USA Mixed Sports Trivia

1. What's the name of the stadium-wide activity that gained worldwide attention during the 1986 World Cup in Mexico and engenders booing of non-participants? It continues to this day.

From Quiz The Crazy World of Sports Fans

Answer: The Wave

I've witnessed all these behaviors. Baseball games in California are often punctuated by the crowd knocking a large inflated beach ball around the stadium, with it sometimes going onto the playing field. In the 1970s Miller Brewing introduced a light beer, and its commercials had bruising football players yelling "tastes great" and "less filling" at each other. Soon (for a gratefully short time) sections of stadiums followed their lead. A recent happening is the use of TV cameras highlighting a young couple and showing them on the stadium TV screen with the expectation of a loving kiss. (One young male came prepared with a "she's my sister" sign). Now to the Wave. One section of the stadium (rows between two aisles) stands up in unison, cheering, and raising both arms before sitting down. The next section then performs the same, and the actions look like a giant wave across the stadium. Krazy George Henderson claims to have invented the Wave cheer at an NHL hockey game in Denver in 1979 after a serendipitous delay in the crowd cheering. In 1981 the wave showed up at an Oakland baseball game and a University of Washington football game; and it soon became the standard "cool thing" to do at sporting events. It made global appearances during the 1984 Olympic soccer finals at Los Angeles and the 1986 World Cup, where many sportswriters called it the Mexican Wave. The Wave has been studied by behavorial scientists, who claim that it takes only a few dozen fans to trigger a wave, the wave moves at about 22 seats per second. Groups have recorded world records for the most participants and the longest wave in time. Australia cricket attempted to ban it.

From Quiz Fascinating and Obscure Sports Trivia

Answer: Florida

Florida won both titles in 2006. The other three won both championships, but not in the same year: Ohio State has won seven football titles (1942 to 2002) and a basketball title in 1960; Michigan State won football titles in 1952 and shared the title in 1965 and 1966 -- their basketball title was in 1979, led by Magic Johnson. UCLA shared its 1954 football title with Ohio State but won an astounding 11 basketball titles (1963 to 1975) led by players like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bill Walton.

From Quiz Records Will Be Broken

Answer: Joe DiMaggio

During the 1941 season, "The Yankee Clipper," Joe DiMaggio, set the record for the longest streak of consecutive games with a hit. He broke the record previously set by Willie Keeler, which was 45 consecutive games, on June 29th. He went on to hit safely in 56 consecutive games, until July 17th.

From Quiz Once You Go Black

Answer: Oakland Raiders

John Madden was the head coach of the Oakland Raiders from 1969-1978. He helped to lead the Raiders to victory in Super Bowl XI, where the Raiders defeated the Minnesota Vikings 32-14. The Oakland Raiders debuted as a member of the American Football League in 1960 and were merged into the NFL in 1970. The team's colors consists of black, white and silver. The team has relocated several times between Oakland and Los Angeles. In 2017, the team announced it would move again, this time to Las Vegas.

From Quiz Purple and Gold

Answer: Los Angeles Lakers

The Lakers began their history in Minnesota as the Minneapolis Lakers; Minnesota is after all the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" (or 11,842 lakes depending on one's parameters for what constitutes a lake). Their uniforms back then were powder blue with gold trim. They switched to purple and gold in 1967 when Jack Kent Cooke bought the team and moved them to The Forum in Los Angeles.

From Quiz Follow That Bandwagon

Answer: Edmonton Oilers

In Hockey terms, "The Great One" is Wayne Gretzky. He was traded by the Oilers to the Kings, yet the Oilers managed to win the Cup. They finished the regular season with 90 points, second in their division. They beat the Jets, Kings and Blackhawks on the way to the finals. In the finals they won 4-1 over the heavily favored Bruins.

From Quiz All You Had to Do Was Stay

Answer: Washington Wizards

Michael Jordan played the first 13 seasons of his career with the Chicago Bulls and he led the league in scoring 10 times. He played his last two seasons with the Washington Wizards and he was the first NBA player to retire with a career scoring average of more than 30 points per game.

From Quiz Common Sense Test: Sports Edition

Answer: It is impossible to score a total of 1 point in a game

There is no such thing in football to have a total of 1 point at any time in a game. The only time a team can score just 1 point on a play is when a team opts to kick a field goal for their PAT, and that means a touchdown had to have already been scored. The least amount of points a team can score in a game, given that they were not shut out, is 2, which can result from a safety or when a team turns over the ball attempting the PAT and the other team runs it back to the other end zone. No mercy rule of any kind exists in the NFL, the 49ers have been around since 1946, and inter-conference play was indeed a thing back then.

