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6 Ohio Sports quizzes and 65 Ohio Sports trivia questions.
1.
  Sport in Ohio    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
My latest quiz in this series takes a trip to the Buckeye State.
Average, 10 Qns, Dizart, Jan 02 13
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  Cleveland Sports History    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
The city of Cleveland has a long history of sports, with some great memories and some not-so-great ones. Good luck !
Average, 15 Qns, Castleton, Apr 30 04
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Castleton
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  Professional Sports in Ohio    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a simple quiz on the professional sports teams based in Ohio.
Easier, 10 Qns, Sarah606, May 17 05
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Sarah606
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  Ohio Sports    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Think you know Ohio Sports facts? Test yourself with this fun quiz!
Average, 10 Qns, 11kowrom, Oct 10 14
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11kowrom
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  They Came from Canton    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
All of these professional athletes were either born or raised in the Pro Football Hall of Fame City, Canton, Ohio. Good luck!
Tough, 10 Qns, manny96, Jun 12 08
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  Cleveland Sports: 2007    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
2007 was one of the few years where all the Cleveland major sports teams had winning records, but still didn't win a championship.
Tough, 10 Qns, WWEFan23, Jul 11 09
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trivia question Quick Question
What current minor league hockey franchise is named after Cleveland's former professional hockey team ?

From Quiz "Cleveland Sports History"




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Ohio Sports Trivia Questions
1. The Columbus Blue Jackets were a National Hockey League expansion team in 2000. They reached the NHL play-offs for the first time in 2009 under the direction of which head coach?

From Quiz Sport in Ohio

Answer: Ken Hitchcock

Hitchcock was appointed as head coach of the Blue Jackets in November, 2006. The 2008-09 season saw them reach the play-offs for the first time in franchise history, but it turned out to be a short campaign. Facing up to the defending champion Detroit Red Wings in the first round, they were swept 4-0.

2. Which city has a professional basketball team, when they joined the NBA in 1970?

From Quiz Ohio Sports

Answer: Cleveland

Cleveland had the only basketball team in Ohio. They got the Cavaliers in 1970.

3. What was the name of Cincinnati team that joined the AFL in 1968?

From Quiz Professional Sports in Ohio

Answer: Bengals

The Cincinnati Bengals became a team in 1937, but folded in 1941. They reformed in 1968 and joined the AFL then merged, with the rest of the AFL, into the National Football League in 1970.

4. What is the name of Cleveland's former NPSL franchise ?

From Quiz Cleveland Sports History

Answer: Crunch

The Crunch was Cleveland's old NPSL soccer franchise. They changed their name to the Force, and moved into the MISL for the 2002-2003 season. The Fusion is Cleveland's professional women's football franchise. The Cavaliers are Cleveland's long-suffering NBA team.

5. Edwin Moses, from Dayton, Ohio, was a track star who won two Olympic gold medals in which event?

From Quiz Sport in Ohio

Answer: 400 m hurdles

Moses won Olympic gold at both Montreal in 1976 and Los Angeles in 1984. The US boycott of the 1980 games in Moscow prevented him from completing a very probable hat-trick. Between 1977 and 1987 he won an astonishing 122 consecutive races. He won gold at the World Athletics Championships in both 1983 and 1987.

6. The Cleveland Cavaliers joined the ________ in 1970?

From Quiz Professional Sports in Ohio

Answer: NBA

The Cleveland Cavaliers joined the National Basketball Association in 1970. Cleveland's WNBA team was the Rockers, a foundation member of the WNBA when it started in 1997. The team folded in 2003.

7. Where did the Cavaliers play before moving into Gund Arena ?

From Quiz Cleveland Sports History

Answer: Richfield Coliseum

The Cavs played in Richfield for years until moving to Gund Arena in downtown Cleveland in the mid 1990's. Richfield is about 25 miles south of Cleveland.

8. The Cleveland Browns joined the National Football League in 1950. They were members of which league from 1946 until 1949?

