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  Sport in Indiana    
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 10 Qns
Test your knowledge on sports stars, teams and events from the Hoosier State, both past and present.
Average, 10 Qns, Dizart, Sep 19 19
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  Sports: Hoosier State   popular trivia quiz  
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A few questions regarding the sports of the greatest sports state - Indiana.
Average, 10 Qns, davidsietsma, Jan 17 10
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  Purdue Boilermakers Sports    
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Those crazy about Purdue sports should enjoy this challenge. Good luck!
Tough, 15 Qns, jk24, Nov 10 06
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  Indiana Sports    
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Indiana is my home state. I'm a nut :)
Tough, 10 Qns, Kendren, Mar 06 09
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trivia question Quick Question
In what year did the Hoosiers win their fifth basketball championship?

From Quiz "Indiana Sports"




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Indiana Sports Trivia Questions
1. The Indianapolis 500 motor race has taken place annually since 1911, but what does the "500" refer to?

From Quiz Sport in Indiana

Answer: The race is 500 miles long

The Indy 500 takes place at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway over the Memorial Day weekend, in front of crowds of around 300,000. The track is 2.5 miles long, and drivers complete 200 laps, for a grand total of 500 miles. Among the race's traditions is the presentation of a bottle of milk to the winner.

2. Known as "The General", which IU basketball coach led the Hoosiers to several National Titles?

From Quiz Sports: Hoosier State

Answer: Bob Knight

Knight began coaching Texas Tech's men's basketball program in 2001.

3. How many NCAA baskbetball tournament championships have the Indiana Hoosiers won?

From Quiz Indiana Sports

Answer: 5

3 out of 5 with Mr. Robert Montgomery Knight.

4. This player set a Purdue record for points scored in a men's basketball game with 61.

From Quiz Purdue Boilermakers Sports

Answer: Rick Mount

Mount put up 61 against Iowa in a 1970 contest.

5. Which former UCLA guard drained 'threes' for the Pacers for over a decade?

From Quiz Sports: Hoosier State

Answer: Reggie Miller

6. In what year did the Hoosiers win their fifth basketball championship?

From Quiz Indiana Sports

Answer: 1987

Keith Smart, 4 seconds left, Syracuse... oh, rapture :) Their first four were: 1940, 1953, 1976 and 1981.

7. The Indianapolis Racers were a short-lived ice hockey team who were members of the World Hockey Association. They are best remembered as the first professional team of which NHL legend?

From Quiz Sport in Indiana

Answer: Wayne Gretzky

The WHA was a short-lived league set up as a rival to the NHL between 1972 and 1979. The Indianapolis Racers joined the league in 1974, playing home games at Market Square Arena, and were one of the better supported franchises over the next four seasons. Wayne Gretzky was just 17 when the Racers signed him, but he didn't stay long before being traded to the Edmonton Oilers. The Racers folded in December 1978, shortly before the collapse of the WHA.

8. This player is one of the best known Purdue alums to play Major League Baseball.

From Quiz Purdue Boilermakers Sports

Answer: Archi Cianfrocco

Archi has one of the all-time great baseball names. He played for seven seasons and retired as a Padre in 1998.

9. Located in Terre Haute, which college did Larry Bird played for?

From Quiz Sports: Hoosier State

Answer: Indiana State University

The Sycamore is ISU's mascot. Bird led the Sycamores to the national title game where they played Magic Johnson's Michigan State Spartans.

10. Who is the Purdue University career leader in football passing yards and attempts?

From Quiz Indiana Sports

Answer: Drew Brees

Pros, you gotta wait a year for this kid.

11. The Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association originally played home games in which Indiana city before relocating to Motown in 1957?

From Quiz Sport in Indiana

Answer: Fort Wayne

The Fort Wayne Pistons were originally founded in 1941 and were members of the National Basketball League and the Basketball Association of America before becoming a founder member of the NBA in 1949. They reached the finals in 1955, losing to the Syracuse Nationals. In 1957, the team's owners decided they needed a bigger market to play in, and the team was relocated to Detroit.

12. Former New York Yankees' first baseman, Don Mattingly (Donnie Baseball) is from which Indiana town?

From Quiz Sports: Hoosier State

Answer: Evansville

Mattingly retired from playing after the 1995 season. After the 2003 season he signed with his former team as a coach.

13. Name the fiery, famous head coach of Notre Dame university who has had many a quote, and had a few movies made for him.

From Quiz Indiana Sports

Answer: Knute Rockne & knute Rockne & Knute rockne & knute rockne

He IS college football.

14. The Indianapolis Colts won their first NFL Super Bowl since relocating from Baltimore when they defeated the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI in February 2007. Who was their head coach, who led them to victory in the big game?