From Quiz Giving It All For The Game

Answer: Loyola Marymount Lions

At 6'7" and 190 pounds, Gathers was strong enough to play inside and quick enough to lead LMU's fast-paced offense down the court. He was a national player of the year candidate and likely to be a lottery pick in the NBA draft. In December, 1989 Gathers had collapsed during a home game and was diagnosed with exercise-induced ventricular tachycardia, which caused an irregular heartbeat. Doctors prescribed Inderal but Hank didn't like the drug's side effects and it was later reported that he'd begun skipping his dose on game days. On March 4, 1990 LMU was playing Portland in the second round of the West Coast Conference tournament. About 7-1/2 minutes into the game Gathers collapsed. Running back on defense he seemed to stumble and went to the floor on his back. Gathers tried to get up, but trainers kept him down and moments later he quit breathing. He was declared dead at a hospital a short time later. The game and the conference tournament were suspended, then cancelled, and LMU was given the WCC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Even without their star, the Lions advanced to the Final 8 round before losing to eventual champ UNLV. An autopsy determined that Hank Gathers died at age 23 due to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

From Quiz Iconic Sports Pictures

Answer: Willie Mays

Mays, the center fielder for the New York Giants, ran back a long distance to get near the ball. The ball went directly over his head and was slightly to his other side. He twisted his body around and caught the ball with his back to home plate and quickly turned around to make a strong throw back to the infield.. As a side note, Mays popularized the "basket catch" where the ball was caught at waist high level at a time players were taught to catch the ball at eye level. Mantle and DiMaggio were also excellent center fielders, but played in the same baseball division as Vic Wertz's team, the Cleveland Indians, and wouldn't have been been in the World Series against the Indians. Clemente played right field for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

From Quiz What League Is That?

Answer: Missouri Valley

In 2015 and 2016, the Valley was represented by two teams (Northern Iowa and Wichita State) to get to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. In 2015 UNI was 1-1 and Wichita State was 2-1, including a win over 2 seed Kansas. In 2016 UNI was again 1-1, while Wichita State went 2-1 again, including a play-in game. Both years the Panthers won the MVC Tournament in St. Louis, despite the fact that the Wheatshockers were higher rated in both instances. Other noted achievements of the Panthers from Northern Iowa include beating overall number-one seeded Kansas, 69-67, in the second round of the 2010 NCAA Tournament, and a 71-67 win over number-one ranked North Carolina on 21 November, 2015. Many observers object to the term "mid-major" for NCAA basketball teams, feeling it is condescending or insulting.

From Quiz A Sports Smorgasbord

Answer: O. J. Simpson

Orenthal James Simpson, aka "The Juice", was a Heisman Trophy winner in 1968, and went on to play for the Buffalo Bills for most of his career. He is also the ONLY running back to have rushed for more than 2,000 yards in a 14 game season. He was a broadcaster and an actor in, among other movies, the "Naked Gun" trilogy. He was later tried for allegedly murdering his wife and Ron Goldman on June 12, 1994 but was found not guilty in October of 1995; after all, "if the glove don't fit, you must acquit". However, O.J. was found guilty of kidnapping and armed robbery in 2008 and sentenced to prison for 9 to 33 years.

From Quiz Orange You Glad?

Answer: Three

Thomas drove car numbers 92 (owned by himself), 6 (Marshall Teague), 99 (Leonard Tippett) and 2 (Hubert Westmoreland) for three different car manufacturers. His own car and the 6 were both Plymouths, the 99 was a Hudson and the 2 was an Oldsmobile. Thomas won another NASCAR season championship in 1953.

From Quiz Period Lengths of Various Sports

Answer: two 20-minute halves

In addition, the NCAA uses a 35-second shot clock. When necessary, each overtime period is five minutes long.

From Quiz USA in the Blender

Answer: Kansas City Chiefs

Behind the wisdom of head coach Vince Lombardi and the arm of quarterback Bart Starr, the Packers downed the Chiefs 35-10. Green Bay would go on to win Super Bowl II against the Raiders.

From Quiz Oh, Yes I Did

Answer: Mike Stanley

On May 1, 1991, Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers threw his seventh no-hitter of his career against the Toronto Blue Jays. In that game, Mike Stanley was the catcher, Rafael Palmeiro was the first-baseman, Julio Franco was the second-baseman and Juan Gonzalez was the designated hitter for the Texas Rangers.

