Sports Trophies Trivia

1. What is the name of the championship round in baseball?

From Quiz All About Championships

Answer: World Series

The World Series is the championship series played between the pennant winners in the National League and the American League. It has been around since 1903. The Vezina Trophy is awarded to the best goalie of the year in the NHL.

From Quiz Battles for the Cup

Answer: U. of Washington and Washington State

The State of Washington is the largest producer of apples in the United States, producing 42% of the nation's crop, and in 1989, the state government declared the apple to be the official state fruit. The two state schools have been playing each other since 1900 (Huskies of U-Dub (UW) vs. Wazzu's (WSU's) Cougars). The winner was awarded the Governor's Cup from 1934 to 1961, but the trophy was renamed the Apple Cup in 1962.

From Quiz Endurance

Answer: 26.2 miles

The marathon has been a part of the modern-day Summer Olympics program since the first Olympic Games in Athens Greece in 1896. The official marathon distance is 42.195km or 26 miles and 385 yards. The distance was standardized in 1921. The marathon event is influenced by the Greek legend of Pheidippides. Pheidippides was a messenger who in 490 BC was sent from the battlefields of Marathon to Athens to announce a victory over the Persians. It is said he ran the whole distance without stopping and after bursting into the Assembly to announce the news he promptly dropped dead of exhaustion.

From Quiz Which Sport?

Answer: Sled-dog race in Alaska

The Iditarod Trail Sled-dog Race has usually run between Anchorage and Nome in Alaska. Teams have had to cope with blizzards, sub-zero temperatures and winds which have caused temperatures to drop as low as -100°F (-73°C). The roadrunning event in Perth is known as The City to Surf Race. A famous long-distance ski race, in Sweden is known as the Vasalopper (meaning Vasa race). The Yukon Quest is the name of another sled-dog race - usually run between Fairbanks in Alaska and White Horse in the Yukon.

From Quiz Eleven Straight Titles

Answer: Van Diemen

Van Diemen International Ltd was started in Norfolk, England in 1973 by Ross Ambrose and Ralph Firman. The company was called Van Diemen as that is the former name of Tasmania, where Ambrose was born and lived before he moved to England.

From Quiz All Silver Tea Cups

Answer: The Claret Jug

Tom Morris, Jr. (also known as Young Tom Morris) had won The Open three years in a row (1868-70), earning the Championship Belt to keep. The powers-that-be elected to make a new trophy, and at a cost of £30, 'The Golf Champion Trophy' (The Claret Jug) was made. Young Tom Morris won The Open again in 1871 (at the age of 21), but The Claret Jug was not ready to be presented. When it finally was in 1872, it was presented to Tom Kidd, although Morris did have his name already inscribed on the trophy.

From Quiz Sporting Firsts

Answer: Boris Becker

Boris Becker became a professional tennis player in 1984, and a year later, aged just 17 took his place in the history books by winning at Wimbledon (he beat 8th seed Kevin Curren in four sets). At that time he was the youngest winner ever of a Grand Slam tennis tournament, though the record lasted only four years, being beaten in 1989 by Michael Chang. In his career Becker won 49 major titles including Wimbledon three times. The Australian Open twice and The US open on one occasion. He retired from competitive tennis in 1999.

From Quiz Brunch of Champions

Answer: Baseball

Lou Gehrig, nicknamed "The Iron Horse" was 14lbs at birth. His career was cut short due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(ALS), however, he never lost that hope evidenced by these words that he stated"When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so that you can have an education and build your body - it's a blessing. When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed - that's the finest I know.So I close in saying that I might have been given a bad break, but I've got an awful lot to live for. Thank you." - Lou Gehrig at Yankee Stadium, July 4, 1939

From Quiz You Could Be Mine

Answer: Roger Federer

From 2006-2010, every Grand Slam was won by one of the four men named as options, with most of them shared between Federer and Nadal. The only ones taken by neither of them were the Australian Open of 2008, which Djokovic won, and the US Open, won by del Potro in 2009. Federer shed tears after losing to Nadal in the 2009 Australian final, and Murray also cried after losing the following year. He commented at the time, 'I can cry like Roger, it's just a shame I can't play like him'.

