FunTrivia Sports Mix: Vol 28 Trivia Quiz

Answer: New Orleans Saints

Tampa Bay defeated New Orleans 33-14 to stop a 26 game losing streak. The next week the Buccaneers defeated St Louis Cardinals to make it two in a row.

Question by player jack2099

Answer: Rory McIlroy

Rory McIlroy was born in 1989 in Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland, and turned professional in 2007. He had previously won the U.S. Open in 2011 and PGA Championship in 2012. He was awarded a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2012 Honours List for services to sport.

Question by player Philip_Eno

Answer: One with a handicap of zero

In amateur golf, handicaps indicate a player's ability. A scratch golfer 'plays off zero', while a less proficient golfer would have a handicap of up to 28 (in the UK, other regions can vary). Professional golfers do not have handicaps, they play off zero. If you fancy becoming a pro, you will need to play off scratch, or better still, have a negative handicap (-1, -2 and so on).

Question by player darksplash

Answer: First female jockey to win the race

Rachael Blackmore (b. 1989) is an Irish jockey competing in National Hunt Racing in the United Kingdom. She became the first female jockey to win the Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, England. The race has been described as "the ultimate test of horse and rider", with 30 jumps and covering 4 miles 514 yards (6.9km).

The first Grand National was run in 1839 but female jockeys have only been permitted to ride in the race since 1977. After winning the 173rd Grand National, Ms. Blackmore said: "I don't feel male or female. I don't even feel human, I feel unbelievable."

Question by player psnz

Answer: 1900 in Paris

It was also the last time underwater swimming made it into the Olympic programme. Gold medalist Charles de Vendeville (France) stayed underwater for 68.4 seconds and covered a distance of 60 metres. The Summer Olympics 1900 in Paris also featured obstacle swimming, another sport that has never been repeated at an Olympic level.

Question by player wellenbrecher

Answer: Wayne Gretzky

Wayne Gretzky was the first player to ever score 200 or more points in an NHL season, and he did it four times. Mario Lemieux scored 199 points in 1988-89.

Question by player SleepyPete

Answer: Pele

Pele's real name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento. He had the honour of being in the team when Brazil won its first-ever FIFA World Cup in 1958, At that World Cup he became the youngest to have ever appeared in the World Cup finals tournament (he did not turn 18 until later that year).

His career tally of goals is 1282 which includes country and club level. Diego Maradona is a former Argentine player who helped his country win the 1986 World Cup and is also known for his infamous "Hand of God" in that tournament.

He scored 34 goals for his National Team and had a club tally of 311 goals. Gerd Mueller was a German footballer who helped Germany win the 1974 World Cup. His career tally is 655 goals which exclude 68 national goals. Johan Cruyff was a Dutch footballer who scored 368 club-level goals and 33 national goals.

Question by player mask100

Answer: Europe and South America

Spain's victory in 2010 was Europe's tenth victory, putting them one ahead of South America's nine. The United States (in 1930) and South Korea (in 2002) are the only teams from outside Europe and South America to even make the semi-finals.

Question by player kevinatilusa

Answer: Cleveland Cavaliers

On June 19th 2016, the Golden State Warriors lost the 7th game to the Cleveland Cavaliers, after Golden State completed the regular season as the first team to win 73 games (the previous record was 72 wins in 1995-96 by the Chicago Bulls). In the seventh game of the finals the Warriors lost by 4 points, 93-89.

The Cleveland Cavaliers became the first team in history to come back from a 3-1 deficit and win the NBA championship.

Question by player nizard

Answer: none

The serious training of a professional Japanese sumo wrestler is year-around as part of a formal discipline which governs the wrestlers' entire lives. Tournaments occur every other month: January in Tokyo, March in Osaka, May in Tokyo, July in Nagoya, September in Tokyo, and November in Fukuoka. Each tournament is fifteen days long. This schedule leaves little time for days off, much less longer vacations.


Question by player FatherSteve