From Quiz Sport in Ohio

Answer: All-America Football Conference

The Browns were founder members of the AAFC, and were champions of that league in all four seasons of its existence. Following the 1949 season, the AAFC folded, with the Browns joining the NFL, along with the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Colts. The Browns didn't waste any time adapting to life in the NFL, winning the league title in their very first year as members.

9. The Cleveland Indians were formerly known as the __________ ?

From Quiz Ohio Sports

Answer: Cleveland Naps

Nap Lajoie was the inspiration for the franchise's name from 1905 to 1914.

10. Who was the owner of the Browns who moved the team to Baltimore after the 1995 season?

From Quiz Cleveland Sports History

Answer: Art Modell

If you want to see a Clevelander's face turn red with anger, just mention Modell's name. Gund is the owner of the Cavaliers, Lerner owned the Browns until his death in 2002, and Dolan owns the Indians.

11. Which legendary golfer was born in the Columbus, Ohio, suburb of Upper Arlington?

From Quiz Sport in Ohio

Answer: Jack Nicklaus

Nicklaus was born in Upper Arlington in 1940. He won the US Amateur title twice whilst a student at Ohio State. Turning professional in 1961, he won his first major at the 1962 US Open. He would go on to become the first male golfer to win 18 professional majors, the last of which came at the 1986 Masters.

12. Which Ohio team was coached by Butch Davis in 2003?

From Quiz Professional Sports in Ohio

Answer: Cleveland Browns & Browns & Cleveland

2003 was Butch Davis' third season as head coach of the Cleveland Browns. He was named the Brown's 10th head coach on Jan. 30, 2001, according to the Browns' website. Before 2001, he spent six years coaching at the University of Miami in Florida.

13. When Major League Baseball went to a three-divison league format in 1994, Cleveland was originally supposed to be in the East Division. Who replaced them in the East so that they could play in the Central ?

From Quiz Cleveland Sports History

Answer: Detroit

Detroit was placed in the East so Cleveland could play in the Central. When Tampa Bay received an expansion team, they were placed in the East, Detroit was moved to the Central, and Milwaukee was moved from the AL Central to the NL Central.

14. Which professional tennis tournament is the oldest in the USA to have been continuously played in a single city, the first edition having taken place in 1899?

From Quiz Sport in Ohio

Answer: Cincinnati Masters

Although the US Open is older, having started in 1881, it hasn't always been played in New York - early editions took place in Newport, RI. The Cincinnati Masters was first held in 1899, with Nat Emerson and Myrtle McAteer being the respective men's and women's champions. The event takes place on hard courts at the Lindner Family Tennis Center.

15. Which city became a minor league baseball team for the Detroit Tigers in 1987?

From Quiz Ohio Sports

Answer: Toledo

The Toledo Mud Hens became the AAA team for the Detroit Tigers in 1987.

16. The Cincinnati Reds, formed in 1876, play _________ .

From Quiz Professional Sports in Ohio

Answer: baseball

The Cincinnati Reds' rich baseball history goes all the way back to 1876, when a team called the Cincinnati Red Stockings played in the NL. They became the Cincinnati Reds in 1890.

17. Which quarterback led the famous "Kardiac Kids" teams of the early 1980's for the Browns ?

From Quiz Cleveland Sports History

Answer: Brian Sipe

Sipe was famous for leading the Browns to many thrilling last-minute comebacks. He is also infamous for "Red Right 88", a play late in the 1981 AFC Championship Game against the Raiders in which he threw an interception deep in Raiders' territory to seal the game for Los Angeles.

18. What was the nickname given to the Cincinnati Reds team which won back-to-back baseball World Series titles in 1975 and 1976?

From Quiz Sport in Ohio

Answer: Big Red Machine

The hiring of manager Sparky Anderson in 1970 triggered off a decade in which the Reds were regular postseason participants. The "Big Red Machine" won six divisional titles and four pennants during the 1970s and won the World Series twice. In 1975, they defeated the Boston Red Sox 4-3 in a classic Series which wasn't decided until the bottom of the ninth of game seven at Fenway Park. The following year, the Reds won in much more conclusive style, sweeping the New York Yankees 4-0.

