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Classic Sport Nicknames Trivia Quiz

What would sports be without nicknames? Can you identify these classic individuals and groups in American sports?

A multiple-choice quiz by shvdotr. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
shvdotr

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
329,641

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
1987

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. He was known as the 'Splendid Splinter' and is considered one of baseball's greatest hitters. Who is he? Hint

Ty Cobb

Babe Ruth

Ted Williams

Willie Mays

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which NFL team's defensive line was known as the 'Purple People Eaters'? Hint

Minnesota Vikings

San Francisco Forty-Niners

Denver Broncos

Canton Bulldogs

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Question 3 of 10

3. Sometimes called "The Hick from French Lick", what NBA great almost brought an NCAA title to Indiana State as a collegian? Hint

Bill Russell

Magic Johnson

Oscar Robinson

Larry Bird

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Question 4 of 10

4. What Major League Baseball Hall of Famer was called "The Hammer", or "Hammering Hank", when he broke Babe Ruth's career home run record? Hint

Henry Aaron

Heinie Manush

Hank Greenberg

Henry Chadwick

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Question 5 of 10

5. Almost all of his opponents and many of his teammates disliked the Hall of Famer known as "the Georgia Peach". Who was this famous baseball player? Hint

Babe Ruth

Pete Rose

Lou Gehrig

Ty Cobb

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Question 6 of 10

6. Although an All-NFL offensive tackle six times, what Cleveland Browns kicker is known simply as "The Toe"? Hint

Lou Groza

Paul Hornung

Alex Zendejas

Tom Dempsey

7. Although he played in more Major League Baseball games and had more hits than any other player, "Charlie Hustle" is not in the Hall of Fame. Who is this switch-hitting holder of three World Series rings? Hint

Mickey Mantle

Pete Rose

Babe Ruth

Willie Mays

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Question 8 of 10

8. The Brown Bomber won perhaps the most famous boxing match of all-time when he defeated Max Schmeling for the World Heavyweight Crown in 1938. Who is the Brown Bomber? Hint

Rocky Marciano

Muhammad Ali

Joe Louis

Jack Johnson

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Question 9 of 10

9. The "Galloping Ghost" led the University of Illinois to national prominence before going pro and legitimizing the National Football League with the Chicago Bears. He wore number 77. What was his name? Hint

Red Grange

Bronco Nagurski

Crazylegs Hirsch

Jim Brown

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Question 10 of 10

10. The famed "Murderer's Row" played for which professional sports franchise? Hint

Boston Celtics

New York Yankees

Green Bay Packers

Chicago Blackhawks

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. He was known as the 'Splendid Splinter' and is considered one of baseball's greatest hitters. Who is he?

Answer: Ted Williams

Williams was the last hitter in the 20th century to hit .400 for a season, having turned the trick in 1941 with an average of .406. Enshrined not only in Cooperstown, Williams is also an inductee in the International Game Fish Association Fishing Hall of Fame and Museum in Dania Beach, Florida.

2. Which NFL team's defensive line was known as the 'Purple People Eaters'?

Answer: Minnesota Vikings

Helping the Vikings to three Super Bowls in four years, the Purple People Eaters included NFL Hall of Famers Alan Page at tackle and Carl Eller at end. Other members were end Jim Marshall and tackle Gary Larsen, as well as Doug Sutherland, who replaced Larson in the mid-1970s.

3. Sometimes called "The Hick from French Lick", what NBA great almost brought an NCAA title to Indiana State as a collegian?

Answer: Larry Bird

In the classic NCAA National Championship Basketball game of 1979, Bird and the Sycamores fell to Magic Johnson and Michigan State. The two would renew their rivalry for several years in the NBA, Bird with the Celtics and Johnson with the Lakers.

4. What Major League Baseball Hall of Famer was called "The Hammer", or "Hammering Hank", when he broke Babe Ruth's career home run record?

Answer: Henry Aaron

Aaron broke Babe Ruth's career home run record before being eclipsed by Barry Bonds in 2007. Aaron played for the Braves and Brewers. Greenberg, who was also called "Hammerin' Hank", was a two-time MVP for the Tigers and hit 331 home runs. Manush played for 6 teams in a 17-year career that ended in 1939. Chadwick is in Cooperstown for the invention of sports journalism and helping to develope the rules of modern baseball in the last half of the 19th Century.

5. Almost all of his opponents and many of his teammates disliked the Hall of Famer known as "the Georgia Peach". Who was this famous baseball player?

Answer: Ty Cobb

Cobb retired with the highest career batting average at .366. But, his reputation for being disliked is so great that in the movie, "Field of Dreams", based on W.P. Kinsella's book "Shoeless Joe", the ghost players refused to allow Cobb to play on their diamond.

6. Although an All-NFL offensive tackle six times, what Cleveland Browns kicker is known simply as "The Toe"?

Answer: Lou Groza

The last original Cleveland Brown to retire, Groza played in 13 championship games, as his entire career was spent with the Browns. The Lou Groza Award goes to the nation's top college placekicker each season. His brother Alex, was on two National Champion basketball teams at Kentucky and played for an Olympic gold medal team as well.

Answer: Pete Rose

Rose was an All-Star 17 times and was a starter at five different positions, something no one else had ever done. Accused of gambling on baseball, he agreed to a permanent ban from baseball in 1989, and had also been banned from consideration for the Hall of Fame.

8. The Brown Bomber won perhaps the most famous boxing match of all-time when he defeated Max Schmeling for the World Heavyweight Crown in 1938. Who is the Brown Bomber?

Answer: Joe Louis

His name was actually Joe Louis Barrow. His defeat of Schmeling was notable at the time because the German heavyweight champ was a symbol of the Nazi theory of Aryan superiority, which of course, did not stand up to the scrutiny of Louis' two-minute, four-second pounding of Schmeling.

Answer: Red Grange

In a key matchup against national contender Michigan in 1924, Grange returned the opening kickoff 95 yards for a score, and then scored three more TDs on three carries totalling 167 yards before 12 minutes of the first quarter had elapsed. Michigan had only allowed 4 touchdowns in the entire 1923 season.

10. The famed "Murderer's Row" played for which professional sports franchise?

Answer: New York Yankees

Originally coined for the 1918 Yankees, the term is most often associated with the 1927 Yankees and their first six hitters, including Hall of Famers Tony Lazzeri, Earle Combs, Lou Gehrig, and Babe Ruth.

Source: Author shvdotr

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