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Replacements Trivia Quiz

I will give you the name of a person, place or thing and you tell me who or what replaced it. 20 questions. Multiple choice. Good luck and have fun!

A multiple-choice quiz by justawful. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
justawful

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
39,105

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
10 / 20

Plays
2445

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 20

1. Who replaced Wally Pipp? Hint

Pee Wee Herman

Gladys Knight

Lou Gehrig

Walter Cox

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Question 2 of 20

2. Who replaced Johnny and the Moondogs? Hint

Johnny Cash Trio

Steely Dan

The Beach Boys

The Beatles

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Question 3 of 20

3. Who replaced Buddy Ebsen? Hint

Ray Bolger

Jack Haley

Andy Griffith

Roy Rogers

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Question 4 of 20

4. Who replaced the Colts? Hint

Ravens

Buccaneers

Browns

Jets

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Question 5 of 20

5. Who replaced Pete Best? Hint

Dale Earnhardt

Yul Brynner

Larry Bird

Ringo Starr

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Question 6 of 20

6. What replaced Hot Springs? Hint

Yosemite National Park

Truth or Consequences

Deadwood

Dodge City

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Question 7 of 20

7. Who replaced Lenn Sakata? Hint

Cal Ripken

Carl Sagan

U Thant

Adlai Stevenson

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Question 8 of 20

8. What replaced Teenie Weenies? Hint

Honey I Shrunk the Kids

Mini Skirts

Cheerios

Vienna Sausages

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Question 9 of 20

9. Who replaced Bobby Fischer? Hint

Garry Kasparov

Tigran Petrosian

Boris Spassky

Anatoly Karpov

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Question 10 of 20

10. What replaced Jurassic? Hint

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Triassic

Neogene

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Question 11 of 20

11. Who replaced Sonny Liston? Hint

A.J. Foyt

Cassius Clay

Redd Foxx

Stone Phillips

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Question 12 of 20

12. What replaced the Waldorf Astoria Hotel? Hint

5th Avenue high rise parking lot

Hyatt Regency Grand Hotel

Empire State Building

U.N. Building

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Question 13 of 20

13. Who replaced Alben Barkley? Hint

Tim Curry

Michael Jordan

Richard Nixon

Jessie Owens

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Question 14 of 20

14. What replaced the song title 'Scrambled Eggs'? Hint

Summer Place

Yesterday

Maybelline

Stranger on the Shore

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Question 15 of 20

15. Who replaced Dick York? Hint

James Abromowitz

Sam Houston

Dick Sargent

Mel Gibson

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Question 16 of 20

16. What replaced Saigon? Hint

Ho Chi Minh City

Cam Rahn Bay

Hanoi

Dien Bien Phu

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Question 17 of 20

17. Who replaced Joe DiMaggio? Hint

Miller Huggins

Al Kaline

Hank Aaron

Arthur Miller

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Question 18 of 20

18. What replaced Halfway, Oregon? Hint

Half.com

Nowheresville

All The Way

Timber City

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Question 19 of 20

19. What replaced Homo habilis? Hint

Homo erectus

Australopethicus

Homo sapiens

Paleolethicus

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Question 20 of 20

20. What replaced Town ball? Hint

rugby

volleyball

baseball

American football

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who replaced Wally Pipp?

Answer: Lou Gehrig

When Pipp got injured one day, Gehrig took his place at 1st base and set a consecutive games played record there.

2. Who replaced Johnny and the Moondogs?

Answer: The Beatles

An early name John Lennon used for the band before they hit it big.

3. Who replaced Buddy Ebsen?

Answer: Jack Haley

Originally slated to play the Tin Man in 'The Wizard of Oz', Ebsen had an allergic reaction to the makeup and had to be replaced.

4. Who replaced the Colts?

Answer: Ravens

After leaving Baltimore, the NFL Colts were eventually replaced by the Ravens.

5. Who replaced Pete Best?

Answer: Ringo Starr

Ringo replaced Best as drummer of The Beatles.

6. What replaced Hot Springs?

Answer: Truth or Consequences

This town in New Mexico changed its name in 1950.

7. Who replaced Lenn Sakata?

Answer: Cal Ripken

Ripken replaced Sakata at shortstop and went on to break Gehrig's consecutive games streak.

8. What replaced Teenie Weenies?

Answer: Honey I Shrunk the Kids

Originally suggested as the name for the film, it was changed before it's release.

9. Who replaced Bobby Fischer?

Answer: Anatoly Karpov

Karpov inherited the World Chess championship when Fischer failed to defend it in 1975.

10. What replaced Jurassic?

Answer: Cretaceous

11. Who replaced Sonny Liston?

Answer: Cassius Clay

Now known as Muhammed Ali, Clay won his first heavyweight title by beating Liston.

12. What replaced the Waldorf Astoria Hotel?

Answer: Empire State Building

The original Waldorf was purchased for 20 million dollars in the 1920s and razed to make way for the tallest building in the world up to that time.

13. Who replaced Alben Barkley?

Answer: Richard Nixon

Truman's vice president was replaced by Eisenhower's vice president.

14. What replaced the song title 'Scrambled Eggs'?

Answer: Yesterday

McCartney used it as a working title before the song's release.

15. Who replaced Dick York?

Answer: Dick Sargent

The first and second Darin on 'Bewitched'.

16. What replaced Saigon?

Answer: Ho Chi Minh City

The city was renamed when the war was over.

17. Who replaced Joe DiMaggio?

Answer: Arthur Miller

After his divorce from Marilyn Monroe he was replaced by the writer as her next husband.

18. What replaced Halfway, Oregon?

Answer: Half.com

The town recently changed its name for the corporate sponsorship.

19. What replaced Homo habilis?

Answer: Homo erectus

20. What replaced Town ball?

Answer: baseball

An early name for the sport before it evolved into the game we know it as today.

Source: Author justawful

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