19. The Columbus Blue Jackets began their first season in September 2000, in what sport?

From Quiz Ohio Sports

Answer: Hockey

The Columbus Blue Jackets were the only major league hockey team in Ohio in 2000, when they joined the NHL as an expansion franchise.

20. The Columbus team that was an inaugural member of MLS in 1996 was Columbus _______ .

From Quiz Professional Sports in Ohio

Answer: Crew

The Columbus Crew played Major League Soccer. The Cleveland Rockers were one of the original 8 franchises when the WNBA was formed in 1997.

21. Which indoor soccer hero has played for the Crunch and Force since the 1980's, being named to countless All-Star teams and leading the league in goals scored numerous times ?

From Quiz Cleveland Sports History

Answer: Hector Marinaro

Hector led the Crucnh to several NPSL titles in the mid 1990's. He is widely regarded as the greatest player in indoor soccer history.

22. The Cleveland Cavaliers had the first round draft pick in 2003. What local high school student did they take with their pick?

From Quiz Professional Sports in Ohio

Answer: LeBron James & James & LeBron

LeBron James was a highly touted high school player who went to school in Ohio. Born December 30, 1984, he was only 18 years old when he was drafted.

23. What current minor league hockey franchise is named after Cleveland's former professional hockey team ?

From Quiz Cleveland Sports History

Answer: Barons

The Barons were a very good team in the 1950's. They were revived in name after the Lumberjacks' franchise left town.

24. The Ohio State Buckeyes are one of the most successful colleges in gridiron history, with numerous conference and national championships. Which head coach led them to five national titles between 1954 and 1970?

From Quiz Sport in Ohio

Answer: Woody Hayes

Hayes was appointed head coach at Ohio State in 1951, and, during a 28-year tenure, led the school to five national titles and 13 Big Ten crowns. His teams went to the Rose Bowl eight times, winning on four occasions. He was fired after an incident at the 1978 Gator Bowl when he punched a Clemson player.

25. In 1996, the owner of the Cleveland Browns moved them to another city and gave them a new name. They became the ________ .

From Quiz Professional Sports in Ohio

Answer: Baltimore Ravens

On November 6, 1995, the Cleveland Browns announced their intention to move to Baltimore for the 1996 season. The NFL approved their move on February 9, 1996. Cleveland fans were devestated when owner Art Model moved the team to Baltimore.

26. Jacobs Field and Gund Arena were part of what massive downtown renovation plan ?

From Quiz Cleveland Sports History

Answer: Gateway

The huge Gateway project built two state-of-the-art venues in downtown Cleveland and helped revitalize the entire downtown area in the early 1990's.

27. The Cleveland Cavaliers joined the National Basketball Association in 1970. They reached their first NBA Finals in 2007, when they lost to which team?

From Quiz Sport in Ohio

Answer: San Antonio Spurs

With Mike Brown as coach and LeBron James at small forward, the Cavaliers defeated the Detroit Pistons in the Eastern Conference Championship. Their first trip to the Finals was to end in disappointment when they were swept 4-0 by the Spurs.

28. The Cincinnati Bengals played in what stadium, when it opened in August 2000?

From Quiz Ohio Sports

Answer: Paul Brown Stadium

The stadium was named after Paul Brown, founder of the Bengals (and Browns, whose team was named after him).

29. Which real Ohio team was used as the focus of the 1989 movie "Major League"?

From Quiz Professional Sports in Ohio

Answer: Cleveland Indians & Indians & Cleveland

"Major League" (1989) was a comedy about a former showgirl inheriting the Cleveland Indians, and the team she puts together in hopes that they will come in last place so she can move the team to Miami.

30. Who knocked in the winning run in the first game at Jacobs Field ?

From Quiz Cleveland Sports History

Answer: Wayne Kirby

In the eleventh inning of the inaugural game at Jacobs Field in 1994, Wayne Kirby knocked in the winning run for the Indians.

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