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All Kinds of Sports Trivia Thread
Posted: Thu May 16, 2024 9:02 pm
by Parliament10
Come up with all kinds of Sports Trivia questions.
This is an expanded continuance of the Celtics Trivia Thread; started by KGboss and kept going by Fencer Reregistered.
Re: All Kinds of Sports Trivia Thread
Posted: Thu May 16, 2024 9:14 pm
by Parliament10
Here's 10 Questions. Answer what you can, and/or Add your own.
Q: Who is the all-time leading scorer in the history of the English Premier League?
Q: In which country was the sport of curling invented?
Q: Who holds the record for the most Grand Slam tennis titles won in the Open Era?
Q: What’s the diameter of a basketball hoop in inches?
Q: What sport is best known as the ‘king of sports’?
Q: What do you call it when a bowler makes three strikes in a row?
Q: How many dimples does an average golf ball have?
Q: The Triple Crown award is given to a horse that wins which three races?
Q: In the 1971 Olympics, Nadia Comaneci was the first gymnast to score a perfect score. What country was she representing?
Q: In motor racing, what color is the flag they wave to indicate the winner?
Re: All Kinds of Sports Trivia Thread
Posted: Fri May 17, 2024 12:34 pm
by Fencer reregistered
Parliament10 wrote:Here's 10 Questions. Answer what you can, and/or Add your own.
Q: Who is the all-time leading scorer in the history of the English Premier League?
Q: In which country was the sport of curling invented?
Q: Who holds the record for the most Grand Slam tennis titles won in the Open Era?
Q: What’s the diameter of a basketball hoop in inches?
Q: What sport is best known as the ‘king of sports’?
Actually, it's best known as "horse racing".
Q: What do you call it when a bowler makes three strikes in a row?
Q: How many dimples does an average golf ball have?
Q: The Triple Crown award is given to a horse that wins which three races?
Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont
Q: In the 1971 Olympics, Nadia Comaneci was the first gymnast to score a perfect score. What country was she representing?
Romania
Q: In motor racing, what color is the flag they wave to indicate the winner?
Is it the black/white checkered flag, or is this some kind of trick question?
Re: All Kinds of Sports Trivia Thread
Posted: Fri May 17, 2024 12:38 pm
by Fencer reregistered
What was the first major league baseball team to have 4 players hit 30+ homer runs each?
Bonus: Who were the four players? (Warning: 1 guy one might think was included actually was beset by injuries that season and isn't included.)
Re: All Kinds of Sports Trivia Thread
Posted: Fri May 17, 2024 12:44 pm
by Fencer reregistered
Approximately nobody will know the answer to this question. It will probably be quite hard to even guess:
As a kid, I listened to a noteworthy baseball game on the radio, even when I was supposed to be asleep, the same night Bobby Kennedy was later assassinated. The significance of the game hinged on a very rare umpiring call -- in the 9th inning no less! -- in which a batter was hit by a pitch but not avoided first base because he didn't try hard enough to get out of its way.
What was the game's significance, and why was that particular call so relevant?
Re: All Kinds of Sports Trivia Thread
Posted: Fri May 17, 2024 12:46 pm
by Fencer reregistered
Who is the oldest NFL player ever to score a touchdown?
Re: All Kinds of Sports Trivia Thread
Posted: Fri May 17, 2024 12:48 pm
by Fencer reregistered
Among NFL players to score TDs every time they caught a pass, who has the most career receptions?
What are some other NFL receiving records he holds or is tied for?
Re: All Kinds of Sports Trivia Thread
Posted: Fri May 17, 2024 12:52 pm
by Fencer reregistered
In the original ancient Greek Olympics, what events comprised the pentathlon? What are some ways in which those events differed from their modern counterparts?
Re: All Kinds of Sports Trivia Thread
Posted: Fri May 17, 2024 12:54 pm
by Fencer reregistered
I think I heard that curling started in Scotland. Certainly that's a country where I think of people playing games on the ice, analogous to speed skating along Dutch canals.
Re: All Kinds of Sports Trivia Thread
Posted: Sun May 19, 2024 11:49 am
by Fencer reregistered
Fencer reregistered wrote:What was the first major league baseball team to have 4 players hit 30+ homer runs each?
Bonus: Who were the four players? (Warning: 1 guy one might think was included actually was beset by injuries that season and isn't included.)
Hint: Two of the four players have, to some extent, been in recent news. Indeed, one of them has Google News hits from this week, while another has some hits from this month and a lot from 6 months ago.
