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61. The New York Yankees baseball club were founded in 1901 under what name?

From Quiz Sports Mix Alphabetically - The B's

Answer: Baltimore Orioles

The original Baltimore Orioles club were founder members of the American League in 1901, and moved to New York in 1903. Their first nickname in the Big Apple was the Highlanders, with the famous Yankees name being adopted in 1913. The team called the Baltimore Orioles who were members of the American League in 2010, are no relation whatsoever to the team which evolved into the Yankees.

From Quiz Sports Mix Alphabetically: The A's

Answer: Antwerp

The first Olympics to take place after World War One, the 1920 games were awarded to Antwerp, in Belgium. Budapest was the originally designated host city, but the Austro-Hungarian Empire was banned from entering a team, so a new venue was needed. Amsterdam hosted the games in 1928, Atlanta in 1996, and Athens in both 1896 and 2004.

From Quiz Sporting Things

Answer: It was entirely new and did not replace another name

Whilst the majority of the sides were originally part of the VFL when the competition became Australia wide, it was decided that the term VFL was no longer applicable, and therefore the new title was bestowed upon the competition.

From Quiz Sports by Numbers

Answer: 22

15 reds, 6 colours, and the white.

From Quiz The Wide World of Sports

Answer: New Zealand

Rugby Union is New Zealand's national sport. The All Blacks are generally regarded as the most famous and feared national rugby union team on the globe.

From Quiz Extraordinary Women Athletes

Answer: Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Jacqueline Joyner-Kersee was honored by Sports Illustrated magazine as the top woman athlete of the 20th century. She's also one of the most admired sportswomen in the United States. She was born in 1962 and comes from East St. Louis, Illinois. She overcame exercise-induced asthma, which was a concern for her every time she competed. Her husband and coach, Bob Kersee, was always close by with an inhaler at the ready, always yelling at her to do better at the same time. She finally retired from competition, after an illustrious career.

From Quiz General Sports III

Answer: Rugby

The match between Scotland and England in the 6 nations is known as the Calcutta Cup game. The trophy is made from silver rupees. The first match played in 1879 ended in a 3-3 draw.

From Quiz A Sporting Potpourri #2

Answer: French Open

The French Open at Roland Garros suits the baseline players due to the slower , higher - bouncing court. In contrast, the grass courts at Wimbledon are favoured by the big servers and hard hitters.

From Quiz Creams of the Crops

Answer: Edmonton Oilers

1979 saw the debut of the 'Great One' with the Oilers, scoring 51 goals in the season. In the 1988-89 season, Wayne found himself playing for the Kings. 1995 with St. Louis, and 1996 with the Rangers, Gretzky retired after the 1998-99 season with 894 goals and 1963 assists.

From Quiz Mixed Sports [1]

Answer: Basketball

Miami Heat are one of seven teams in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association. The Knickerbockers (Knicks) were formed in 1946 and were one of the last two charter members of the NBA still in their original cities (the other being the Boston Celtics).

From Quiz Mixed Sports

Answer: Boris Becker

Laver was always seeded no. 1 when he won Wimbledon, Ashe was seeded no. 6 when he won, and McEnroe was seeded 2 and 1 at his victories at Wimbledon. Becker was only 17 when he won it in 1985.

From Quiz Super Sports!

Answer: Goal Defence

The game of netball consists of seven players. These positions are C - Centre, GS - Goal Shooter, GA - Goal Attack, WA - Wing Attack, WD - Wing Attack, GD - Goal Defence, GK - Goalkeeper.

From Quiz The Wide World Of Sports

Answer: Australia

The USA boycotted the 1980 games in Moscow, Spain only took part once prior to 1920, Japan appeared sporadically prior to 1952. Although Italian athletes have appeared at every games, their competitors at the 1904 games in St Louis were there as individuals, not an official Italy team.

From Quiz The Greatest Sports Quiz 6

Answer: 1916

The first miniature golf course in the United States was built in Pinehurst, California in 1916. It was called Thistle Dhu, which is pronounced like "this'll do." The name was a play on words, suggesting that the course was a smaller, more affordable alternative to a full-sized golf course.

From Quiz The Greatest Sports Quiz 5

Answer: August 1

The Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA) founded National Disc Golf Day to celebrate the growing popularity of the sport. They chose August 1st because August is a popular month for discing, and the day was officially approved as a national day in July 2016 by the Registrar at National Day Calendar.

From Quiz The Greatest Sports Quiz 4

Answer: Cavalry

Polo is a centuries-old game that originated as a cavalry training exercise circa 6th century BC. The game is still played on horseback. Polo ponies are not actually ponies, but rather a specific type of horse bred for polo (usually a cross between a quarter horse and a thoroughbred).

From Quiz The Greatest Sports Quiz 3

Answer: 1896

There were four swimming events at the first modern Olympics, 1896 Athens. Alfréd Hajós of Hungary, took the top spot for both the 100-meter and 1200-meter (sic) freestyle while Paul Neumann of Austria and Ioannis Malokinis of Greece won the 500-meter freestyle and the sailors 100-meter freestyle respectively.

From Quiz The Greatest Sports Quiz 2

Answer: 1992

Kelly Slater won a total of 11 WSL Championships from 1992-2011. He had also won the Triple Crown in 1992, 1996 and 2011.