From Quiz Chivalry Rivalry

Answer: 7

The 1978 Triple Crown was called the greatest duel of all time. Affirmed won all three races to become the eleventh Triple Crown winner. But Alydar didn't make it easy for Affirmed. He finished a close second in all three races and even temporarily had the lead in the Belmont coming down the home stretch.

From Quiz The Umpire Strikes Back

Answer: Roy Jones Jr.

Roy Jones Jr. is ranked as one of the best boxers to come out of the U.S. in any weight. At the 1988 Seoul Olympics, Jones did not lose a single round of any of his fights. In the final match, for the gold medal, he was fighting Park Si-Hun from South Korea. In spite of landing 86 punches to 32 by Park's, the gold was awarded to Park who appeared stunned (Roy Jones Jr won the silver medal). It later came out that these judges had been wined and dined and possibly bribed for their votes. All were suspended and a new scoring system was put into place.

From Quiz USA Samplers

Answer: Los Angeles Lakers

Unlike the 1960s when the Celtics dominated the decade with nine titles in nine appearances, the Lakers earned the right to make seven appearances in the decade while winning five. Boston's only season in the 1960s that they missed the finals was in 1967 when the 76ers defeated them in the Eastern Division Finals.

From Quiz A Mix of American Sports

Answer: 1997

The Marlins began their franchise in 1993. They won their first World Series in 1997 against the Indians, and they won their second World Series in 2003 against the Yankees.

From Quiz The Name Of The Game

Answer: ten-pin bowling

Primitive forms of ten-pin bowling have been around since about 300 A.D. Millions of people all over the world now enjoy bowling. Schools offer bowling as a school sport. Its a sport that groups from churches and workplaces can organize and enjoy, and simulations are popular in video games. Newer and updated alleys offer electronic scoring since some special knowledge about how to score is needed when using pencil and paper. After bowling the first ball, if pins are left standing on both sides of the lane, that is called a split and one of the hardest to clear with the second ball. When a person knocks all the pins down with their first ball, that is a strike. When a person has three strikes in a row, that is a turkey. If a bowler releases the ball and it goes in the trough on either side of the lane, that is a gutter ball. If that was the first ball rolled, the bowler gets another chance to knock pins down.

From Quiz USA Mixed Sports

Answer: Mickey Mantle

Mantle played his entire Yankee career from 1951-1968. He played in 12 World Series with the Yankees and went home with seven titles. Mickey hit three home runs in a World Series, three times in his career.

From Quiz USA Sports Trophies

Answer: Golf

The Ryder Cup is part of the PGA tour in which teams from the USA and Europe compete against each other. The competition began after an unofficial exhibition match in 1926 between a team representing American professionals against a team from the British PGA.

From Quiz Sports Stew III

Answer: D.C. United

The other options were not soccer teams. Adu was a mere 14 years old at the time.

From Quiz Sports Stew II

Answer: Ryan Newman and Jimmie Johnson

The other combinations were not race car drivers. Johnson lost the Rookie of the Year award by 23 points to Newman. The rest in the top five were Shawna Robinson, Carl Long, and Hermie Sadler.

From Quiz Sports Stew I

Answer: Simon Gagne

Simon Gagne had 47 goals and 32 assists adding up to 79 points in the 2005-06 season. The Flyers won 45 games and lost 26, with 11 of those in overtime. The Flyer finished with 101 points. In 1990, Ken Hitchcock was the assistant coach for Philadelphia, later left for the Dallas Stars, then helmed the Flyers in 2005-06.

From Quiz Sports of All Kinds

Answer: A baseball game

Wrigley Field was home to the Chicago Cubs. It was opened on April 23, 1914, but the Cubs didn't play a game there until 1916. In 1914, Wrigley Field only held 14,000 people but later could hold 41,118 people.

From Quiz What Sport Am I?

Answer: Soccer

Soccer is played all over the world. In some countries it is known as futbol or football. American player Mia Hamm was the first-ever three-time U.S. soccer athlete of the year (male or female) from 1994 to 1996.

From Quiz The Sports Millionaire

Answer: Cooperstown, New York

The Baseball Hall of Fame is in Cooperstown, New York, which began in 1936 with five greats being inaugurated. The Football Hall of Fame is in Canton, Ohio.

From Quiz Sports in the USA

Answer: Wilt Chamberlain

All these greats won a scoring title in the '60s, but it was Wilt who began his tear in the 1959-1960 season. He won three with the Warriors of Philadelphia, and continued when the team moved to San Francisco. He also won the crown with the Philadelphia 76ers. In the 61-62 season, Chamberlain was the first player to average 50 points per game in a season.

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