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Quiz about We Arent The Champions
Quiz about We Arent The Champions

We Aren't The Champions Trivia Quiz


It's sweet being a champion, but often it's the runners-up that people remember. This quiz is dedicated to ten sports second bananas whose 15 minutes of fame came because they lost.

A multiple-choice quiz by cag1970. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
cag1970
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
262,665
Updated
Jul 23 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
4 / 10
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Question 1 of 10
1. Super Bowl VI marked the first time that a team failed to score an offensive touchdown. Which team, in earning this dubious distinction, also managed to lose the game? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. In 1980, the Kansas City Royals won their American League championship and earned the right to go to the World Series. Which Eastern Division foe did they sweep 3-0 to move on? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Long a national power in men's basketball, North Carolina lost its first Final Four championship game appearance, in 1946, against which school? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. The champion of the Frozen Four, the NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship, has been determined in overtime on a number of occasions. Which team was the first to lose the championship in overtime? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. The 50th Grey Cup was one of the most unusual championship games ever to be played. Which Canadian Football League team lost this historic game by just a single point? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. The Boston Celtics captured their 14th NBA title in 1981, by defeating which Western Conference team in the Finals? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. The Montreal Canadiens won their record 24th Stanley Cup title in 1993. Which up-and-coming Campbell Conference team fell to Montreal in five games in the championship series? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. In 1933, the first year the National Football League held a true championship game, which team lost to the Chicago Bears 23-21 to become the league's first real runner-up? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. The great Earl Anthony won 10 major bowling championships during his illustrious career. But he never won bowling's version of the Grand Slam, because he failed to win which major tournament? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Legendary tennis star Steffi Graf won her fifth Wimbledon singles title in 1993. But she was upstaged by which worthy opponent, who broke down and cried during the trophy presentation? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Super Bowl VI marked the first time that a team failed to score an offensive touchdown. Which team, in earning this dubious distinction, also managed to lose the game?

Answer: Miami Dolphins

On a day in which the temperature at kickoff was 39 degrees Fahrenheit at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, the Dolphins were anything but super in the first Super Bowl appearance. A 31-yard field goal by Garo Yepremian in the second quarter cut the Dallas lead to seven, but two second-half touchdowns propelled the Cowboys to a 24-3 victory.
2. In 1980, the Kansas City Royals won their American League championship and earned the right to go to the World Series. Which Eastern Division foe did they sweep 3-0 to move on?

Answer: New York Yankees

The Royals got sweet revenge on the hated Yankees in 1980, having lost to them in the ALCS three straight years (1976-1978). Frank White, Kansas City's longtime second baseman, was named the first-ever ALCS MVP after the series was over.
3. Long a national power in men's basketball, North Carolina lost its first Final Four championship game appearance, in 1946, against which school?

Answer: Oklahoma A & M

By losing to the legendary Henry Iba's Aggies, the Tar Heels hold the distinction of being one of two teams to lose to the first back-to-back champions in Final Four history (the other team being NYU in 1945). By the time they made their second Final Four appearance, in 1957, North Carolina had left the Southern Conference to become a charter member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Today, of course, Oklahoma A & M is known as Oklahoma State.
4. The champion of the Frozen Four, the NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship, has been determined in overtime on a number of occasions. Which team was the first to lose the championship in overtime?

Answer: Minnesota

After losing to Big Ten rival Michigan in the 1953 Frozen Four, the Golden Gophers returned to the championship game the next year against the Red Hawks of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The Gophers got the game into overtime, but lost 5-4. Minnesota finally broke through for a national title in 1974.
5. The 50th Grey Cup was one of the most unusual championship games ever to be played. Which Canadian Football League team lost this historic game by just a single point?

Answer: Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Exhibition Stadium, the site of the 50th Grey Cup contest between Hamilton and Winnipeg on December 1, 1962, was a rematch of the previous year's game, which the Blue Bombers won in overtime. Heavy fog descended on the stadium during the second quarter and got progressively worse. Things got so bad, in fact, that with less than 10 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the game was suspended with Winnipeg leading 28-27. Play resumed the next afternoon, but Hamilton wasn't able to do any more scoring.
6. The Boston Celtics captured their 14th NBA title in 1981, by defeating which Western Conference team in the Finals?

Answer: Houston Rockets

Houston earned their first trip to the NBA Finals after defeating the Kansas City Kings in five games for the Western Conference title. But the veteran Celtics, led by Larry Bird and making their first Finals appearance since 1976, took advantage and gunned down the Rockets, and future Hall-of-Fame center Moses Malone, in six games.
7. The Montreal Canadiens won their record 24th Stanley Cup title in 1993. Which up-and-coming Campbell Conference team fell to Montreal in five games in the championship series?

Answer: Los Angeles Kings

First-year coach Barry Melrose, who is well known as a hockey commentator on television, took a team featuring Wayne Gretzky, Luc Robitaille, Jari Kurri and Kelly Hrudey, through a gamut of Canadian powers--specifically, Calgary, Vancouver and Toronto--to earn their first Clarence Campbell Trophy.

Their impressive run, however, came to an end in the Stanley Cup Finals, as the legendary Patrick Roy earned his second Conn Smythe Trophy as MVP of the playoffs. The Canadiens were the last hockey team from Canada to win the Stanley Cup in the 20th Century.
8. In 1933, the first year the National Football League held a true championship game, which team lost to the Chicago Bears 23-21 to become the league's first real runner-up?

Answer: New York Giants

The Giants participated in each of the NFL's first three championship games, by virtue of having the best record in the Eastern Division. They avenged their loss to the Bears by beating them 30-13 in the 1934 championship game, then lost in 1935 to the Detroit Lions 26-7.
9. The great Earl Anthony won 10 major bowling championships during his illustrious career. But he never won bowling's version of the Grand Slam, because he failed to win which major tournament?

Answer: US Open

Earl Anthony made three appearances in the finals of the US Open, losing to Mike McGrath (1973), Joe Berardi (1979) and Steve Martin (1980).
10. Legendary tennis star Steffi Graf won her fifth Wimbledon singles title in 1993. But she was upstaged by which worthy opponent, who broke down and cried during the trophy presentation?

Answer: Jana Novotna

In one of the most memorable meltdowns in sports history, Novotna squandered a 4-1 lead in the final set against Graf, who at the time was at the peak of her game. The Duchess of Kent lent Novotna a shoulder to cry on, and reassured her that she would win at Wimbledon one day. That day came in 1998, when she defeated Nathalie Tauziat in straight sets for her only Grand Slam singles title. Novotna had more success in doubles, earning a career Grand Slam in women's doubles and four mixed doubles wins in Grand Slam events.
Source: Author cag1970

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