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Quiz about Sports Movies
Quiz about Sports Movies

Sports Movies Trivia Quiz


This quiz tests your knowledge of various sports movies and the details of those films. Best of luck! Happy Quiz taking from the 'Movie Buffs'!

A multiple-choice quiz by Team Movie Buffs. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Illini43
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
328,375
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
2397
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 136 (10/10), tmac93024 (3/10), Guest 66 (8/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. What name did Tim Robbins character call himself in "Bull Durham"? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Where did coach Herman Boone take his high school football team for a two week training camp in the movie "Remember the Titans"? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What was the character's name, who took 12 shots to make the last hole at the U.S. Open in the movie "Tin Cup"? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Who does Jake Taylor imitate at the end of the game to fake out the other team's third baseman in the movie "Major League"? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. In the movie "Radio", how did Radio get his name? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What was the name of Rocky Balboa's dog in the the first "Rocky" movie? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What classic hockey comedy film details the rivalry between the Charlestown Chiefs and the Syracuse Bulldogs as they battle to get noticed by NHL scouts and beat each other to a bloody pulp? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. With "A River Runs Through It" and "The Legend of Bagger Vance" Robert Redford directed two movies which centered around a sporting activity. What is the title of the movie in which Redford starred as baseball player Roy Hobbs? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. What golf movie featured Ted Knight as Judge Smails? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Many movies have been made detailing the triumphs and tragedies of international competitors in the Olympic Games. Which of the following movies is NOT based on a true story of Olympic competition? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What name did Tim Robbins character call himself in "Bull Durham"?

Answer: Nuke

The Durham Bulls is a minor league baseball team where washed up players come to end their career and up and coming stars come to shine. One such player is Ebby Calvin 'Nuke' LaLoosh, played by Tim Robbins. He is a pitcher who has some talent but justs act a little crazy on the playing field. To calm him down there is the catcher named Crash Davis, played by Kevin Costner.

He is at the end of his career, and is not afraid to push situations to the limit on and off the field. Question by TechHammer.
2. Where did coach Herman Boone take his high school football team for a two week training camp in the movie "Remember the Titans"?

Answer: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Denzel Washington plays Coach Herman Boone from Alexandria, Virginia and T.C. Williams High School. To try and get his team together and help ease racial relations, the team was brought to Gettysburg College as a getaway from the problems they had lived in and would return to after camp.

As an example of how they could work their problems out, Boone took his team and coaching staff on a pre-dawn run through the woods with the destination being a battlefield from the Civil War. Part of his speech to the team included this quote "If we don't come together right now on this hallowed ground, we too will be destroyed, just like they were. I don't care if you like each other of not, but you will respect each other. And maybe... I don't know, maybe we'll learn to play this game like men". Question by Illini43.
3. What was the character's name, who took 12 shots to make the last hole at the U.S. Open in the movie "Tin Cup"?

Answer: Roy McAvoy

Kevin Costner plays Roy McAvoy, who is trying to win the U.S. Open. In all three opening rounds, Roy decides to go for it on the 18th hole instead of laying up for an easier shot. On the final day, and a win in sight, he again tries to shoot over the water and land the ball on the green. Ball after ball ends up rolling into the water hazard or going directly into it. With his final ball and a possible disqualification on the line. Roy finally shoots an immortal shot that rolls into the hole for a 12.

He feels bad about his 18th hole until Molly Played by Rene Russo, puts it into perspective. " No one's going to remember the Open years from now, who won...but they'll remember your 12. My, God, Roy, it was... Well, it's immortal! I am so proud of you!" Question by Illini43
4. Who does Jake Taylor imitate at the end of the game to fake out the other team's third baseman in the movie "Major League"?

Answer: Babe Ruth

Jake Taylor is played by Tom Berringer, who at the end of his career has badly injured knees. Taylor imitates Babe Ruth's famous supposed call of a home run at Wrigley Field in Chicago, when he points to the outfield. After a brushback pitch, Taylor then lays a bunt down the third base line. Wesley Snipes's character named Willie Mays Hayes rounds third and attempts to score as the Yankees are occupied with throwing out Taylor at first. Hayes slides safe at home and the Indians win the pennant. Question by Illini43.
5. In the movie "Radio", how did Radio get his name?

Answer: because he likes radios

The football coaches are trying to find out his name and he won't answer, but he is constantly playing with the radio and they decide to call him Radio. The role of Radio is played by Cuba Gooding Jr. The person the movie is based on is shown during the credits with the South Carolina high school football team. Question by Illini43 and the Movie Buffs
6. What was the name of Rocky Balboa's dog in the the first "Rocky" movie?

Answer: Butkus

The breed of Butkus is a Bull Mastiff. Rocky would always go into the pet store that Adrian worked at and would play with Butkus. Eventually Adrian gave Rocky the dog as a gift to be his companion when he would go running. Butkus is shown in both the first and second Rocky movies. Question by Illini43 and the Movie Buffs
7. What classic hockey comedy film details the rivalry between the Charlestown Chiefs and the Syracuse Bulldogs as they battle to get noticed by NHL scouts and beat each other to a bloody pulp?

Answer: Slap Shot

Paul Newman played the player-coach of a motley crew of oddball hockey players, including Dave "Killer" Carlson and the notorious Hanson Brothers, whose violence is matched only by their childishness.

Submitted by KatieK54
8. With "A River Runs Through It" and "The Legend of Bagger Vance" Robert Redford directed two movies which centered around a sporting activity. What is the title of the movie in which Redford starred as baseball player Roy Hobbs?

Answer: The Natural

"The Natural" (1984), directed by Barry Levinson and co-starring Glenn Close, Kim Basinger and Barbara Hershey, is an adaptation of a novel of the same name (1952) written by Bernard Malamud. It's the story of a promising young baseball player who at the age of 19 gets shot and therefore cannot continue his aspiring Major League career, but accomplishes great success 16 years later when he leads the fictitious team of the New York Knights to victory. It was nominated for four Oscars, including Best Supporting Actress (Glenn Close) and Best Music: Original Score (by Randy Newman), but didn't win any.

Submitted by Picard25
9. What golf movie featured Ted Knight as Judge Smails?

Answer: Caddyshack

The film "Caddyshack", was a 1980 film following the antics of several golfers at Bushwood Golf Club. Judge Elihu Smails was a very cheap member of the club and was unaware of his low tipping to the caddies who helped him through his rounds of golf. The Judge helps out caddy Danny Noonan, played by Michael O'Keefe, to enter the caddy tournament and win a scholarship.

Besides playing in the television series "Too Close for Comfort", this would be Ted Knight's last movie role. Question by Illini43 and the Movie Buffs
10. Many movies have been made detailing the triumphs and tragedies of international competitors in the Olympic Games. Which of the following movies is NOT based on a true story of Olympic competition?

Answer: Cutting Edge

"Prefontaine" details track-star Steve Prefontaine's competitiveness that got him into the 1972 Olympic games, but which tragically ended with the Olympian being killed in a car crash three years later. "Miracle" is all about the 'Miracle on the Ice' Russia v. USA hockey match in the 1980 Olympics. "Chariots of Fire" is based on the true story of two British athletes that were competing in track/running in the 1924 Summer Olympics. While the "Cutting Edge" does detail an Olympic story between a competitive ice-skater and a former hockey player, it is NOT based on a true story.

Submitted by KatieK54
Source: Author Illini43

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