From Quiz Sport in Indiana

Answer: Tony Dungy

The Colts were formed in Baltimore in 1953 where they won NFL titles in 1958 and '59 as well as Super Bowl V in January, 1971. In March, 1984, owner Robert Irsay controversially moved the team to Indianapolis. The team struggled in Indiana before the selection of quarterback Peyton Manning as top pick in the 1998 NFL draft. When Tony Dungy arrived as head coach in 2002, the team became regular play-off contenders. At Super Bowl XLI in Miami, the Colts recovered from an early 6-14 deficit to defeat the Bears 29-17.

15. In 1992, who became the career scoring leader in Purdue women's basketball?

From Quiz Purdue Boilermakers Sports

Answer: Machelle Joseph

Machelle finished her career as the Big Ten's all-time leading scorer.

16. Which minor league baseball team played their games at Victory Field and has had the likes of Randy Johnson and Ken Griffey Sr. on its rosters?

From Quiz Sports: Hoosier State

Answer: Indianapolis Indians

Victory Field is also the home of the state's high school baseball championship.

17. What famous gold medal winning Olympian attended Indiana University, setting most school records in the sport?

From Quiz Indiana Sports

Answer: Mark Spitz

Amazing what this guy did. Bob Kennedy also attended IU, but he hasn't won an Olympic gold yet.

18. What is the somewhat unusual nickname of sports teams from Purdue University, based in West Lafayette?

From Quiz Sport in Indiana

Answer: Boilermakers

Purdue University was founded in 1869 by local industrialist John Purdue. The school became members of the Big Ten Conference in 1896, and has been called the "Cradle of Quarterbacks" due to the number of NFL passers who played college ball there. The Boilermakers nickname dates back to newspaper reports of their football games in the late 19th century; their mascot is a railway locomotive.

19. Purdue's outdoor track and field venue was named after which former Purdue track coach?

From Quiz Purdue Boilermakers Sports

Answer: Dave Rankin

Purdue has one of the better track and field complex's in the midwest.

20. Which former Pacers coach turned telecaster is famous for his exclamation, "Boom Baby".

From Quiz Sports: Hoosier State

Answer: Slick Leonard

Leonard coached the Pacers during their ABA stint.

21. How many league championships have the Indiana Pacers won?

From Quiz Indiana Sports

Answer: 3

None in the NBA, but 3 in the ABA.

22. Fuzzy Zoeller, from New Albany, was a leading competitor in which sport in the 1970s and '80s?

From Quiz Sport in Indiana

Answer: Golf

Frank Urban Zoeller, commonly known as "Fuzzy", was born in New Albany in 1951. Turning pro in 1973, he won his first major at the 1979 Masters, when he defeated Ed Sneed and Tom Watson in a play-off. In 1984, he won his second major, again in a play-off, when he defeated Greg Norman at the US Open.

23. Rick Mount set a record for the highest points per game average in a season. How many points did he average in 1970 to set the record?

From Quiz Purdue Boilermakers Sports

Answer: 35.4

Rick was a 3-time All-America at Purdue, after becoming an Indiana basketball legend at Lebanon High School.

24. In 1998, the floor on which the Purdue Boilermakers play was named after which long time coach?

From Quiz Sports: Hoosier State

Answer: Gene Keady

Keady attended Iowa. He won his 500th game with Purdue in 2004. Keady's squad won an unprecedented 3 big-ten titles in a row during the middle 90s.

25. How many Division I NCAA basketball teams are there in the State of Indiana in 2003?

From Quiz Indiana Sports

Answer: 9

26. What percent of Gene Keady's men's basketball players graduated during his tenure as head coach?

From Quiz Purdue Boilermakers Sports

Answer: 87%

According to 1999 NCAA statistics, an average of 43% of men's college basketball players were graduating.

27. The State Championship scenes in "Hoosiers" were filmed in which school's fieldhouse?

From Quiz Sports: Hoosier State

Answer: Butler University

The scenes were shot in Butler's Heinkel Fieldhouse. The Butler Bulldogs' men's basketball team made it to the Sweet 16 in 2003.

28. In what year was the first Indianapolis 500 race held?

From Quiz Indiana Sports

Answer: 1911

The greatest spectacle in racing :)

29. The Indiana Pacers joined the National Basketball Association in 1976. They had to wait until 2000 before their first appearance in the Finals, when they were defeated by which team?

From Quiz Sport in Indiana

Answer: Los Angeles Lakers

The Indiana Pacers, based in Indianapolis, were formed in 1967 as founder members of the American Basketball Association, where they won three titles, in 1972, '74 and '75. They were one of four ABA teams absorbed into the NBA in 1976, but found life in the more established league much tougher. The arrival of Larry Brown as head coach in 1993 turned them into contenders, and his successor, Larry Bird, led them to the 2000 NBA Finals. There, a Shaquille O'Neal-led Lakers prevailed by four game to two.

30. What is the nickname of the minor league hockey team based in Indianapolis?

From Quiz Indiana Sports

Answer: Ice

Good team :)

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