From Quiz The Greatest Sports Quiz 1

Answer: Museum of the American West

The first gay rodeo was held in Reno in 1976 as a fundraiser for the local Thanksgiving Day food drive. This and similar fundraisers grew in popularity and in 1985 became the International Gay Rodeo Association (IGRA).

From Quiz FunTrivia Sports Mix: Vol 1

Answer: Dodgeball

"DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story" Starred Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller in 2004. The National Dodgeball League held their first world championship game in 2005. Question by player DarklonMystik

From Quiz A Feast Of Football

Answer: Derby County

Los Angeles Rams joined the NFL in 1937 as the Cleveland Rams and went on to be the Los Angeles Rams between 1946 and 1994 and the St. Louis Rams (1995-2015) before reverting to the LA Rams in 2016. As the Los Angeles Rams, the team appeared in the Super Bowl in 1979 and 2018, losing on both occasions. Derby County were formed in 1884 and in 1888 became one of the founder members of the Football League. They take their nickname of "the rams" from their affiliation with the First Regiment of Derby Militia (formed 1881), which had a ram as its mascot. In addition to their two league titles, Derby are also FA Cup winners, having beaten Charlton Athletic in 1946.

From Quiz Outlast the Competition

Answer: Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King is a former American female professional tennis player. Billie Jean King often represented the United States in the Federation Cup and the Wightman Cup tennis competitions. She faced Bobby Riggs in September 1973 in an internationally televised tennis match dubbed the "Battle of the Sexes". This match was held at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas. King won the match in three straight sets 6-4, 6-3, 6-3.

From Quiz Multi-Sport Athletes

Answer: Althea Gibson

She was the first African-American at the U.S. Open, Wimbledon, and the French Open. She was also the first African-American on the LPGA tour. She stood 5 feet 11 inches tall. She played professional tennis from 1954 to 1958 and professional golf from 1964 to 1978.

From Quiz Sports Variety

Answer: 18 inches

Darts is an ancient game, now featuring a board of 17 3⁄4 inches or 451 millimetres. It is commonly played in pubs. There are two world championships in this sport: one is run by the World Darts Federation and one by the Professional Darts Corporation.

From Quiz The Who, What, When, Where, & Why Sports Quiz

Answer: 21 seconds

On March 23, 1952, Mosienko scored three goals in just 21 seconds while playing for the Chicago Blackhawks against the New York Rangers.

From Quiz Super Mario World

Answer: Croatia

Mario Mandzukic's clubs include Bayern Munich, Wolfsburg and Juventus, where he has been part of several cup and league-winning squads. Mandzukic scored a memorable goal from an overhead kick in the 2017 Champions' League final against Real Madrid, although unfortunately for him, Real Madrid went on to win 4-1. He was first called up for Croatia under Slaven Bilic in 2007, and retired in August 2018 after the World Cup final, in which Croatia lost to France (he had scored 33 goals for them). He won the Croatian Footballer of the Year award in 2012 and 2013.

From Quiz The Great White Part 5: Bleached Bleachers

Answer: England

England's national football team were one of the teams that competed in the first official international football match in 1872, so it could be said that they had first dibs on their choice of team strip - along with the other team, Scotland, of course! England's home kit (which is also worn away from home in various cup competitions) includes the traditional white shirts, while the away kit has usually been red - and was what the team were wearing when they lifted the World Cup in 1966. The three lions in question appear on the team's badge and have featured on their shirts ever since that first match back in the 1870s. Argentina traditionally wear a white shirt with vertical pale blue stripes, while France and Italy both generally play in blue shirts with white shorts (and, in the case of France, red socks to complete the image of their tricolour flag). Question submitted by Fifiona81.

From Quiz Color Me Purple Part 10: Purple Reigns

Answer: Fiorentina

Founded in 1926, ACF Fiorentina is Florence's professional football club. The team adopted its distinctive purple colours in 1929; the player's shirts were originally red and white, the colours of Florence's coat of arms, representing a red fleur-de-lis on a white field. The fleur-de-lis is also used as the club's badge - hence the team's other nickname of "I Gigliati" (those that wear the lily). Fiorentina's stadium, located outside the city centre, in the neighbourhood named Campo di Marte, was built in 1931, and is dedicated to Artemio Franchi, a former president of the Italian Football Federation. (LadyNym)

From Quiz In the Red: Competing

Answer: Triangle

The triangle is but one of the several accessories used in snooker and is traditionally made of wood shaped like an equilateral triangle. It is used to carefully arrange the red balls just behind the pink ball where the first player to pot gets to make a dramatic strike at this mass of red, scattering the balls all over the table. We in Team Red also appreciate that reds significantly outnumber any other kind of ball - there are seven other colours represented on the board: yellow, brown, green, blue, pink, black and the white cue ball itself. malik24 tried to snooker you with this question

From Quiz The Gay Games

Answer: Decathlon

Waddell was a New Jersey native who began training as a decathlete in 1966 as part of his punishment for protesting the war in Vietnam while a drafted soldier. He placed fifth in the Mexico City Olympics, breaking several of his personal best records in the process. His career as a decathlete ended in 1972 when he severely injured his knee during a high jump.

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