what was hyped as the "Serenity Olympics" * Munich
The 1932 summer Olympics were held in this US city * Los Angeles
This city will host the 1996 summer Olympics * Atlanta
Owners
-----------
This baseball owner was dubbed Phineas T. Bluster by his players * George
Steinbrenner
This network once owned a majority of the New York Yankees * CBS
He was known as "Papa Bear" * George Halas
He bought the Houston Astros from John McMullen in 1992 * Drayton McLane Jr
In 1935 the owner of this team called night baseball "Just a fad, a passing
fancy" * Chicago Cubs
Rules Regs
-----------
The USGA recommends that the flagstick be at least this high * 7 feet
The number of traps used in a skeet-shooting competition * 2
The number of wild-card teams in the NFL playoffs per conference per season * 3
The number of time-outs an NHL team is allowed in a game * 1
College Basketball's so-called Lew Alcindor rule, since revoked, banned this *
Slam Dunk Shot
Starts with F
-----------
The '64 Olympic heavyweight champion; he fought Ali 3 times * Joe Fraizer
The only driver to win Indy 500, Daytona 500 & 24 hours of Le Mans * AJ Foyt
She was a 3-time figure skating world champ & won a gold medal in '68 * Peggy
Fleming
All-time home run leader among catchers & American League leader in games
caught * Carlton Fisk
He played for the Hanshin Tigers in Japan before joining the Detroit Tigers *
Cecil Fielder
Swimming Strokes
-----------
This stroke can either be American or Australian * Crawl
This stroke and freestyle allow flip turns * Backstroke
The butterfly & this Olympic stroke aren't allowed alternating arm movements *
Breaststroke
This swimming stroke resulted from a loophole in breaststroke regulations *
Butterfly
The swimming stroke once known as the double-overhead * Freestyle
Terms
-----------
This ball sport is sometimes said to have "Ducks on the pond" * Baseball
A "chip shot" is a short one of these to a football player * Field Goal
A rink would play in a rink in this winter sport * Curling
A Hit-and-Run would be used in this sport * Baseball
It's the modern golf term for a 10-iron * Wedge
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Final Jeopardy Questions
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
He deserted the Motor City for Tinseltown marrying actress Susan Clark along
the way * Alex Karras
This Pittsburgh player is the last one in 50 years to get 40 or more Homers. *
Willie Stargell
This legendary football team owner replaced Babe Ruth in right field for the
Yankees * George Halas
This Raider said "In Oakland it was always win, win, win & you get fed up with
it." * Jose Canseco
This Dodger got inspiration on the mound singing "Praise God" * Orel Hershiser
This Yankee's broadcaster observed: "If Don's AL MVP, nothing's Kosher in
China." * Phil Rizzuto
Of Al, Dick & Frank McGuire, he is the only one inducted into the basketball
Hall of Fame. * Frank
Of Idaho, Oregon and Washington this school doesn't play football in the
Pacific Ten * Idaho
Of Texas, Texas A&M & Texas El Paso, this one does not belong in the SW
Conference * Texas El Paso
This USC running back set a major college rushing record before raiding the NFL
* Marcus Allen
Dodger ace Sandy Koufax played this sport on scholarship at the University of
Cincinnati * Basketball
This former Steeler led an '87 hall of fame ceremony audience in chanting "Dee-
fense" * Mean Joe Greene
In her 1st full season on the LPGA Tour, she won 9 tournaments, including a 5
in a row * Nancy Lopez
This lawn sports popularity put an abrupt end to the croquet craze of the late
1800s * Tennis
This gymnastic sport features rolls, levers, kips, crosses, uprises & grant
swings * Rings
This inventor charged 10 cents a round in 1894 to see the first film of a
boxing match. * Thomas Edison
The number of yards an opposing soccer player must be from the ball on a free
kick * 10
Since '45 US Players have fared worse in this Grand Slam men's tennis
tournament. * French Open
*******************************************************************************
ii) Credits
*******************************************************************************
GameFAQs - For hosting
Mike Truitt - Friend on the boards for many years now, allowing me to use his
Gameboy Guide for this game to create this FAQ. I owe him a lot of great sex
for the favor!
___________________________
Apathetic Aardvark - 2005 |
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