From Quiz Hand 'Em the Hardware

Answer: 1970

After legendary Green Bay Packers/Washington Redskins coach Vince Lombardi died of cancer in the summer of 1970, The National Football League named the Super Bowl trophy in his honor. On January 17, 1971, the Baltimore Colts defeated the Dallas Cowboys 16-13 in Super Bowl V, the first Super Bowl played for the newly named trophy.

From Quiz Sports Droughts

Answer: Chicago Cubs

After making three consecutive appearances in the World Series from 1906-07-08, and winning the two latter ones, they were still looking for a win when the Red Sox broke their drought in 2004. They had their seven opportunities during those 96 years but couldn't cash in on one of them - 1910, 1918, 1929, 1932, 1935, 1938, and 1945.

From Quiz National Sports

Answer: Skiing

Andorra is on a high altitude which means it generally has more snow then neighbouring countries France and Spain, making skiing the perfect sport. Sailing and Camel Racing is not a popular sport in Andorra, due to the fact that Andorra is land locked and that there are no deserts in Andorra! Rugby Union and Association Football are also popular sports in Andorra.

From Quiz Spot the Ball

Answer: Football (soccer ball)

The dimensions quoted are dictated by Law 2 of the 17 laws of Association Football as applied by F.I.F.A.

From Quiz The Sports Atlas

Answer: Canada

The National Sports Act of 1994 designated ice hockey as Canada's winter sport and lacrosse as the national summer sport. Both sports have their roots in games that have been played for centuries. A form of ice hockey was played in The Netherlands as long ago as the 16th century. The game was brought to North America by European settlers and played wherever there was ice on which to have a game. A newspaper in colonial Williamsburg carried a story about a game of hockey played in a snow storm in Virginia. The first game to use a puck rather than a ball was played on frozen Kingston Harbour in Ontario in 1860, and the majority of the players were Crimean War veterans. Where hockey got its name is not really known. Some etymologists suspect that it derives from hoquet, the French word for a shepherd's crook, because the stick was curved. Others believe it may have come from the Dutch hok, meaning shack or small shed, which was also the term used for goal in The Netherlands. Lacrosse had its origins among the native North American peoples of eastern Canada and the U.S., where it went by different names - the Onondaga people called it dehuntshigwa'es ("men hit a rounded object") and the eastern Cherokee called it da-nah-wah'uwsdi ("little war"). The Mohawk called it tewaarathon ("little brother of war") and the Ojibway called it baaga'adowe ("bump hips"). Obviously, it was a pretty violent game, regardless of who was playing it! Rules were minimal. It seems that the first object was to injure as many players as possible on the opposing side prior to moving towards the goal. Early balls were made of deerskin, clay, stone, wood, and even the heads of defeated enemies! Lacrosse, by whatever name the aboriginal peoples called it, was more than just a game - it was also a spiritual and religious exercise, and all tribes believed that the game had been invented by the Creator for the Creator's pleasure. It was the French habitants of Quebec who dubbed it lacrosse, owing to the similarity in shape of the stick to that of the bishop's crozier.

From Quiz Cup Fever

Answer: America's Cup

The Cup was named after the first yacht to win it. The "America" was dispatched by the New York Yachting Club to race against the Britons in 1851 around the Isle of Wight. The United States held on to the Cup for a staggering 132 years, until 1983 when Australia took the Cup down under. In 2003 Switzerland brought the Cup to Europe for the first time.

From Quiz The Age of Sports Champions

Answer: 25

Roger Bannister was born in 1929. He ran the sub-4 minute mile at Oxford on 6th May 1954 in a time of 3min 59.4sec.

From Quiz Sports Trophies

Answer: Rugby Union

Oxford and Cambridge University's compete for the trophy.

From Quiz Sports Cups

Answer: Walker Cup

The Walker Cup is named after George Herbert Walker, president of the United States Golf Association in the 1920s. The matches have been played every other year since 1922.

From Quiz Which Sport?

Answer: curling

The hack is the foothold in the ice from which a player pushes off when delivering a stone, which must be released before reaching in near hog line, and must travel at least over the far hogline to remain in play. The house is where the player is trying to place the rock, with the one lying closest to the central button lying 'shot'.

From Quiz All About Championships

Answer: Four

The World Series has almost always been the best of 7 while the wild card playoff is now a 1 game playoff and the division series is now best of 5. There were only 4 times when the World Series champ was determined in a best of 9 playoff - in 1903 and 1919-21.

