Non-Important Sports Trivia Quiz

Answer: They are frozen

Keeping a hockey puck frozen during game play keeps the puck from flipping when contact is made with a stick or skate. It also allows the puck to glide smoothly across the ice. If a puck lands out of play in the crowd, the person who gets the puck gets to keep it, just like a baseball landing in the stands!

Answer: cabbage leaf

He did this to keep cool in the wool uniforms of his time. He kept the leaves on ice and changed them out between innings. Another fun fact about Babe Ruth, he wore the number three, but not because he chose it. He wore the number three because he batted third in the lineup, and because he played first base, which is denoted by the same number in a baseball score book. Players in Ruth's day wore the number that they batted in the lineup and played on the field.

Answer: Michigan Stadium

At a capacity of 109,901, "The Big House" in Ann Arbor, Michigan is aptly named. The stadium had an attendance of 115,109 in September 2013 for a college football game (Michigan vs. Notre Dame). Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio and Beaver Stadium in Happy Valley, Pennsylvania are close in capacity, both at well over 100,000.

AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas is the biggest stadium in the NFL (home to the Dallas Cowboys), seating 100,000 when properly arranged - the largest attendance at "Jerry's World" was over 105,000.

Answer: 3

Each NBA game has three balls that are taken from the rack and set aside for use in game. The three are chosen by team captains, coordinating with the officiating crew Typically only one of the three is used. The other two are used when needed if something happens to the first one.

Answer: 7

The opposite of 1 is 6 which equals 7, the opposite of 3 is 4 which equals 7, and so on. The dots on the dice are called pips. Dice pips are specifically designed not to affect the weight of each side, so as to not influence the result of the thrown die.

Answer: Hearts

The King of Diamonds is the only one with only one eye visible. The two One-Eyed Jacks are the Jack of Spades and the Jack of Hearts. They are also the two Jacks with moustaches. The Queens are the only face cards with all four showing both eyes.

Answer: Pittsburgh

Major League Baseball has the Pittsburgh Pirates who play their home games at PNC Park. The Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL play their home games at Acrisure Stadium, and the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins play their home games at PPG Paints Arena. All three teams based in Pittsburgh have the same color scheme, wearing black and yellow on their jerseys.

They're the colors on the Pittsburgh flag and the coat of arms of William Pitt, for whom the city was named. The Steelers have had these two colors since their foundation in 1933, the Pirates adopted the colors in 1948; and the Penguins adopted them in 1980.

Answer: 108

Stitches on a baseball allow a pitcher to get a better grip on the ball, and allow them to use the stitches to throw different types of pitches. The stitches also affect the drag on the baseball as it travels through the air. Stitches on a baseball are red to allow a player to see the ball better.

Answer: 32

A typical soccer ball has a total of 32 panels; 12 pentagons and 20 hexagons. The panels on a soccer ball affect the rotation and aerodynamic properties of the ball, which impacts its flight through the air once kicked.

Answer: 336

Regulation golf balls have anywhere between 300 and 500 dimples. Most golf balls have around 336 dimples, though that number does vary by a few, more or less, depending on the brand and type of ball used. The number of dimples on the ball affects performance, which is why different brand makers adjust the number of dimples on each ball.