Re: All Kinds of Sports Trivia Thread
Posted: Sun May 19, 2024 11:51 am
by Fencer reregistered
Fencer reregistered wrote:Among NFL players to score TDs every time they caught a pass, who has the most career receptions?
What are some other NFL receiving records he holds or is tied for?
Hint: He played for the Patriots.
Re: All Kinds of Sports Trivia Thread
Posted: Sun May 19, 2024 7:28 pm
by Parliament10
Fencer reregistered wrote:Fencer reregistered wrote:Among NFL players to score TDs every time they caught a pass, who has the most career receptions?
What are some other NFL receiving records he holds or is tied for?
Hint: He played for the Patriots.
Gotta be Rob Gronkowski. He seldom caught passes. But, when he did, most were for TD's.
I saw him get almost to the Goal-line, with 2 and then 3 guys on him.
Re: All Kinds of Sports Trivia Thread
Posted: Sun May 19, 2024 8:14 pm
by Fencer reregistered
Parliament10 wrote:Fencer reregistered wrote:Fencer reregistered wrote:Among NFL players to score TDs every time they caught a pass, who has the most career receptions?
What are some other NFL receiving records he holds or is tied for?
Hint: He played for the Patriots.
Gotta be Rob Gronkowski. He seldom caught passes. But, when he did, most were for TD's.
I saw him get almost to the Goal-line, with 2 and then 3 guys on him.
Come on. Gronk was the Patriots' leading receiver, or close to it. A large majority of his catches were NOT for TDs.
Re: All Kinds of Sports Trivia Thread
Posted: Sun May 19, 2024 10:34 pm
by JimmyPlopper
Fencer reregistered wrote:Parliament10 wrote:Fencer reregistered wrote:
Hint: He played for the Patriots.
Gotta be Rob Gronkowski. He seldom caught passes. But, when he did, most were for TD's.
I saw him get almost to the Goal-line, with 2 and then 3 guys on him.
Come on. Gronk was the Patriots' leading receiver, or close to it. A large majority of his catches were NOT for TDs.
What about Logan Mankins? I feel like this could be a trick question
Re: All Kinds of Sports Trivia Thread
Posted: Sun May 19, 2024 10:42 pm
by threrf23
JimmyPlopper wrote:
What about Logan Mankins? I feel like this could be a trick question
Mankins had 1 reception and 0 TDs on his career. But yes, I am also thinking it has gotta be an linesman and/or defensive player. I'm just blanking out on names.
Re: All Kinds of Sports Trivia Thread
Posted: Mon May 20, 2024 3:26 am
by chakdaddy
Mike Vrabel right? Now Browns assistant coach / advisor
Re: All Kinds of Sports Trivia Thread
Posted: Mon May 20, 2024 3:27 am
by chakdaddy
Assumed curling in US in ultimate irony
Hoop 18 in
Polo
Turkey
Re: All Kinds of Sports Trivia Thread
Posted: Mon May 20, 2024 3:28 am
by chakdaddy
Fencer reregistered wrote:Who is the oldest NFL player ever to score a touchdown?
Stabler?
Re: All Kinds of Sports Trivia Thread
Posted: Mon May 20, 2024 11:27 am
by Fencer reregistered
chakdaddy wrote:Mike Vrabel right? Now Browns assistant coach / advisor
Correct! Vrabel lined up a number of times as TE, almost exclusively in goal-line plays. That's why all his catches were for TDs.
I think the number is in the range of 12, with a few in the postseason as well. I think he holds the "Most catches with 100% of them being for TDs" record for the regular season, posteason and Super Bowl only alike.
That brings us to the bonus question(s): What are some other NFL receiving records Vrabel holds or shares.
Hint: There are hints above. 
Note: Vrabel also lined up at times at every front-seven defensive position, even in one memorable game at nose tackle. That was the last game in which Bill Belichick and the Patriots flummoxed Peyton Manning, to the tune of a 20-3 playoff victory. Ty Law and Rodney Harrison also switched positions for that game, and IIRC Harrison wound up catching as many of Manning's passes as Marvin Harrison did, at 3 each.
Re: All Kinds of Sports Trivia Thread
Posted: Mon May 20, 2024 11:31 am
by Fencer reregistered
chakdaddy wrote:Fencer reregistered wrote:Who is the oldest NFL player ever to score a touchdown?
Stabler?
Right idea, but the record is much more recent.