From Quiz Wooden Spoons

Answer: North Melbourne

Sticking with just the 20th century, North Melbourne "won" the distinction 13 times between 1926 and 1972. Post '72 the team didn't finish on the bottom again through the end of the century. St Kilda won 22 wooden spoons in the 20th century. Gold Coast and the Lions never won a Wooden Spoon in the 20th century.

From Quiz Endurance

Answer: Swimming, Cycling, Running

The Ironman Triathlon is a trade-marked race organized by the World Triathlon Corporation. It incorporates a 2.4 mile swim, a 112 mile bike leg, and a 26.2 mile marathon run. The Ironman event has a very strict 17 hour time limit that athletes must meet in order to earn a finishing medal. Races usually begin at 7:00 am. The swim must be completed by 9:20 am, the bike by 5:30 pm, and the run by midnight.

From Quiz All Silver Tea Cups

Answer: The Stanley Cup

Lord (Frederick) Stanley of Preston was Canada's Governor-General from 1888 to 1893. With two sons actively playing hockey, Lord Stanley also became a fan of the sport, donating the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup for the purpose of contesting Canada's best amateur hockey club. By 1909, however, it became the prize of professional hockey teams exclusively. In 1926, it became the top prize of (exclusively) the National Hockey League.

From Quiz Sporting Firsts

Answer: Italy

The Italians won the World Cup on home soil in 1934, and held on to their title four years later when they defeated Hungary 4-2 in the final at the Stade Olympique de Colombes, Paris. Owing to the occurrence of World War II, Italy kept hold of the crown as world champions until 1950. Rumour has it that the Italian vice-president of FIFA, secreted the trophy under his bed during the war, so that any invading troops should not be able to get their pilfering hands upon it.

From Quiz Brunch of Champions

Answer: Decathlon

Unfortunately, Jim, was stripped of his medals in 1913. Jim did play semi-professional baseball for a while and close to his death, he was penniless. In 1983, January to be exact, the International Olympic Committee finally reinstated his medals. The original medals were stolen from a museum where they were housed so commemorative medals were presented to his children.

From Quiz You Could Be Mine

Answer: West Indies

Having won the trophy in both 1975 and 1979, and with Andy Roberts, Malcolm Marshall, Michael Holding, and Vic Richards on their team, West Indies had high hopes of retaining the cup. Having been asked to bat first, India made only 183 runs and batted only 54.4 of the allotted 60 overs. When West Indies batted, the Indians bowled them out for only 140 runs to complete a well deserved victory. Australia won the competition in 1987, 1999, 2003, and 2007 with Sri Lanka being victorious in 1996. The only other winner was Pakistan in 1992, with the next tournament due in 2011.

From Quiz Hand 'Em the Hardware

Answer: It was Brazil's third victory.

From 1930 until 1970, the Jules Rimet Trophy was awarded to the winner of the FIFA World Cup. The trophy was named after the FIFA president who initiated the tournament following a vote in 1929. It was stipulated by Rimet himself that should any nation win the trophy three times, that nation would be allowed to keep the trophy permanently, rather than have it passed along to the next winner. After bulldozing Italy 4-1 in the 1970 final, Brazil won it's third World Cup, allowing them to retain permanent possession of Rimet's trophy.

From Quiz National Sports

Answer: Bangladesh

Kabbaddi is a game that comprises two teams of seven players each standing on opposite ends of a field. One team sends a 'raider' to the opposing team to break a link in their chain of hands, by wrestling or 'tagging' them, and then once a successful break has been made, return to their own team. The 'raider' must hold their breath for the duration of their turn and is out if they fail to do so, any 'tagged' or wrestled players are also out of the game too. The team with the most points win the game. Kabaddi is also a popular sport that is played by the British army, as well as in South Asia, Japan and Iran.

From Quiz The Sports Atlas

Answer: Cambodia

Kickboxing, or Khmer martial art, is the number one sport in Cambodia. It is an ancient martial art, developed in Cambodia and has a history of centuries. During the regime of the Khmer Rouge and the Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia Khmer martial art was suppressed, but it has gained a resurgence in the country over the past 30 years. Singapore's most popular sport is football, as is Myanmar's and Indonesia's.

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