Battles for the Cup Trivia Quiz

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.

Answer: women's soccer

It was said that the winner of the Algarve Cup, begun in 1994, was cursed in that they could never win the FIFA Women's World Cup in the same year. That "curse" was forever broken in 2015 when the USA Women's team won both. The Cyprus Cup is an invitation-only tournament played annually in Cyprus since 2008.

Answer: Off-Road Auto Racing

The AMSOIL Cup race takes place each Labor Day weekend at Crandon International Raceway in Crandon, Wisconsin, an off-road short course facility that hosts the "World Championship Off-Road Races." The facility is located in the Wisconsin Northwoods on a 400-acre site known as the "Big House."

Answer: Grey Cup

The Grey Cup game is the championship game for each season of the Canadian Football League, Canada's highest level of American-style football. Although many of the CFL teams have been playing each other since the 1920s, the league officially came into being in 1958.

The Grey Cup is the nation's largest annual sports event. CFL teams other than those in the question include the Hamilton Tiger Cats, Ottawa Redblacks, BC (British Columbia) Lions, Saskatchewan Roughriders, and Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

Answer: women's golf

The Solheim Cup tournament was begun in 1990 to be played every even-numbered year. Following the 9/11 attacks of 2001, the tournament was played in 2002 but shifted to odd-numbered years beginning in 2003.

Answer: Louis Vuitton Cup

The first winner of the Louis Vuitton Cup was Australia II, who went on to beat the holder Liberty (NY Yacht Club, USA). It was the first loss by the holder since 1851, when the NY Yacht Club beat the Royal Yacht Squadron (UK). The 132 year gap was the longest any sports trophy had been successfully defended.

Answer: Doncaster Cup

The Doncaster Gold Cup race was first run in 1766 at the Doncaster Racecourse in the large market town of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. The Doncaster Cup is the final leg of Britain's Stayers Triple Crown ("stayers" being race horses specializing in races over long distances), the other two races being the Gold Cup and the Goodwood Cup. Run in September, it is run over 2 miles and 2 furlongs.

The Melbourne Cup began in 1861, the Ayr Gold Cup (in Ayr, Scotland) in 1804, and the Breeders' Cup (USA) in 1984.

Answer: lacrosse

In the lacrosse game developed by the Iroquois before Europeans arrived in America, one village would play against another with possibly more than 100 players on each side and on a course up to a mile long. The Iroquois called the game "the little brother of war."

Answer: rugby union

The sport of rugby originated in the 1830s in England at Rugby School in Rugby, Warwickshire. The three cups in our question are awarded in games of rugby union (15 players per side), which differs from rugby league football (13 players per side). Other forms of rugby include rugby sevens (7 players per side). There are also other rule differences aside from the number of players.

"All Blacks" is the official nickname of the "New Zealand national men's rugby union team." Besides New Zealand, rugby union is also the national sport of Fiji, Madagascar, Samoa, Tonga, and Wales.

Answer: polo

Polo originated in Persia sometime between the Sixth Century BC and the First Century AD. Modern polo is played by two teams of four players on horseback.

As an Olympic sport, gold medals were awarded in 1900, 1908, 1920, 1924, and 1936, with Britain winning in '08 and '20 and Argentina in '24 and '36. The two gold medal game teams in 1900 were both mixed UK-USA teams.