FunTrivia Sports Mix: Vol 21 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Green Bay Packers

Wisconsin is America's dairyland, and their team the Green Bay Packers have fans who wear hats with a (pretend) chunk of cheese on the top. This is not unique to American football fans. Bears fans wear bear heads, and Minnesota Viking fans wear horns to name just two others.

Question by player oldstuff28

Answer: Yao Ming

Yao Ming was born in 1980 in Shanghai, China. At the time his parents were said to be the tallest couple in China. As a teen Ming (Yao is the family name) played with the Shanghai Sharks. He was selected by the Houston Rockets in the 2002 draft. Unfortunately he suffered injuries and retired in 2011, but as the richest celebrity in China for several years running, that worked out all right.

Question by player Godwit

Answer: Jurassic Park

The team name was inspired by the raptor dinosaurs that were prominent in "Jurassic Park", a hugely successful movie that came out in 1993. Toronto were admitted to the NBA in 1995 as an expansion team, along with the Vancouver Grizzlies; they were the first Canadian teams admitted to the NBA.

Question by player SimonP8

Answer: At least one parent was a citizen

Countries like UK and Israel which don't have a vibrant baseball following, have relied on the liberal eligibility rules to choose a player to represent their country. For many players, however, the choice is based on the player's birth country.

Question by player grisham

Answer: Wimbledon

Novak Djokovic won Wimbledon in 2011 with a 6-4 6-1 1-6 6-3 victory over Rafael Nadal. His appearance in the final ensured that, following the tournament, he would take over the Number 1 ranking from Rafael Nadal. Nadal had held the top spot since 7th July 2010.

Question by player vabbity2

Answer: Melbourne 1877

The first officially recognised Test Match was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) from 15th to 19th March 1877. Australia defeated England by 45 runs. Amazingly, the centenary test match at the same venue in 1977 yielded exactly the same result, an Australian victory by 45 runs. Charles Bannerman faced the first ball in test cricket in that 1877 match - his score of 165 retired hurt is still the highest score on debut by an Australian batsman.

The Philadelphia cricket club, the oldest in the USA, was founded in 1854.

Question by player MikeMaster99

Answer: Spain

Spain won their first soccer World Cup. It was the first time for Spain to reach the final. They beat The Netherlands by a score of 1-0. Germany beat Uruguay to get 3rd place.

Question by player goobas

Answer: Cricket

There are nine fielders in a cricket team, in addition to the bowler and wicket keeper. Fielding positions are not fixed and are adjusted frequently for tactical advantage. Many regular fielding positions are named according to the angle and distance from the batsman.

The adjective "silly" in a fielding position means very close to the batsman--perhaps too close if you want to avoid being hit hard by the ball in flight.

Question by player lorance79

Answer: Table tennis

The penholder grip has the advantage of putting a lot of spin on the serve. As the name implies, the paddle is held like you would grip a pen. The shakehands grip is popular with players who rotate forehand and backhand return shots. The paddle is grasped as if shaking hands.

The shakehands grip is used more with European and American players, while the penholder grip was made popular with Japanese table tennis professionals.

Question by player leelee63

Answer: Tour de France (cycling)

Wimbledon, March Madness and the (British) Open were cancelled altogether. The Tour de France did take place, albeit two months later than normal, with Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia winning the yellow jersey.

Question by player Dizart